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She [Natsuo Kirino] drills into Japan's more rancid layers in the years after the collapse of the economic bubble. There she discovers seams of poverty, violence, rage, and depravity in a society that mostly sees itself as refined and orderly.
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I can't say unequivocally that Japanese women are oppressed or not oppressed. In hidden places, Japanese women always had power, it's true. All Japanese men also have a tendency to suffer from ,' she [Natsuo Kirino] added, using the contraction of 'mother complex' to refer to the obsessive devotion men are said to harbour for their mothers. 'That's why Japanese women are seemingly rather strong ... You talked about running the household ac..
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The existence of hostess bars is one of the reasons that Japanese men and women don't get along,' she [Natsuo Kirino] said. 'You see, there are women who will perform services for men, pour their drinks, light their cigarettes. And at home, wives will cater to their husbands' needs. There is a separation of roles, of being kind to men in two different settings. So men feel that, as long as they pay, they will receive service in such places...
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