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Gender Inequality In Japan

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“A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human,” Vera Nazarian. This quote was told to me by my teacher when I was in middle school and ever since it has been my main guide in a world where one gender is deemed superior to another. Women currently make up 49.555% of the world population and 51.2% of the Japanese population. Although women make up half of the human population, they are treated as inferior and secondary beings. Whether it is now or 400 years ago the social divide between men and women still exist. Japan is one of the many countries to fell victim to this societal divide. Japanese had views that women could only be wise mothers and good wives. Women were treated as secondary beings and the law also supported the treatment of women as insignificant beings. This deep-rooted beliefs stem from ideologies carried from previous periods. The Tokugawa and Meiji periods enforced the belief of there being a superior gender. The Tokugawa period showed the rise of a centralized government and absolute government control. The Meiji period brought Japan out of its isolation and into its current glory. Although both groups had different government systems, they were both confined women to the standards of society. Japanese women were considered minor in society, which restricts the capability of women in terms of education, marriage, and

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