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How does Japanese culture view women?

In traditional culture, a woman is simply the bearer of household chores. In Chinese culture, we also appreciate women who are able to "teach their husbands to raise their children", but in Japanese tradition, the authority to "teach their children" is left to the men only, and women can at most advise their husbands on their careers if the family allows them to do so, but only under certain conditions.

Although it has been nearly 150 years since the Meiji era, and 61 years since the Showa era, when Americanization took over, the status of women in the Japanese family and society is still not as high as it is in Japan today. Traditional morality is still the most binding factor, and most families still follow the concept of the threefold nature of the family, and women's role in society and the family is still characterized by being subordinate to men. The idea that women must do all the work in the home dominates the minds of husbands just as it did 150 years ago.

Even if a woman achieves some success in the workplace, her role at home is still that of a woman.