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⌈ Secret Post #1611 ⌋

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Okay yeah.

Japan has cosplay, yaoi, tentacle porn, and anime, but that's subculture.

Japan in general is HIGHLY conservative, formal and hierarchical. Will you enjoy living in the 1950's US, where women were systematically disenfranchised from meaningful careers and social mobility? What about a life time career path, where you stay in the same company/work place all your life?

Yes? Than Japan seems like a good choice for you.

Come now, don't be harsh. Japan is really more like 1970's US with regards to women's freedoms. /half-sarcasm

Sarcasm aside, the situation with women and careers is complicated in Japan. Honestly I wouldn't compare it to any period in US history - it's not like any of that, because it's not the US. I will say, though, that it's not anywhere near impossible to be a career woman in Japan. I've met tons.

See, you're making the same assumption that the OP worries friends will make - that the wish is motivated by interest in anime/manga/weaboo stuff. The secret seems to be implying that they're wishing (sometimes) to have been raised in a conservative environment that would have instilled them with a strong and probably uniform idea of culture and identity, which would not lead to the confusion over such that OP is feeling.
Yes I know there are a lot of westerners who have a completely fucked view of what Japan really is and they honestly think it's all some kind of anime paradise, and you're not obligated to give anybody the benefit of the doubt, but not every westerner who wants to live in Japan is deluded about what that would mean. Even some anime fans.
And no I am not a butthurt westerner who wants to live in Japan. Been there, done that, and it's probably not for me.

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