I deliberately selected Japan as my example as it does
not have such extended family economic relations.  Although
families play a profound role in traditional societies, I do
not think we should therefore say nothing about relations
between the sexes in them.  In every society the suppression of
women is carried out in the name of "family values."  In East
Asia we see such things as female infanticide and bride burning.
They're sexist and it is abominable.
Barkley Rosser
James Madison University

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