Originally posted by Mareket
Which is best for a person though, I don't know. What is Japanese culture like for men who want to look after children and take care of their wife whilst she earns the money in a career she devotes her life to? And what's the perception of LGBT groups in Japan?
They don't need any LGBT groups over there. They don't really care about this things, especially the way USA does, I don't care about it either, but then I live in Sydney. I think you are approaching this from very western mindset and have your own opinion of what rights are and are not and people in Japan would disagree about them. A lot of problems that exist over here are unheard of over there. It also goes the other way around.
Men looking after children? You must be kidding, the roles over there are strictly defined. Men have freedom? Hardly. Maybe through out high school and uni, but not once you join workforce. The culture over there is messed up in different ways, just like being there makes me realise that western culture is messed up in other ways. At least the men over there don't have to go through identity crisis that many men do in the western world (like described in the movie Fight Club).
Women can work and do work, my gf is a nurse and she can get a job anytime she wants at a drop of a hat. Would she support me, in her own words, no way...
There has been a lot of articles and books written about Japanese culture, if you want you can find them through google. I don't feel like writing a book about it right now, since it was done before, many times.