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Barefoot Grin4/26/2019 5:36:51 am PDT

re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That is the flip side of having a cultural tradition dating back thousands of years.

I see that in Germany as well: Although they are very progressive when it comes to matters of maternity leave and day care, women are still seriously under-represented in business and politics.

Less so in politics, but there are very few women in management level of the major banks and insurance companies that own and control the bulk of the German economy.

For that, women have a solid lock on domestic and relationship politics, at least based on my personal subjective and anecdotal experience.

Yes, sounds similar. In Japan women have traditionally been in charge of things like the household budget and overseeing children’s education. Before direct deposit, the husband handed over his envelope of cash (salary) each month and the wife would give him an allowance (of course, the husband had a say in how money was spent, particularly high cost purchases). Not sure how the more modern families manage things these days.

But, yes, Japan ranks pretty low in terms of women in high-level jobs in the corporate world.