Why these issues are unique to Japanese females....
Speaking of generalizing, we shouldn't say these problems can be found in western women too. There are many social and cultural reasons for Japanese women to act in the manner I listed above, and here
COULD be why they do so:
Society:
1.Although women are granted equal rights to men, the law is not enforced, so women have a HARDER time moving up the job ladder in Japan.
2. It's perfectly OK to
marry out of Money rather than love in Japanese society. Even if you're a broke poor male, you could provide more for the family then the female could even earn with the exact education.
3. Japanese men want childish women, who use small words, and do not challenge his intelligence. Go back to #1 if you still have questions. (But don't think this will apply to her gaijin boyfriend.)
4. After 25 years old, they are considered makeinu (loser dog) or an old cake, if they aren't married yet.
5. And they CANT GET MARRIED because Jobs salaries are low (even for men), all money is going to the elderly, and job conditions are poor (boss turns heat off/air condition to save money, sitting on stools, or standing all day etc) so of course the women quits her jobs frequently, lives with parents (even at 40 years old) and just wants to have fun.
6. No one's protesting this. With all the problems, the women are content with the way life is.
7.
Everyone is tatemai (fake happy attitude) so it's hard for Japanese man and women to make friends and open up.
EDUCATION:
1. Unless it is an alternative school, Japanese are more focused on "being Japanese" (which I guess would be
: eating healthy food, teamwork, working long hours, writing kanji, and respect) then teach the core subjects. Compare this to Korea and China, and you will see why the education is lacking in Japan.
2. To this day, Japanese only learn a true skill (IT, finance, law, etc) on the job. So if the women doesn't work, or constantly quits due to poor work conditions, she will lack skill and be useless even abroad in your home country.
3. School teaches the students from a young age, that Japans food culture is important and makes it hard for them to live without it.
4. Textbooks still whitewash history.
5. Outside Japan is scary, and people have guns and lie.
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Thus (MAYBE) you get women who have evolved to act the way I mentioned at the beginning of this thread. This is a very different environment than of an Australian or Canadian women, so I'd say the issues that arise are different.