Most Japanese Women Aspire to Be Housewives

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Japanese government statistics show that half of all Japanese women aspire to live a life of leisure as full time housewives at their husband’s expense, with a dramatic increase in this aspiration evident amongst younger women.

The traditional notion that “the woman should stay at home and care for the children” is said to have been declining in popularity for many years, but surveys conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reveal the opposite trend appears to have taken hold of many women, especially those in their twenties.

In a national survey of some 13,000 participants conducted in 2008 and published recently, the attitudes of approximately 7,000 married women of all ages were analysed.

A total of 45% now agreed with the statement that “a husband should work outside, and a wife should devote herself to the home,” up from 41.1% in 2003. In 1993 the figure was 53.6%.

Most notable was the breakdown in ages – 47.9% of women under 29 now agreed with the notion that they should become housewives, an increase of 12.2% since the last time the survey was conducted.

Women in their thirties also agreed, up 7.6% to 41.7%, and those in their forties rose 6.6% to 39.8%. On the other hand, women in their fifties believing this dropped 2.5% to 42.3%, and those in their sixties dropped 4% to 57.2%.

The most favoured occupation amongst those surveyed was that of housewife, with 55.3%.

A charitable interpretation would be that Japanese women want increasingly to devote themselves to motherhood and the pleasures of raising a family.

Unfortunately for proponents of this view, a raft of statistics and ever lowering birth rates suggest an aversion to work and the leisure possibilities of home life less burdened than ever by domestic drudgery rather suggest an alternative interpretation.

Japanese men meanwhile seem less interested than ever in this uneven partnership – many would rather their wives work, others increasingly find their wages are too low to support a full-time housewife even had they a mind to, and a tiny but conspicuous minority even shun flesh and blood women in favour of the 2D alternative.



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    Comment by Ray
    23:21 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I can't help but laugh at people (probably women) who say that housework is srs bzns. Let's see, if I had a choice between doing housework or being fucked in the brain daily by some evil overlord boss in a capitalist world struck by worldwide recession, thanks I'll pick the housework.

    Also, many single working men do both so financing a "professional NEET" harpy to leech off of you like a parasite is bloody ridiculous. Ofcourse women suddenly don't want "equality" but rather "traditional roles". Working is a bitch innit? How about you work and I make you some sandwiches? I wouldn't mind that.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:57 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Actually, some men are doing that, but they ALSO usually have 'work-at-home' jobs and bring in some money.

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:35 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Housewives == Professional NEET

    Comment by GreasyWeeabooVirgin
    22:37 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Weird thing is, the concept of a housewife was considered normal. But recently, or at least with you losers, they're considered parasites and whatnot. Maybe some (or a lot) of males need to quit their bitching. What happen to the notion that hard work reaps great rewards? Wouldn't you work hard, or in your cases, make so much as an effort, to land yourself a keeper?

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:50 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    There's a difference between:

    Working hard and reaping the benefits,

    and,

    working hard and see the benefits disappear down a sinkhole which only grows wider(pun intended) as time goes on...

    Oh, and if you ever decide that you have had enough and wish to move to greener pastures without sinkholes, beware, for it will reach out and chomp off more than half your body before it allows you off...

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:39 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'd make it? It's just a bloody sandwich, it's not like he's asking for a packed lunch six out of seven.

    Wait, are we talking Sub style here?

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:56 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The main reason that most women aspire to be housewives is because housewives do very little outside of cleaning, taking care of the kids (which is mainly done by society when they are 4 or older, in pre-school and regular school), and sometimes making a meal for their husbands.

    We really need to get off this 'marriage' stuff to be blunt, because it is encouraging women to latch on to a man like their lives depend on it.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:16 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    These Japanese ladies are smart. I've been aspiring to be a housewife since kindergarten.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:29 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Won't work unless she's addicted to your penis. At best, you can divorce her for half her stuff, but be socially ostracized for doing so because only women are allowed to do evil things.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:24 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Modern feminists will rationalize everything to be the men's fault, so it's not even worth bringing it up for lulz.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:24 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Feminism = a sovinism on behalf of female, towards male (equality is equal to equality regardles of gender as well as any other factor).

