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Japanese women still have the healthy idea that having two working parents is strictly for poor people. Here is Moe, the “Kimono Mom,” taking it easy in Tokyo. She is known for her spectacular kimono and on-point hair and makeup, but here she is keeping house and being productive for the benefit of her husbandContinue reading “Being a Mom in Japan”

A woman in her mid-50s should not be prancing around Instagram in a bikini. She should be married for 30+ years, to the same man, enjoying some new grandchildren, and not have any social media accounts at all. She should be wearing age-appropriate clothing (somewhat matronly, well covered), but look fantastic wearing it. But, IContinue reading “Looking Good in your 50s”

It is the universal assumption that the husband will be considerably older than the wife: Plato puts the age of marriage for the [p. 2.134]man at from 25 or 30 to 35, for the wife at from 16 to 20 (Legg. iv. p. 721; vi. pp. 772, 785), and he affixes penalties for the man who doesContinue reading “Aristotle and Plato on the Ideal Age of Marriage”

Instead, we read to him about Magellan. (Really!)

This guy is ugly, but he is Definitely Gonna Make It. The Vikings have returned.

There’s an attitude common among women these days that “his money is our money, but my money is my money.” A working wife keeps her own assets, while the husband is expected to pay all joint expenses. Of course “his money is our money” also means: I get to decide how to spend his money.Continue reading “Your Money Is His Money”

For new mothers, I would avoid all vaccines, and avoid doctors. The main reason for “well child checkups” is to pressure you to get vaccines. Just forget about them. If “refusing” vaccines makes you uncomfortable, then choose to “delay” them. For many years, Japan did not recommend any vaccines for infants under 2yo, due toContinue reading “No Doctors”

There are good reasons for men to avoid marriage these days, but still, you should never tell women that “marriage is dead.” This is because women do what you tell them to do. They really don’t have much analytical ability, so they have to, by default, go by the guidance of others. If you tellContinue reading “Don’t Tell Women That “Marriage Is Dead””

The challenges of being a rich guy’s wife are a little different than for the middle class. All you have to do is follow the gossip mags to find many, many examples of terrible wives of rich guys. But, this also means that there is a very, very small population of good wives for richContinue reading “How To Be A Wonderful Rich Guy’s Wife”

This is a Roe Vs. Wade primer for women. Whether or not abortion should be legal is a legitimate debate. In the past, it was legitimately debated, in State Legislatures. This is our Democratic Republican system — which, in the 1960s, included full voting rights for women. State Legislatures made their decisions on the topic.Continue reading “Roe Vs. Wade”