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In reply to the discussion: Japan’s sexual apathy is endangering the global economy [View all]Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)19. Missing from this story is that a Japanese family doesn't work with shitty part time job
The traditional Japanese family has the wife at home, the husband working full time with incredibly insane hours. The husband turns over his paycheck to the wife and she manages the household and child raising.
Japanese women, for their part, often avoid romantic relationships because Japanese laws and social norms can make it extremely difficult for women to have both a family and a career. Japan is extremely unusual in that it is highly educated and wealthy but still has some of the worst systemic gender inequality in the world; it has a European-style economy but South Asian social family mores. Professional women are stuck in the middle of that contradiction. It's not just that day-care programs are scarce: Women who become pregnant or even just marry are so expected to quit work that they can come under enormous social pressure to do so and often find that career advancement becomes impossible. There's a word for married working women: oniyome, or "devil wives."
If you have no paycheck to turn over your not a good prospect as a husband.
Having children outside of marriage is not done here, abortion is not stigmatized and Abortion is accepted. "Hooking up" is done with sex workers, Japan has a fairly vibrant sex industry.
Obviously if asked people might be reluctant to admitting to hooking up with sex workers, so surveys about "sex" are more likely to be interpreted as asking have you had "married sex".
Within married families, 1-2 children is the norm.
We would see similar trends in the united states without immigration. There is negligible immigration to japan, mostly workers with temp visas.
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humans beings did not evolve to be truly effective multi-taskers. We do it, but we don't do
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#87
Whatever... this small problem is better than female infanticed in China!
Jeffersons Ghost
Jan 2015
#43
The media is constantly pushing this line about the danger of shrinking population while simulta-
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#8
I believe it. And I believe they'd gladly get rid of us as soon as they have enough production
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#40
The Japanese that of to the states are a subset and a bad example to generalize with because there
Bonobo
Jan 2015
#70
Can't figure out why my fav guitar player Marty Friedman lives there but he does draw a huge crowd.
L0oniX
Jan 2015
#89
That documentary is about a club in Dotonbori, the most disgusting place in Osaka if not all Japan
Bonobo
Jan 2015
#53
Its strange the transition from urban areas to countryside agricultural areas is abrupt.
Jesus Malverde
Jan 2015
#33
Missing from this story is that a Japanese family doesn't work with shitty part time job
Jesus Malverde
Jan 2015
#19
I'd say the wheels have come off the bus, but I think that is an insult to wheel-less buses.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2015
#48
I think the major issue Japan will face will be a shortage of people to take care of their elderly.
dilby
Jan 2015
#25
And now PM Abe wants to reform education to "instill patriotism in schoolchildren ...
betsuni
Jan 2015
#101
They are having enough kids to support healthy economy. Just not run away capitalist one.
on point
Jan 2015
#28
They're all living on a crowded island. Might that have something to do with it? n/t
eridani
Jan 2015
#78