Gender Roles in Japan

This talk will examine how gender roles in Japan have evolved over the past 150 years. Although many people describe Japan as adhering to "traditional" gender roles, Dr. Holbrow will show how so-called traditional roles--where men work for pay and women manage the household--only emerged in Japan in the 1950s, and have been on the decline since the 1980s. She will also describe the successes and failures of government efforts to promote more egalitarian gender roles over the past 15 years.

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This event is a part of YCAPS' "Getting to Know Japan Series".

Speaker:

Hilary J. Holbrow is an assistant professor at Indiana University , where she researches and teaches on Japanese society, with a focus on work and the economy, immigration, and gender. Her book, The Future is Foreign: Women and Immigrants in Corporate Japan examines how employment patterns are shifting as Japan's population ages. She has lived in Tokyo, Yokohama, Okinawa, and Kyoto.

Format: This event will be recorded and published in our web archive. Questions are encouraged during the live event.

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Moderators: Amani Kidd and Jeffery Mazziotta

Webinar Cost: Free of charge