    However, as the "feminism" movement was at it's peak during the 50's, I believe that it is because of the experience those elderly women would prefer working a bit just to get to spend time with a person they are fond of instead of "living a wild houswife life". Not much of a reason to "date seriously" if you know that you won't be able to see the bitch later anyhows.

    Comment by Dia
    00:32 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Before I came to SanCom, I was sorry for those women being "forced" to stay home by the traditional society. I'm not sorry for them anymore.

    The differences between age groups seem to be showing a classic "greener grass" effect.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:34 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    kill you are selfs linux nerds

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:23 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    the correct post would be

    kill -9 `pidof linux_nerds`

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:32 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's really good news. With a low natality and woman don't working, means that in a few years they will need a to nationalise foreigners to compensate the lack of a workers!! And the best thing is their own fault!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:17 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hmm Some people seem to bash a certain country, not thinking that some are not is always as you see them to be, bunch a nonsense they're talking about sometimes. Anyway, it does feel a little off, but it does feel some kind of tradition going on these days. Maybe it is. And it's a bit hard handling life a single income, having one parent doing all the work, in case someone loses a job and still can't find one. Well that part people can think twice about.

    If I have a moment to spare for something on this site. Its typical, some people on this site say s**t and I just ignore them considering they know s**t about a person's life, even an American. All I know is that people in this world can disrespect, dishonest, hurt, and do all that kinds of negativity that I don't want to be a part of. Now with that little rant out of the way I can say that this housewife thing may some comfortable, but can also be troublesome in some way if anyone could point that out on how it can be that way.

    Comment by Ukonkivi
    19:55 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I swear these studies make me sick to my stomach.
    There are still a lot of cultural things that are interesting about Japanese women for dating just like a lot of nationalities.

    But I'm certainly not reminded of them when I'm at Sankaku.

    Comment by Anonymous
    19:55 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's good news. That's how women should think.

    Thank god that "equality" bullshit is slowly starting to fade.

    Men and women were never equal and will never be, that's how nature works, the end.

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:08 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    hah housewives huh? typical, women want equality and when they find out how tough it really is they bail, they are literally pussies.

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:31 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ahem, Most Japanese Women Aspire to be "NEETs with husbands as a suitable lifetime parasite host"

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:04 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The more the technology develop to make the life easier, the more housewife-wanna-be appear.
    Since washing clothes now only 1 button away.
    Cooking rice only 1 button away.
    And many other new invention to make the life easier.

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:52 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Great work japanese people!

    With these kinds of mentalities, the entire japanese population would be down to zero in the next 100 years :)

    and DPRK will occupy the japanese archipelago :)

    Comment by maga
    Comment by Anonymous
    14:24 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If this was like 10 or 20 years ago, I would understand since that was their "role" in society more or less, but nowadays, it's the lazy b*tches that are talking.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:01 03/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Oh and i wonder why related topics are about women wanting rich husbands...
    Lazy bitches, in our country women do work AND take care of household and even have free time too and dont complain...

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:42 25/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    xD oh god. i dont blame japanese guys liking 2d girls more than 3d. in my country more than 50% of students in college are females

    Comment by Julius "Tom" Jones
    16:12 12/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    How does that not surprise me! Im MALE and id want to be a house husband. :)

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:26 29/12/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I work and can satisfy my boyfriend despite the arguments about money (no details). If I worked, cleaned, raised children, and cooked while he didn't make any changes or contributions, I would be looked down on because I stuck with him. But if I left him on the curb I would just the money hungry bitch that dumped him right? I don't feel too strongly for the feminist thing but being born a man doesn't earn repect in th household. Also being American doesn't mean we all think the same as if we were a single race. If you think we're all stupid get out of our country. If you think you and your people are better why are you here? Why should I a black American suffer because of stupid foreigners with superiority complexes be allowed to say or do as you please as you are also a contributing factor to the increasing workforce in our country pushing my people into relying on the Govornment trap called welfare.

