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HARP-651 |
Title: |
By women, for women: Japanese women’s attitudes towards employment in the Occupation era |
Source: |
Japan forum 12(1), 2000: 87-112 |
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Year: |
2000 |
Pages: |
0 |
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Keywords: |
economic, social, and cultural rights, employment, gender equality, human rights, Japan, social security, woman, institutions |
Abstract: |
This article deals with Japanese women and employment in the years during and immediately following the Allied Occupation (1945 to 1952). Through the use of public opinion polls conducted by the PrimeMinister’s Office, women’s attitudes towards employment will be diagrammed within the context of larger emergent employment patterns. It will argue that although external influences and institutions circumscribed female employment activities, women themselves structured their participation in the labour force to reflect a set of priorities, concerns and ideals grounded in a traditionalistic conception of domesticity and motherhood. This article provides a historical groundwork for the current situation for working women in Japan. |
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Keywords: cultural rights, economic, employment, gender equality, human rights, institutions, Japan, social, social security, woman