Word: yumiko
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Dates: during 1983-1983
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Perhaps the one trait that makes both men and women distinctively Japanese is their extreme deference to the harmony of the group. Says Author and Feminist Yumiko Yansson, explaining why Japanese women remain mostly kakure feministo (closet feminists), despite their increasing discontent: " 'Resignation is the first lesson of life,' the saying goes. In Japan, rebellion means being an outsider...
...relaxation, involves long evenings of drinking with other men, and he is far more likely to share his conversation with bar hostesses than with his own wife. Yumiko Kitazawa, a teacher in her early 60s, is perfectly content: "I wouldn't want my husband around all the time. I wouldn't want to be beta-beta [stickily clinging all over each other]." But the younger Japanese who have had the great adventure of getting to know each other in school, want to be able to share their ideal heaven, a "sweet home." This desire partly explains the diminishing...
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