    Comment by darknetwork
    20:02 12/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    poor husband, being worked to death

    Comment by PrinceHeir
    04:08 05/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    hmmm interesting though it will still be better for both parties to work together :D

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:30 03/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's a world gone crazy, keeps a woman in chains..

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:58 04/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Jesus christ. People on here read one or two snippets in Sankaku, probably having never even been to Japan, then act as if they're connoisseurs of Japanese women. Protip: most Japanese women have a job.

    If people said things like "I just want to do my best for my husband/wife!" instead of accusing the other half of laziness wouldn't it be better? Instead I just see self absorbed NEETs who have no aspirations or anything to offer.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:58 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    GDI Sankaku.

    First you bitch about how women should 'stay in the kitchen' andother ronry shit, and then when some say they want to, you bitch about that too.

    WTF is wrong with you guys?

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:24 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    so womans do want to become neet too

    Comment by ImBZppl
    04:33 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    now this is a deadly combo...
    it goes like this: want to be housewife to love a life of LEISURE
    therefore you need a wealthy husband
    standard of a wealthy man in a womens eye is too high therefore no man can match it
    Housewife dream is left unfulfilled

    route one:
    wait...
    women gets old waiting because her standards are too high
    being old makes one less desirable for marriage so cannot get married
    and finally population drops

    route two:
    marries a average salary man
    unsatisfied with lifestyle
    cheats on husband
    divorce
    population effect depends on weather they had children before divorce or not.

    route three:
    wait...
    waits too long menopause sets in and can no longer have children
    population drops

    route four:
    marries a average salary man
    unsatisfied with lifestyle
    sticks with it despite unsatisfactory
    hate builds towards husband
    kills husband
    population drops x2

    route five:
    marries a average salary man
    unsatisfied with lifestyle
    learns to live with it
    population rises

    yeah... i don't see much of a good route population wise...

    Comment by Barbarian of Gor
    03:32 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's a good idea.

    More women staying home as housewives = less people in the workforce = higher wages a man can demand. The professionals can support a family, and due to the aging population ask for "Silly" things like more time to spend with their families. The sub-professionals and "Neet" will have lots of "Just Jobs" waiting that'll pay the bills and keep them in PVC figures.

    I'm tempted to say "Liberating women effectively doubled the workforce, lowering wages for everyone." but aside from the "Hyenas in Petticoat" stabs (1) I'd get, it isn't the whole story. Modern society is easily rich enough to have people having quadruple their average income, it's just that the "Rich Elite" take it from them with their wage/price schemes.

    Thus the 'doubling' supposedly of the workforce, along with illegal labor, outsourcing, etc. was used to lower the standard of living so a few could be very, very much more wealthy than they already were. It's called "The two income trap" in the USA.

    1-"You are a horrible Dinosaur! And like the dinosaur you will go extinct, your heart will burst from the strain of dragging your genitals!!!"
    ---Really, I've heard about all of em:-)

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:21 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ah, but the reason that wages are going down is NOT because there are too many people out there, but because of no strong worker protection laws and 'mandatory raise' after X amount of time in a job.

    Comment by darkkimsei
    05:03 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    This sandwich thing reminds me of an article I read where a Japanese wife was charging her husband for his lunch and to top it off she would have different rates for having sex, depending on what he wanted. That was so awesome I had to memorize it so I can recite it when making small talk to other people. Carry on...

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:17 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Talk about reaching for that occupational star >_>

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:38 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I don't mind women starting their own businesses and working for a living, but I hate it when feminists demonize traditional roles. There is no shame in being a house wife and bringing up children. In fact having children should be a priority for ever couple, its selfish not to make that sacrifice.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:23 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Actually, no. They are saying now that the FAMILY AS A WHOLE should come first, and the children second or third.

