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...Fushimi Senior High, Keishi Kanno, editor of the school paper, led a discussion of the new sex equality. "The girls," he charged, "are more otemba [tomboyish] and masculine than we expected." Both boys & girls were openly critical of Japan's traditional family system which gives the family head almost complete power over all members. "The system should be changed," argued Kanno, "for now a father can even tell his children whom to marry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Report Card from Kyoto | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...took up the argument. "My grandfather," she said,-"wants to pick a husband for me. I am opposed to an arranged marriage. My character won't permit it. I'm simply not the quiet or the obedient sort." Said Kanno: "She's an example of the otemba type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Report Card from Kyoto | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

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