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I stated that Japan was matriarchal in another thread about Carlos Ghosn, to wit:
And got the reply:
So here it is:
All the bowing and gift giving . Focus on the form rather than the function. Don't ask why, just do it. Its more important to look busy than actually be working. Extreme emphasis on apology. Optics, optics, optics and not much analysis. So many words with an emotional component but no rational/actual definition, such as "onegaishimasu". Husbands's salaries go to wives' bank accounts. The bath culture. Kawaii culture. The creation and use of special feminine language. The extreme over-abundance of social rules, particularly all those "don'ts". Go to any mall and its wall to wall women's clothes and accessories. A marked disdain for used or old looking items regardless of how well they work, such as automobiles. And those are the ones I think are rather obvious.
There are many, many more I could name although many of those are said to exist because of men but I see it the opposite. In fact it is a feminine thing to blame men for just as much as women can get away with, and in today's world, women are so winning with that garbage. And its why this matriarchal society is called patriarchal and will continue to be until men are naked and in chains and that's about what its going to take the men have no spine today.
Anyway, I think it should be understood that no society is 100 percent matriarchal or patriarchal. I see Japan as maybe 75 percent matriarchal. What do you think?
Also I see this as part of the matriarchal harmonious society Japan has. Guilt or innocence does not matter much in such a society. You get accused, you just own it and take whatever punishment you get without complaint. You don't rock the boat. In fact, what you do is apologize and beg for mercy. So damned feminine and almost as disgusting as the male tendency to go war. Ghosn didn't do that. So they hate him. Of course we see this same feminine thinking when a man is accused of rape in America....GUILTY until proven more GUILTY!
And got the reply:
First time I've heard Japanese society described as matriarchal rather than patriarchal though. Care to expand on that?
So here it is:
All the bowing and gift giving . Focus on the form rather than the function. Don't ask why, just do it. Its more important to look busy than actually be working. Extreme emphasis on apology. Optics, optics, optics and not much analysis. So many words with an emotional component but no rational/actual definition, such as "onegaishimasu". Husbands's salaries go to wives' bank accounts. The bath culture. Kawaii culture. The creation and use of special feminine language. The extreme over-abundance of social rules, particularly all those "don'ts". Go to any mall and its wall to wall women's clothes and accessories. A marked disdain for used or old looking items regardless of how well they work, such as automobiles. And those are the ones I think are rather obvious.
There are many, many more I could name although many of those are said to exist because of men but I see it the opposite. In fact it is a feminine thing to blame men for just as much as women can get away with, and in today's world, women are so winning with that garbage. And its why this matriarchal society is called patriarchal and will continue to be until men are naked and in chains and that's about what its going to take the men have no spine today.
Anyway, I think it should be understood that no society is 100 percent matriarchal or patriarchal. I see Japan as maybe 75 percent matriarchal. What do you think?