    The fact is that it is NOT very hard to raise children 'correctly' (i.e. to not be serial killers or forcible rapists).

    The PROBLEM is that society marks so much as 'bad' that is not really bad, and therefore parents are having their morality teaching undercut by these other things that the children can say "This is bullcrap!" and then stop listening to any moral teaching period.

    Comment by Anonymous
    19:44 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    This is true freedom of choice you stupid americans. Dumb Americans have no respect for any culture outside you arrogant views.

    Comment by Anonymous
    19:38 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    sounds boring to be housewife. why would anybody want to laze around all day, everyday?

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:25 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    of course you don't want her staying at home while the pool guy is there

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:30 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    *sigh*

    So gender equality now means that it's perfectly fair for the man to go out and work his ass off for the household while the woman sits at home, eating food her husband paid for, lounging on the couch her husband bought, watching the kid build with blocks her husband paid for, and the most physical exertion she has to do is push a vacuum (that her husband bought) for ten minutes or put clothes in a washer/drier (you know the drill)?

    I can understand the desire to sit back and live the life of leisure as much as anyone, but young Japanese women need to get it through their heads: maybe the reason so many of the men in your country gravitate towards 2D women is because they can't stand to put up with the arrogant stupid shit you spew all over the place while you scream for equal rights while seated firmly on your ass.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:58 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    you know, i have a girlfriend, annd if that is what makes her happy, i will do my bbest to make that a reality. You know why? Not because i'm naive or stupid, of course. It's because i love her, and she love me too. maybe 10 years from now you will understand. maybe. in the meantime, try reading the chicken soup for couples..

    Comment by Kei-chan
    20:46 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Great, so we have some idiot supporting the lifestyle of some lazy golddigger. Its because of men like you that women like this exist. Parasites are still parasites no matter what kind of name you give them. If men can go out and work, so should women. Why should they sit back and do less? They all cry and want equality, but when it comes knocking they glue their ass to the couch(sorry its now the computer chair cause their facebook farms need to be harvested).

    Oh well, these types of women will dissappear soon anyway. With the economy pretty much getting worse and worse, dual income families are becoming mandatory for survival period. Seeing as our governments aren't doing much to actually help the problems anyway. So its pretty much sink or swim, and rather than going poor they will have to get off their ass to do something.

    I have nothing against actual housewives...the ones that actually do it because they have kids and lots of stuff that needs attended too(like the kids).

    Comment by Myballz
    02:33 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Japanese women from what stereotypical profession they go into are mostly Artist,Entertainers,Nurses, Polices Officers,Adult Video stars,Models,School Teachers,Secretary's,Writers, Government Official,Business owners,Waitresses and so on.

    I am surprise a few women in Japan manage to overcome that hell even made money off of doing something stupid or great.

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:40 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Maybe 10 years from now you'll understand why she ended up marrying someone richer than you.

    Love is impermanent. Psychologically speaking, most people will always strive for more without really being satisfied. Physiologically, the chemicals involved in love wont last long.

    Comment by Miroku74
    06:41 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    About as long as the high induced by large quantities of dark chocolate. Incidentally, chocolate is also supposed to give the same kind of sense of fulfillment that Love does.

    Coincidence? Or Irony?

    Your choice.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:02 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If she wants you to go out and work your ass off while she sits home and reaps all the benefits, she doesn't love you, or even respect you. She sees you as a walking ATM machine.

    I've been through this. I worked to support my fiancee that I loved. You know what that got me? Left alone 2 months before our wedding so she could go screw another guy who let her stay home and then married him after 2 months (right about the time I would have married her.

    I got the last laugh though. She got pregnant AND had to go work a full time job.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:30 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    if MAI WAIFU were a loli, I wouldn't mind working to support her... cuz, you know... child labour is illegal.

