I think Japanese women have it better there.
Japanese men have it so much harder.
Because they have to work in the society and make all the money.
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females and males in Japan are currently equal or not.
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You know the word feminism?
Femiminism?
No clue what that is. - Never heard of it.
Well do you think Japanese males and females are equal then?
I think women have it better now.
Somehow.
We have "women only" train carts and "ladies day" in the cinema.
I think things like that give us a great advantage.
So what else makes you think you're glad to be a woman in Japan then?
Sometimes when you go to an All-you-can-eat, women will pay less.
Yeah I think that's a thing sometimes.
That makes me feel glad I am a woman.
Cheaper "All you can eat"...
Haven't seen that yet, you need to give me real details about that later.
I can wear cute clothes. That's why I am glad I am a woman in Japan.
But apart from that I can't think of anything else.
Do you think women and men in Japan are equal?
What do you think?
Sometimes...
I daresay we are treated differently.
When?
No men have it harder.
Because they have to work in the society and make all the money.
What specifically do you think only men have to do?
Work.
When men marry they have to work hard as sole money makers of the family.
In Japan men are the sole breadwinners?
An ideal family image yes.
So that's why women have it easier?
If they become house wifes yes.
Because they don't have to live in the working world.
Have you heard of the word feminism?
Yes I have.
I am trying to ask people about gender equality in Japan...
What do you personally think? Are men and women equal in Japan?
No I don't think we are equal.
What part needs to be worked on?
In the UK and such, people would let a woman sit down first right?
In Japan men will push ahead and sit down vigorously.
Psst don't say that.
And that makes me question their perception of women in society.
Wait... sorry that has nothing to do with feminism...
But I think Japan isn't a country that is very kind to its women.
Where is Japan not kind enough?
Glass ceiling. Higher positions are mainly men only.
We actually learned about that in University when we found out about feminism.
And there haven't been any changes for the better recently too.
Yuriko Koike is the very FIRST female governor of Tokyo.
At that point people were hoping that this creates an environment
in which women have it easier to work as proper members of society
But in reality, not much has changed.
What area needs to change?
When women take maternity leave, they often can't get their work back.
I am still a student but...
It would be good if systems like that could change.
We need to change what people expect of the female shape...
Get rid of the the idea that only a skinny woman is beautiful.
True, I have seen some women in Japan being incredibly thin.
That's right. Generally women are always on some sort of slimming diet.
It's taken for granted.
You're the only ones I asked who actually studied feminism. Where did you do that?
We are studying at an international university, in their language department.
We learn about cultures from other countries.
So we spoke about how cultures treat their women and men.
There were many classes in which we talked about how much women are allowed
to work as members of society.
And feminism was one of our cultural studies.
So is feminism treated like a foreign culture then?
Feminism is not really included into Japanese culture.
Have you heard of the word feminim?
Never heard of it.
No clue.
Are women and men in Japan equal right now?
We are totally equal in my opinion.
At least in my world.
Somewhat equal I think.
I think we're equal.
What part is equal now then?
If you take a part-time job, you get the same wage
apparently. That sounds equal to me.
Men can now also take maternity leave.
I think that's pretty good.
Recently in employment they try to employ women to create a balance.
So where do women have it better? - In the cinema.
On ladie's day we get our cinema tickets a little bit cheaper.
Great advantage.
Some side street pubs say that women can have free drinks there.
Right, that's a thing?
It exists sometimes. - That's an advantage for women.
Really, free drinks? - Yes we have that.
So how does that pub make any money then? - Of course men pay then.
Japan has some interesting things...
So where do women have it better?
There are women-only carts in trains.
There are only women in it.
There are no men only carts. So women have it better.
I think a big advantage for women, is having women only train carts.
Are they necessary?
Well yeah they are kind of necessary.
Japanese trains are quite dangerous for women.
So women need them.
Thanks for that.
Doing this interview on the streets of Japan was kind of
difficult for me this time, because just the types of responses
that you get, it seems like some people don't know that
there is a different option, like...
it's nice that you get a cheaper cinema ticket on Wednesdays,
but it's not so nice that you get paid less,
And that you don't have really many chances to move up
and that there... in most of the ruling positions, you can only
see men. So, that's not something I would want to swap
for a cinema ticket! Getting a cinema ticket cheaper or
going to a restaurant cheaper.
I think that's something to consider there.
It's just generally also... when I look at politics and switch on the TV
in Japan, it seems to be...
mainly just men, like pretty much 90, 95 percent you only see
men there. And if women go into politics they have a really hard time.
I mean, I come from Germany, which means its a country where
we have a female politician at the head. And she's doing
actually a good job, even though, hey, it's a pretty tough job.
I wouldn't want to trade with her. But seriously, just one of the things I've been thinking
about. Also Japan, generally what I hear all around me is that
middle aged men are generally the most employable sector,
because even if there's a woman that has the same qualifications,
a man will be picked because a) he will not stop working when
he gets married, because some women still do that,
or some people think women still do that,
and b) he will not get pregnant which means there's no pregnancy leave
you don't need to pay pregnancy leave, or you know, you don't
have any loss of work. So, still it's preferred, and that doesn't seem to be
what I experienced in the UK. What I find very interesting
is the kind of minority, that you push a minority and give them more chances
in actually working in a place.
So again, feminism is not only for women, feminism is also
standing for equality between other areas.
Yeah, it's just not something I would like to trade for a cinema ticket,
it was just so sad, some of the responses I got made me a bit upset.
And one thing people said, like, "Oh, you know, women have it better
because there is a women-only car"...
I really don't think so, because the reason why the women only
car is there is because it has to be there, because there's a lot of
sexual harassment on Japanese trains. It's not just a rumor,
it's not just a thing that you sometimes see in anime,
it really happens, and it happens a lot.
So these women only cars are there during the really busy times
to protect women from getting groped on the trains. And it's
really sad something like that has to exist...
But it has to exist. Like, I have a friend of mine in high school,
she was 17, she was... in one day, she got groped four times on the train
and she'd already had a really tough day, and it's just like...
it's terrible that something like this has to exist. And now, at this
point I'm grateful it exists because it protects people but
it shouldn't have to exist,
because good people shouldn't do that.
You know... that's what I want to say.
Anyway, so that was our topic on feminism; we've done two
on this about, and we actually never really talk about serious
topics, so be sure to leave us comments about that.
If you leave us comments, be nice to each other - I know this is
a comment... a topic that causes quite a lot of friction between
the genders and between people, so be nice to each other
in the comments. Looking forward though to what your thoughts are
on feminism in your country and feminism in Japan.
I wish you a lovely day and I'll catch you soon on Ask Japanese.
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