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The thing is, I don't think it is Japan vs. the rest of the world. Because most countries have their own gender issues. Some are worse than others, and Japan is definitely one of the worst, but every country has its issues on gender and I don't think we should be focusing all our attention on just one country's problems.

But Japan isn't one of the worst. Not by a long shot.

You're right that every country has gender issues. Japan has a lot. But women are legally equal class citizens and have every right that men have. While women are underrepresented, definitely, they do absolutely exist in high level business positions and government. Japan has a fairly low crime rate, and while rape is certainly underreported, it's no worse than, say, America, and rape is still prosecuted as a crime. Abortion rights are accepted.

Japan has a lot of work to do, but they are also making great strides. There is a long list of countries where women "have it worse". Maybe women aren't doing that great compared to other highly developed, first-world economic super-power countries, but it really depends on the issue.

In a world where honor killing is still a thing, Japan is one of the worst? I don't even think Japan is the worst in our area of the world, unless you only mean gendered issues in media.

I thought the thread was talking about gender issues in media. Guess I was wrong. In that case, no, Japan is not one of the worst though it does have issues same as any country and maybe more than some others but also less than others.

And if it's media, Japan also produces more of it than many other countries, so their issues are more easily detected due to visibility. But I will also add that Japan also produces a lot of female-centric media with girls and women in empowering roles. Growing up in a neighboring country that has little of that, I was quite thankful for it as a child.

nayrt but still, in the media? I know Japan has a problem with fanservice, but so does the West. And it's not like strong, non-fanservicey female characters don't exist in Japanese media.

I don't think Japan is disproportionately bad with how it portrays women per se (as in, sure, it's bad, but American media is pretty bad too). I would say Japan's actual issue is its continued willingness to sexualize kids in mainstream media. I like kawaii culture but there's a fine line between sexy shota/loli stuff, and cute stuff, and that line frequently gets crossed.

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