Japanese Consulate San Francisco Vice Consul Charged with Assualt and 14 Counts of Domestic Violence

Ohhhhh… now that I have watched it. She’s talking about the ‘otoko’ radical. I never thought of that! Wow. Weird. I guess now I know never to guess that that 男 part is the radical on any Kanji quizzes that I may see in the future! Good stuff.

Sexism exists in all the societies. Until January 2009 a woman doing the same work as man get 75C while the man get 1 dollar in the country that call itself the biggest democracy in the world. In the Christian society women are still unable to get the right of high ranking position in the church, the same happen in muslin countries. However, some countries have accomplished more than others. Japan is still among the countries that did little to eradicate the injustice toward women despite the percentage of educated women. In Japan, girls like boys attend school up to the university level. However, there are more active women active (politician, professor, judges, fire-fighter….) in the most “primitive” countries than Japan.
When I came to Japan, I always wondered why men (husband) walk in front and woman behind, why always women working in TV announce the news and men are the ones that develop the story and comments, why in office only women distribute tea, collect garbage and clean.
After couple of years, I understood (as one Japanese friend told during my first days) that women seem to be satisfied by their position and satisfied by getting and handling the monthly husband income. The say of a Minister that “women are machine making kids”shows how little consideration Japanese attach to the rights of women.