    Comment by Miroku74
    06:42 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Good work ethic. :)

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    Comment by Anonymous
    14:31 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    A traditionally Asian guy such as myself would want my wife to stay at home and take care of the kids, when there are kids. Until then, I would want her to help me find some income.

    But I'm tempted to think that these women aren't really that much devoting. Artefect has worded it better:

    "aspire to live a life of leisure"

    Anyone who watches Crayon Shin Chan should know(hint: Misae). So you cook, you clean the house, and you do laundry. After that? Watch the soap operas until 6 PM. Combined traditional duty of all those doesn't even get past 5 hours.

    And the kids? **** kids! Let them play with their toys on their own. If they cry or something, give a good pinch or slap and you're good for another cliche soap opera.

    People always pay too much attention at cases of troubled kids that happened to have busy parents, but they tend to overlook those who just don't give a ****.

    Comment by Myballz
    14:24 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yeah, but Japanese women want a man that can make $60,000 a year will let them believe that untill the whole population dies out.

    Comment by Darkrockslizer
    14:08 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The woman doesn't have to say anything. She should shut the fuck up and go to the kitchen to make me that sammich.

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    Comment by Anonymous
    02:24 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Maybe she can use sign language to teach you how to spell 'sandwich' right, too

    Comment by Darkrockslizer
    14:12 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    loli kun, you just don't seem to get the full picture now do you.

    1) young women want to marry and do nothing not because of traditions but cus' they can control their husband's purse and do nothing all day long.

    2) dual income families in Japan start to become a necessity because of the increasing gap of income and living prices.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:14 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Good luck money eaters!

    Comment by Artwork
    18:28 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    nom nom nom..

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:18 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Seems like females of the new generations in Japan are disliking the feminine/equality movement huh.

    We told you to stay in the kitchen but you refused and now your regretting, while men being wrongly prosecuted and harassed for every little thing.

    Even pushing guys to get ran over by trains....
    Seriously bitches don't know what they want, I say it's the male's time to watch the fort instead.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:33 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Get an wife that is an equivalent of Rosie O' Donnell. Problem solved.

    Comment by twin blades
    14:37 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    God damn I love me some Japanese bitches but this makes me worry.... Still I don't realy mind if my wife wanted to stay home and take care of the kids all day. My only real problem with this is that the women could use this against you... For example * hey honey me and my niggas want to go to the game tonight sooooooo I'll see you later tonight( try to dash out door) hold on honey!! it's your turn to watch the kids or did you forget I've been watching them for the past month while you go and work and hang out with your friends * mutters to self in low pitch voice fuckin bitch*

    Comment by twin blades
    14:49 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Your mom is the sorce of my pic

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:55 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    stupid people dont realize that housework is as much of work as a real work . All the whiny bitches here never done real housework in their lives .

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:08 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    amen brother/sister.

    Seriously though, since when was 45% 'most'? Artefact seriously fails at maths.

    Comment by Artefact

    "The most favoured occupation amongst those surveyed was that of housewife, with 55.3%."

    Comment by twin blades
    14:45 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    In other news I'm bored as shit lol

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:38 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Leeching off someone else and siting around sounds pretty good, and if you're a good parent the kids will mind, though most parents aren't good parents that make their kids fucking behave anymore.

    Comment by kyosak
    14:40 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Anyone know the source for the pic?

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:12 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Click picture. Read link. Google.

    Comment by Artefact

    Or add the "handy Channel search to your browser and reach the tag in once click.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:42 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The women demanded equality and got their equality. Now that they found out how HARD equality is, they want to go back to the old days.

    Comment by SanCom Citizen
    14:06 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    So much for feminism...

    Comment by Kei-chan
    20:38 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Don't worry, EN will come along and declair that this poll and all its results were fabricated because 100% of all women want better than that..lol.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:55 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Wow. To be honest I wouldn't like having a wife that's just a housewife. I would like for her to have a career and be sort of a leader figure. I do like my women to be strong and confident, be a married couple with ambition.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:08 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol, seen the Linux / Unix joke about it?

    http://xkcd.com/149/

    Comment by NakkiNyan
    Comment by Anonymous
    13:13 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Then why is the population rate going down?

