Japanese Women: Submissive or Passive-Aggressive?

One theme that I have written about at the Noriko’s Tales blog site is apparently titillating to American readers – the notion that Japanese women may be “submissive”. Through satire I have done my best to show different perspectives regarding this belief, both affirming it and challenging it, while pointing to a [...]

Submissive Japanese Housewives?

As discussed in previous posts, Japanese women are thought by many Americans to be submissive or non-assertive.  This notion has become so popular  that some American men fancy taking  a Japanese bride, thinking that doing so will grant them domestic control.  But cultural reality is more complex than this perspective suggests.  For example, here is Noriko’s take [...]