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Friday, November 13, 2009

Why don't women expect to get married in the future? (Journal)


A few weeks ago, I received message from my best friend. It was saying that she will get married next August, and she has wished to invite me to her wedding. I was glad to hear about the good news. Actually, I already have been invited for friend’s wedding twice. I have been curious about their age, because I think that their ages are too early to get married. According to the media, the ages of marriage in Japan is higher than before, and people who don’t expect to get married tends to decrease recently. In fact, one of the surveys shows that age at the first marriage in Japan is 27.8, whereas the result was approximately 25 in 1996. I wonder if only my friends are special or not. Anyway, I want to think about that why Japanese women don’t expect to get married in the future? There are some reasons which support with this question. I would like to suggest one of the reasons; it is that women can make a lot of money by their selves.

Since there are a lot of chances to insist Japanese women’s capacity in society, they can grow their capacity, and can make a lot of money, which makes their lives wealthier. As a result, they can live by themselves, which means that they don’t need to rely on men. A long time ago, it was totally different from now, because women have to stay in a house and only do housework for men. However, employment opportunity for women, which is assisted by government or companies, has been spread in society. Therefore, it has been easier for women to work as well as men. My professor is the one of them. She is almost forty ages, but she has never got married before, also she has not had boyfriend for long time However, she makes a lot of money, have a good status, and live in a luxury apartment. In short, the flexible environment to work for women affects “new” marriage’s phenomenon, which the number of never married women is increasing.

In my case, I wish to get married, even though I can make a lot of money. What do you think about the question, guys? Some of my friends agreed with my opinion, but they also suggested that “no one sexy men around us, that’s why we can’t make boyfriends (or get married)!” This excuse is kind of reason to support with the question, isn’t it?

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