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In this article, I try to appropriate use 4 phrasal verbs(No.1~4) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.
One of my friends sent me a message and asked my opinion after I had watched both YouTube videos so I wrote to try and explain it. It’s a good opportunity think deeply Japanese culture related gender gap and serious social problem.
The first video (Are Japanese Girls Really Dumb?) was about why most Japanese girls don’t want to appear as intelligence to a man. I agree with the interviewees, and I also agree the 3 commentators opinions. The second video (Kasaneteku) is a comedy commercial about Japanese girls’ attitude during social gatherings in a bar.
It shows Japanese young women’s ways of applying their charms to young men who they are interested to get involved with.
Some of the young ladies think that they need to feign being dumb with a guy they like because a highly educated woman would be a little too intimidating for him. That kind of mindset is still widespread in Japan.
“Females don’t need to go to school because if a woman gets a lot of knowledge it difficult to find a husband. It’s enough that she learns about cooking.” This is what parents told their daughters 40-50 years ago. However, the high economic growth period (3)fizzled out and the system of industry and society changed. Now we need to (2)fit in with the declining birth rate and swiftly aging society, yet the Japanese government is still looking for the solution.
Here is a snapshot of the history of women’s right in Japan. Women earned the right to suffrage in 1946 while the Equal Female Employment Opportunity Act came into effect in 1985.
I’ll also show the data from the Global Gender Gap Report of 2017. Japan ranks 114 out of 144 countries.
Global Gender Gap Index
Total rank 114（0.657％）avg.68％
*subindex
Economic Participation and Opportunity 114（0.580％）avg.58％
Educational Attainment 74（0.991％）avg.95％
Health and Survival 1（0.980％）avg.96％
Political Empowerment 123（0.078％）avg.23％
From these results, it infers that Japan has failed to create an ideal society for every citizen. I’m not so young but I’d like to expand on it by (1)filling in for a young Japanese woman. The ideal society helps improve most of it’s citizen’s individual talents and skills. It definitely develops culture and the economy. Yet I know that typical Japanese women’s behavior looks strange from the outside.
It’s related to the gender gap environment in the political and economical arenas of Japan. I can’t blame young people because I recognize that I have a responsibility to contribute to the change and creation of a better society. I imagine if the half of the old male politicians were replaced by female ones, Japanese society would change in (4)the blink of an eye. I will recommend anyone to watch these videos, and tell me your opinions. What do you think?
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Title: A gender gap in Japan
One of my friends send me a message and asked my opinion after watching two YouTube videos. Thus I try to write for explaining it. It’s a good opportunity think deeply Japanese culture related gender gap and serious social problem.
The first video (Are Japanese Girls Really Dumb?) talks a topic that Japanese girls don’t want to show up with her intelligence to a man. I agreed with the interviewees, and I also agree the 3 commentators opinions. The second video (Kasaneteku) is a comedy commercial that Japanese girls attitude at the social communication in a bar.
It shows Japanese young women’s way of appealing their charm to young men who are targeting she wants to get married. How to does she do?
Some of the young ladies think that they need to imitate dump in front of the guy who is a target to marry she selected. Because a highly educated woman would be a little intimidated him. That kind of mindset is widely spread and still in Japan.
“Female doesn’t need to go school because if a woman gets a lot of knowledge it difficult to find a husband. It’s enough that she learns about cooking.” 40-50 years ago, Many parents said their daughter. However, the high economic growth period (3)fizzled out, the system of industry, society changed. Now we need to (2)fit in with the decline in birth rate and super-aging society. but Japanese government and citizen seeking the solution.
Here is Women’s Right extremely short history in Japan. Women got first suffrage in 1946. Equal Female Employment Opportunity Act came into effect in 1985.
I’ll show the data from Global Gender Gap Report 2017. The ranking of Japan is 114 grade in all 144 countries.
Global Gender Gap Index
Total rank 114（0.657％）avg.68％
*subindex
Economic Participation and Opportunity 114（0.580％）avg.58％
Educational Attainment 74（0.991％）avg.95％
Health and Survival 1（0.980％）avg.96％
Political Empowerment 123（0.078％）avg.23％
From this result, I inference that Japan fails to create an ideal society for every citizen. I’m not so young but I’d like to expand opinion (1)fill in for a young Japanese woman. The ideal society has to help improve many citizen’s talents and skills individually. It definitely develops culture and economy. The girls’ behavior looks strange from outside, I know.
It related gender gap environment of political and economical in Japan. I can’t blame young people because I’ve recognized I have a responsibility to change and create better for our society. I imagine if the half of old men politicians replace women politicians, Japanese society change in (4)the blink of an eye. I will recommend to watch those videos, and tell me your opinion. what do you think?
Reference
▽Are Japanese Girls Really Dumb? | ASIAN BOSS
▽[Eng sub] Kasaneteku / Winning in a singles mixer !? / Japanese commercial
▽Global Gender Gap Report 2017
http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2017/results-and-analysis/
http://ecodb.net/ranking/ggap.html
Homework
(1)fill in for: Temporarily substitute for another person.
(e.g.)”Eva is absent this morning and Julie is going to fill in for her.”エバが今朝は欠席のためジュリーに交代する。
(2)fit in (with): Feel comfortable or be in harmony with.
(e.g.)”He has difficulty making friends. He just doesn’t seem to fit in with the others.”彼は友だちを作るのが難しい。単に他人に合わせられないためのようだ。
(3)fizzle out: Gradually end.
(e.g.)”They used to be very close but over the years their friendship fizzled out.彼らはかつて非常に親密だったが数年が過ぎるうち、友情は徐々に途絶えた。
(4)blink of an eye: If something happens in the blink of an eye, it happens nearly instantaneously, with hardly enough time to notice it.
(e.g.)The pickpocket disappeared in the blink of an eye.そのスリは瞬く間に消えた。