Do Japanese Women Have Less Rights than Men?

Question

I need to know if men have more rights than women in Japan. Also, are traditional meals of Japan served on plates that have been warmed in the oven? Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

I don't think so. Women has lots of rights. Actually law protects women more than men (said so in Japan).
But they (women) do not excersize their rights fully as the westerner.
Even Japanese men, most of them do not act along with the law exactely.
Because it is Japanese way. Japan is not like the west tottaly.

As the matter of fact, there are so many un-written rules in Japan and western expats can not understand Japanese even today.

Answer 2

To a degree, yes. And they make less money. But things are slowly changing. And I don't think they warm their plates in the oven. They use pots and pans like we do. One thing though, the woman of the house usually controls the money. So they do often have more power than most people think. There's a public life, and a private life. And the two can be very differerent. Most Japanese women are not weak.

Answer 3

First, about the meals, I haven't heard about such stuff, but maybe somewhere they do it.Depends on the meal, and on the cook either.In Japan people are very strict in the way of serving the food, so somebody may have invented this. Yeah, tempura, kushi or yaki-something in warm plate is better than in a cold one.
About the rights, all the above is correct. Yet I think that the image of the successful woman( the one who would be liked and popular in the society, and will marry-very important) in Japan is such that even if the woman had rights, she is not encouraged to practice them.
From my own experience, I have observed on daily basis women rights violations, but this is accepted as sth normal.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/hl_nm/japan_rape_dc

Answer 4

I don't think that Japan treats women like second citizens unlike the stereotype that many foreigners have.
women in Japan are not already so submissive and are not expected to be traditional as much as the past by the society.
because we know we should respect individual's life style.
though I don't deny that some people in Japan still have a fixed idea for gender role to some extent....
but at least, I have no problem for being girl in Japan.

this is my view from my life in Japan.
sorry for my poor English.

Answer 5

•adult men the international over have similar length penises. you spot adult men of all races and nationalities on naturist (nudist) seashores in Europe and they are all about an same length. •the classic length of a guy's penis is six to 6 and a 1/2 inches lengthy. •that's my fact that penis length is RELATIVE via region of evolution or adaption from ones environment. for instance an Inuit guy in alaska would have an 8 inch penis yet he would evolve to have a quite hidden penis to stay away from dropping it to frostbite. so that you would say he's a grower no longer a prepare-er. In sharp assessment an African guy in south africa would have an same 8 inch penis yet his does no longer prefer to retract a lot for danger-free practices from harsh winters, really it would stay more beneficial comfortable increasing floor section to burn up warmth. So upon status those 2 at the same time in a none aroused state, one would obviously imagine the inuits penis turned right into a lot smaller, then upon them both getting erect they often is the exact same. This, in my opinion, is the reason behind penis stereotypes. at the same time as this may be basically my observations, the section about region evolution/adaption affecting the penis is a actuality.

Answer 6

The only legal differences I can think of are women have to wait six months to remarry after divorce, but men can remarry right away and the labour laws concerning women working the night shift are a little different. That's why a respectable hostess bar closes quite early, but host bars are open till dawn. As far as the culture goes it's hard to say-it's women who usually control the purse strings in a family so arguably they have more rights? It's subjective.

Answer 7

I've never seen plates being warmed in the oven here in Japan. For the most part people seem to like many traditional foods-- such as salt-grilled fish-- cold or room temperature. Soup or tea is usually preferred scalding hot though.

As for rights-- men do not legally have more rights other than that divorce-remarriage bit, they are supposed to be equal under Japan's constitution. But unfortunately the legal reality and the actual everyday reality differs a lot. The main difference is the social aspect-- that if a man does something to violate your body or your rights and you speak out, that you are perceived as being immature and selfish-- and that a woman is socially conditioned and pressured to stay at home after marriage and raise children, not having the social freedom to seek a career or very much of a life beyond being a mother.

For example, women who work in business are called "OL's" (office ladies) and they fetch coffee and make copies while the men do the "real work." Most people think of an OL or a woman's job as a way for a girl to meet a good man to marry. Hairstyle magazines tout office work-wear and hairstyles that will "make you be loved" and "catch his eye." Sadly, many Japanese women are supposedly let go or pressured to quit from their jobs as OLs and flight attendants when they get a little older and are "unattractive." A woman in the workforce is seen usually in tv and advertising as some sort of sex object, like she's there to catch herself a man as opposed to have a fulfilling career or make money.

I have heard teachers make suggestions in the classroom to this effect, to my chagrin. One teacher I know talks about "careers for girls" that should be included in lessons such as "nurse, flight attendant, daycare assistant, florist, pastry chef." Another teacher I know said that "Girls, if you become a stewardess, you can marry a pilot someday and have lots of money." Sadly, I asked one of my brightest female students (she's 12) what she wants to do when she grows up and she answered with resignation, "I'll just be an OL and get married like normal people do."

Many of my male students know exactly what they want to be when the subject comes up-- doctor, lawyer, scientist, mechanic. Yet their female counterparts who are receiving the exact same education and are just as smart and able have no answer or answers such as, "I'll work in a clothes store" or "I want to be a bride."

I don't think this is taking away the rights of a woman outright or legally. If they really fought for it they could become anything they wanted to, but it would be very difficult because Japanese culture values so greatly harmony and having a lifestyle in which everyone around you agrees or approves of you and what you do. I just think it sure limits their freedom as far as being whatever they want to be to give them these kinds of messages... and it's everywhere, in tv and movies, in the schools, in advertising, in the books and magazines and comics the kids read, and in people's conversation. But I disgress. It's getting better, it's just so frustratingly backwards sometimes.

Anyway, check out the male-female ratio of students at Japan's top universities and the state of sexual harrassment and rape laws in Japan if you are curious about if women are being treated unfairly. It's pretty sad.

BTW the law about the birth control pill was changed a few years ago, I heard. But because of the very low birth rate, doctors discourage it and it is apparently hard to get. I do think this is a direct limitation of a woman's rights.

Answer 8

Yes - I found a few examples when I lived in Tokyo for three years.
After marriage, Japanese women are encouraged to quit their job, from their new husband, their boss and their female friends. If they do not quit, yearly bonuses are not as high and salary increases are low year after year. Women can not keep marriage a secret from their bosses because the companies that they work for also do employees taxes.

Japanese women are not allowed to make sushi.

Japanesee women are not allowed to use the pill as a form of birth control. Birth control pills are outlawed.

Japanes women are not allowed to get married 6 months to 1 year after divorce.

These are just a few examples. Japan is deep into daily culture that has been the same for thousands of years, things are changing but at a rate slower than most women would like.

Answer 9

Yes, Men have more rights. But it's not written down anywhere, that is just the way it is.

As for warming the plates in an oven. No, never happen here. Japanese are happy to eat things cold. As an American, I usually nuke my food it if has become cold.

Answer 10

Well in Okinawa, Japan men have more rights then women. Also its very rude to look a male in the eyes when your talking to him. if your female.