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typical duties of Japanese housewife?
- Thread starter lilyofthevalley
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And that never hurt anyone either!Leaves more time for her to polish the pole - it all works out nicely!!
Arthur Glumskivitus
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- 20 Sep 2007
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* Airing the futons.
* Preparing the radishes and turnips for broth.
* Arranging my Rolodex for the day ahead.
* Preparing the radishes and turnips for broth.
* Arranging my Rolodex for the day ahead.
Candicebunny
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Question about being a Japanese Housewife
I plan on moving to Japan with my future to be husband in the next few years. We love everything Japanese. What I am afraid of is not being able to be a housewife like other woman. I am looking for infomation on how to do fulfill my duties as a housewife. What do I need to do from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. Is there anyone I could contact in Japan to show me my duties when I move out there. I don't want to make my family look ashamed in the eyes of other Japanese families.:? Also I need to find a class to learn how to cook Japanese meals. Thanks!
I plan on moving to Japan with my future to be husband in the next few years. We love everything Japanese. What I am afraid of is not being able to be a housewife like other woman. I am looking for infomation on how to do fulfill my duties as a housewife. What do I need to do from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. Is there anyone I could contact in Japan to show me my duties when I move out there. I don't want to make my family look ashamed in the eyes of other Japanese families.:? Also I need to find a class to learn how to cook Japanese meals. Thanks!
- 7 Jun 2008
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"What I am afraid of is not being able to be a housewife like other woman. I am looking for infomation on how to do fulfill my duties as a housewife."
If you are a gaijin, you will never be allowed to be a housewife "like" Japanese women. If you try too hard to do so, you may just amuse your neighbors, like an ape trying to mimic human ways.
This is not to say your neighbors won't be friendly; they just won't expect you to be Japanese. If I were you, I'd just try to be the kind of housewife you want to be, and that your husband wants you to be. Conform to Japanese housewifely duties only as directly concerns your neighbors.
When moving in, it's customary to present your immediate neighbors with small gifts. They in turn should advise you as to local customs and mutual tenant duties, such as the time of month or week when the housewives clean the streets, gutters, and premises.
You'll find that landlords don't do much except hold out their hands for rent money. In fact, landlords initially expect to be bribed with "gift money" for condescending to rent to you. And there is a lot of discrimination against gaijin by landlords, so you may have to look hard to find a place you can live in. Japanese have anti-discrimination laws on the books, just like enlightened Western nations; but in Japan's case, the laws are just window-dressing -- they're not enforced.
If you are a gaijin, you will never be allowed to be a housewife "like" Japanese women. If you try too hard to do so, you may just amuse your neighbors, like an ape trying to mimic human ways.
This is not to say your neighbors won't be friendly; they just won't expect you to be Japanese. If I were you, I'd just try to be the kind of housewife you want to be, and that your husband wants you to be. Conform to Japanese housewifely duties only as directly concerns your neighbors.
When moving in, it's customary to present your immediate neighbors with small gifts. They in turn should advise you as to local customs and mutual tenant duties, such as the time of month or week when the housewives clean the streets, gutters, and premises.
You'll find that landlords don't do much except hold out their hands for rent money. In fact, landlords initially expect to be bribed with "gift money" for condescending to rent to you. And there is a lot of discrimination against gaijin by landlords, so you may have to look hard to find a place you can live in. Japanese have anti-discrimination laws on the books, just like enlightened Western nations; but in Japan's case, the laws are just window-dressing -- they're not enforced.
why does such laws exsist in western nations?
however their nature would never change..
thay is why such laws were made?
i think this thing never happen in Japan
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/idyllic-gwynns-island-echoes-racial-divide
- 7 Jun 2008
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Such laws exist because people tend to want to rent to people just like themselves.
Your article is interesting, but doesn't surprise me. We have no shortage of racists in the US. I was talking about what the LAW will do about the problem of housing (or job, etc.) discrimination. If a landlord tried to rent only to white people here, he'd be dragged into court by local human rights or housing commissions. Note that this is exactly what happened in the case cited in your article.
In Japan, most landlords freely advertise, through their real estate agents, that they won't rent to gaijin. The open "no gaijin" policy suggests that no one fears legal consequences. Also, most people in the US would be embarrassed or ashamed to advertise such a policy, even if they are actual racists themselves.
You cannot pretend that this is not racial/ethnic discrimination. These landlords have maybe had one bad experience (or more likely, heard about some other landlord's bad experience) with a gaijin, and now they discriminate against all gaijin.
Your article is interesting, but doesn't surprise me. We have no shortage of racists in the US. I was talking about what the LAW will do about the problem of housing (or job, etc.) discrimination. If a landlord tried to rent only to white people here, he'd be dragged into court by local human rights or housing commissions. Note that this is exactly what happened in the case cited in your article.
In Japan, most landlords freely advertise, through their real estate agents, that they won't rent to gaijin. The open "no gaijin" policy suggests that no one fears legal consequences. Also, most people in the US would be embarrassed or ashamed to advertise such a policy, even if they are actual racists themselves.
You cannot pretend that this is not racial/ethnic discrimination. These landlords have maybe had one bad experience (or more likely, heard about some other landlord's bad experience) with a gaijin, and now they discriminate against all gaijin.
there are many apartments for gaijins on the web
I think it is enough..
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moer than 350,000 gaijins living in suitable places in tokyo afterwards.
how much % of landlords are there such like that?
i think it might be an exaggerated thing.
so are "only japanese " singns
For instance, there might be less than 5 even in case in Tokyo.
most of them are hostess bar where they can not speak english at all or experienced trouble with gaijin
it is their trauma that was given
Akakubisan
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When I was hunting for apartments in July, less than 20% of agents were even willing to show a property to me, much less ask the landlord to rent to me. I don't believe there is any exaggeration regarding foreigners renting standard housing in Japan. This of course leaves out the overpriced foreign housing and guest houses specifically focused towards foreigners.
