Does anyone know about the Japanese religion called, Shintoism, and what roles do the women play in it?

Question

Doing a college paper and need to write a paper on a religion, so I chose Shintoism. I wanted specifically to know how the women are looked at, what roles they play life under this religoin.

Answer 1

In my Asian Religions class, we briefly covered Shintoism. From what I remember, they perform ancestral and nature worship, and their gods are referred to as kami (coincidentally, kami is also the word for cloud).

This site may give some more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto

Good luck with the paper!

Answer 2

Hmm, i know someone who is a scholar on it. I'll reserve this spot till i can get ahold of them.