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:16 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's lees income this way though...

    Comment by Lilith
    13:06 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Pft, women, first they demand equal rights and afterwards demand a life of luxury and housework.

    Equality now!

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:54 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If you have children, being a housewife is very difficult and exhausting. Moreso than most mundane jobs. I am not defending the women who aspire to do this, I am just pointing out that it is far from a walk in the park, and anyone who thinks so, no matter their gender, is highly deluded.
    A mother that takes care of the child alone (which would be the case if she's a house-wife and the husband a salaryman who spends 9+ hours working and commuting) has to be very proficient in many different areas at once: cooking, house cleaning, laundering large quantities, accountancy/financial advice (in the case of japanese gender roles), child caring, child nurturing, and more.
    You're on the job 17-18 hours every single day, you don't get the weekends off, and if you're lucky you get up to a week or so off per year, and you're on call for 24/7.

    To summarize: Anyone who thinks being the the person who has taking care of the household and the children equals to a life of luxury, regardless if female or male, is fucking retarded.
    I really hope that the women asked don't think the same as you, because that implies even more dire things for the future of Japan's children.

    Comment by Kei-chan
    20:36 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hate to tell you, housewife doesn't mean mother all the time anon. While i do agree taking care of children is a very demanding job, many don't do most the work you describe when coming to child care. Why you ask? Well because Mr Television seems to raise the children these days because the parents can't seem to multitask all that well anymore.

    I seem to remember being raised without being sat infront of a TV with my mother not making any complaints whatsoever. Sadly most parents nowadays are too busy texting on twitter or checking their farms on fagbook to really care for their kids anyway.

    I bet most these women are just looking for a sugardaddy to claim their freeride.

    Comment by stillcode
    20:16 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Even if being a housewife were as onerous as you describe the fact of the matter remains.

    From 2003 to 2008 the number of Japanese women in their twenties and thirties who would rather be a housewife has increased. We can safely infer that more and more women are desiring to work at home (even through all the drudgery you describe) rather than work at a job outside the home.

    Women were fed a bowl of lies. That lie was that motherhood and taking care of the family were demeaning to women. Anything men could do, women could do as well, or even better. And off women went into the workforce.

    Well, after having worked a couple of years in a man's world (the workplace) many women have woken up and realized that working in the real world isn't as glamorous or as easy as they were once told. Especially since Japan has been in an economic death spiral/depression for nearly the past 20 years.

    In Japan it takes untold hours of overtime to advance anywhere up the corporate ladder. Many Japanese women in their 20s and 30s have realized that they wasted their most valuable husband finding years and have only a $50,000 a year job to show for it, if even that. Faced with a lifetime of the same tedious job that they've grown to spite or the chance at being able to raise a family full-time, it's not surprising that more and more women are rejecting modern social mores in favor of a traditional lifestyle.

    But in the end, it's all too little too late.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:40 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I've done both. Work 50 hour weeks, and be a stay at home dad. I MUCH prefer being a stay at home dad because it's MUCH easier. I did the child care, the cooking, cleaning, laundry, finances, and everything else you said. I much prefer it to manual labor 50 hour weeks at home.

    You don't work every minute of that time at home. Kids take naps and probably the worst of it is the cooking and cleaning. Laundry is very easy (folding is the most labor intensive part). Plus, if you get tired, you can sit down to rest. Not something you can do at work.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:40 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    who said anything about motherhood you dumb fuck?

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:13 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Maybe you should just recheck your understanding of titles. Being a housewife is way different from being a mother.

    Comment by basilio
    19:17 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Exactly.

    The correct title of this article should be "Most Japanese Women Aspire to Be Leeches."

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:27 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I can't agree more. They want to have their cake and eat it too. I mean I get it and I would want it too, but in reality I would say you can go to hell if you want to be treated as an equal and yet don't want to do anything.

