[quote]therajraj wrote:
I read the other day that 75% of Japanese men get an allowance from their wives.
No idea if this actually true, but if it is, maybe white men do well for the simple fact Japanese men are heavily immasculated.
Some of the Japanese girls I’ve met on working vacations here have told me they prefer non Japanese men because they consider Japanese people to be cold. A few girls words, not mine.
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It actually is true.
However, like all things Japanese, what you think you see is not necessarily what you get.
Women control the finances because that is their household role. But keep in mind that, generally speaking, the Japanese man still earns the lion’s share, if not all of the money his wife appears to “control.” Think of it more like June Cleaver chiding Ward in a matronly way, telling him he’ll have to wait till next month for that new set of golf clubs he’s been eyeballing.
He may yes dear yes dear her in response, but all of us understand that once the cameras stop rolling, it would only take one look from Ward and June would know damn well she’d better not bring up those golf clubs again. For the most part, men here get what they want. A lot of times women just happen to “want” what their husbands do.
To your second two points, I believe that Japanese society is becoming superficially emasculated, but at its core remains a strongly patriarchal society; unlike much of the US, where we have men doing everything they can to strut and"peacock" and dick measure in what I can only imagine to be a desperate flailing against the actual emasculation that has been occurring for the past 50 years, and which is now accelerating at a damn near alarming rate.
The thing about Japanese men being cold to women is pretty much true, in my experience. The reason Japanese women and Western men get along so well is that, at this time in history, we are a perfect fit, like Lancelot and Guinevere. Western men are generally respectful, kind, thoughtful, helpful, appreciative, loving and protecting toward women. In short: chivalrous. And Japanese females are all the things that a man hopes a woman to be: feminine, matronly, nurturing, I could go on listing feminine qualities but I can sum it up thus: Supreme happiness for most Japanese women lies is taking care of and raising the family they have helped create.
The glue that really comprises this bond is the fact that both Western men and Japanese women appreciate one another. Ironically, Western feminism is actually one of the primary reasons this happens to be. Western men have moved somewhat toward the feminine center, while our women are actually jockeying for our position in some areas. Meanwhile both Japanese men and women are each still firmly entrenched on one another’s own side. So your typical Western man will not only work, head the household, protect the family and so on, he’ll also open the door for you, pull our your chair on a date, bring you flowers, cook (!?!?!?) and take a more proactive role in family life. Hell, some crazies like me even help with the housework! A Japanese female is extremely conscious of her weight and appearance (we have the hottest moms on earth, hands down), defers to male decisions on bigger matters, respects her and her man’s respective place in a hierarchy without getting all insecure and hyper assertive, is usually happy to take care of pretty much ALL of the child and household related tasks like cooking, cleaning, feeding, bathing, changing diapers, and does not believe she needs to be something other than exactly what she is.
When a Western man first experiences the treatment he receives from a Japanese female, and her him, it’s like Plato’s cave dweller making it outside for the first time. No matter how much silicone and collagen and lipstick and plasticine facade your modern American “woman” covers herself in, it just can’t hold a candle (get it, haha?) to the real thing.
Just. My. Opinion.
Haha. (^=^)