Nguyen Hoang Thuy Tien

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Questions/comments for 2022/10/14
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1. After reading Japan's Frozen Future, I was very surprised to know that women
who graduated from colleges are more likely to be unemployed than those who
didn't because they tend to get married to rich men. Even though I knew from the
previous lesson that many women go to university to get better chance at marriage, I
didn't expect that they would stop their career then and there. Given this is a
popular tendency, does this trend contribute to the gender discrimination at
workplace, as many would expect female employees to be temporary?
2. Although given the explanation that many women cannot afford to continue
their career because of their family responsibilities, I believe the main reason for
Japanese women inability to balance career and personal life is because of Japan's
cultural belief. The inherent belief that women belongs to the back house, reflected
in the way the wife is called "okusan" (literally back-house -san) or kanai (literally in-
house), still hinders women's career prospect until today. In many other countries,
women are also burdened with both work and family responsibilities, which is also a
problem, but this puzzle is not as serious as in Japan, where women have to choose
either work or family.
3. In "Logic vs Evidence", it was mentioned that policies such a generous childcare,
parental leave, and child allowance still cannot convince couples to have children
because of the stressful and long-hour work culture of Japan. In this case, is there
any way, if not changing this work culture, that adults can feel like they have enough
time to build a family without having to be worried that it will hinder their
professional life? If so, is there any chance that the signature work culture of Japan