The Effect Of Japanese Culture On Gender Equality
Before many years ago males took control everywhere in the society. Alone with that, woman got chances to educate themselves. By the time; woman merged their abilities form, housemaids to CEO level in the present day society. According to my perspective, Gender is very law in developing countries now days. As we considered to many years before, Even In the Japanese society, people treats men and women equally. Women working everywhere in the society as labors to Administrative levels. even the facts are quite visible to understand. There are two considerable facts. One of them is lack of maternity leave; and the second one is sexual assault and interpersonal relationship between the society. If we can find solutions for these issues, there will be no Gender Discrimination between women and the society. One of the newest worldwide dogmatic debates at present is gender discrimination. Over the past period feminism has increased balance and is, in many countries, stimulating more equal societies. That is not to say that all countries are perfectly equal. Japan is measured to be one of the most economically powerful countries in the world. Despite having accomplished amazing revolution since WWII, Japan still keeps traditional values. I will consider Japanese culture and how traditional views affect gender equality in the fields of education, work and finances.
Japanese society’s traditional ideals are of Confucian principle: “men are superior to women”. This is the norm in Japanese society today. Japan appears to be modern and Westernised on the surface, but should you take a closer look, the country still is highly traditional. Women are expected to stay at home taking care of their family, and men are expected to financially support the family. 70% of women stop working after having given birth to their first child. Child care placements are few and expensive, costing as much as￥60K, or 4100kr, per month, which only makes it more difficult for women to reenter the job market. Only 28% of children have a child care placement. Men do less housework due to very long working hours and unpaid, “voluntary” overtime. A typical Japanese “salaryman”, company office worker, works between 60-80 hours a week. All of this factors into Japan’s placement as 104th on the globally acclaimed Global Gender Discrimination Index (GGGI).
Looking at education, Japan is fairly egalitarian. According to the GGGI, Japan has a female-to-male ratio of 1. 01 for secondary education. However, for tertiary education, Japan has a ratio of 0. 90, meaning that there are slightly more males. There is a clear gender segregation in the fields of study. 70% of female university students are enrolled within typical “female” fields of study: education, social sciences or liberal arts. Typical “male” fields of study are science and engineering.
The unemployment rates in Japan are low at around 5%. However, the type of employment differs greatly for men and women. 35% of women work part-time, compared to 10% of men. The salary of a woman working full-time is on average 68% that of a man’s in the same position. Companies tend to avoid hiring women for other jobs than secretaries as women are likely to drop out due to maternity. Once having left the workforce, it is very difficult to return. Women who wish to relaunch their careers can only get low-paid part-time jobs. Japanese social structure simply does not allow women to be wives, mothers and career women at the same time.
