The Japanese Woman: Traditional Image and Changing Reality - Paperback

by Sumiko Iwao (Author)

Westerners and Japanese men have a vivid mental image of Japanese women as dependent, deferential, and devoted to their families--anything but ambitious. In fact, the author shows, Japanese women hold equal and sometimes even more powerful positions than men in many spheres.

Author Biography

Sumiko Iwao was a psychologist, educator, editor and professor emeritus at Keio University in Tokyo.