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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
My opinion is that there are many observations of Japanese society that contradict each other and that the chances of reaching a complete consensus on anything apart from the most general phenomena is zero.
From where I'm sitting there are probably elements in your and MMM's observations that are valid. Perhaps some of the conclusions you've both come to though could need some reevaluating. But again.. I don't know.
I went to uni in Japan and to me it seemed career was important to women as much as it was for men.
Not one woman I met planned to be a housewife.
Whether that represents or says anything about Japanese society.. I wouldn't know.
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It's interesting you should say that, through teach English I meet a variety of people of all age groups, and mostly women, and the only thing they really have in common is their interest for English.
But I noticed the same thing you did, and I'll elaborate on it.
Younger women in junior high seem to want to be house wives and have kids,
Then in high school they start to want to make money and stuff,
Then in uni/college they almost all want to be workers and think the housewife thing is no good for them
Then after a few years working, they almost all go back to their junior high school ideals lol
I could go on stereotyping as age increases, but that's about right for the topic