    Comment by Shirayuki619
    13:02 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Go to the kitchen!/Make me a sandwich!
    Those americans...should respect their wives more...

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:55 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Americans should respect their wives... MORE..?

    ... dude, that's like dividing by zero. If anything, American men should grow some balls and start taking control again. I can only hope.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:47 29/08/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I will respect whoever my wife will be, but it won't stop me from doing what is necessary if she goes too far.

    Now that's something.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:30 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Americans should respect their fellow men and women more, period. They seem to be too obsessed about gender stereotypes, polarizing people into the extremes.

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:52 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And the Japanese are different how? If anything, the Japanese are MORE about stereotypes than any country in the world....

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:43 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    wives should also RESPEK
    but it's just a thing we could only wish for
    wife and husband
    like 2 little kids

    Comment by destructorv2
    12:58 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If your husband ask you to make him a sandwich, what would you say?

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:26 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    *Sees the question*
    *Sees destructorv2's avatar*
    Must not make a TF2 joke, must not make a TF2 joke, must not make a TF2 joke...

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:07 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sudo wife/sadvich/boh-lut

    Comment by BlaqCat
    22:27 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Most of the bitches they're talking about in the article would probably want to charge you for the damn sandwich.

    Comment by Riiku
    21:58 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And what's the surprise? Who likes to work?

    I think that everyone must work for their share, or gtfo.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:25 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Only you say 'sudo' first

    Comment by thanto_
    14:45 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    sudo apt-get gsandwich

    ?

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:55 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Besides whishful thinking most of the readers here in reality do:

    sudo mount /dev/hand /mnt/dick -o loop

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:24 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    yes i get the joke but im a windows user at heart so i perfer " make me a sandwich! " and be finished , it may not be as specific but if she makes the wron one then , shes ther all day so she will have plenty of time to make me another one

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:30 03/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I wonder why artefact never does stories about how the men of japan are douchbags... because I know the men are douchbags because like 99% of humans are douchbags.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:53 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    As a guy i have absolutely no problem with this, only if they are virgin and loyal though. Otherwise it would be hard to trust someone in that situation because what's really disgusting is when the husband pays all her expenses and then she cheats on him, that is the definition of despicable.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:47 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I am homemaker for my boyfriend/common law husband and I've known him for 10 years and we are both virgins.

    I appreciate that he lets me be a homemaker and I do much work through the day. My "job" isn't easy and neither is his. I adhere to a strict schedule and see too it he is well-fed and happy.

    It stinks in a way, because I have no income and I am totally dependent on him. I have no car and have no license, so my home is where I am 24/7 (unless he takes me somewhere). I sometimes feel a bit stir-crazy and miss the days where I could just play games all day. I get headaches a lot and feel tired a lot, but it is a simple life and I am happy to do it.

    Comment by Miroku74
    06:08 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I got the joke.

    Actually, it would be:

    sudo apt-get install gsandwich ; gsandwich

    I guess I'm the dumbshit furriner who didn't get the joke. :|

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:18 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    so I guess windows wives are those from Sanbun Kyoden series?

    Comment by Chen-04
    16:01 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Nah, it's

    sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /house/bedroom housewife
    sudo mount /kitchen/housewife
    sudo make_me_a_sandwich

    I wonder how many people get the joke..

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:31 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @ Chen-04 16:01 :

    I got the joke.

    @ thanto_ 14:45 :

    Actually, it would be:

    sudo apt-get install gsandwich ; gsandwich

    ~~~~

    posted from my PS/3:
    Linux uhura 2.6.25-2-powerpc64-smp #1 SMP Tue Sep 30 16:40:22 UTC 2008 ppc64 GNU/Linux

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:21 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    sudo mount /kitchen/housewife /pants/dick

    Demand compensation for lack of money

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:27 01/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Don't need to ask, Big Bob is always prepared.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:24 02/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I don't think I would enjoy that...





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