Chapter 5 was about masculinity and femininity. It was very interesting
to know how they affect the culture of the country and society. For example,
the reason why there used be a custom to kill a baby girl in Asia is because of
its masculine value. It also explains that the elderly and people in wealthier countries
tend to be feminine values because of there being many women.
What I thought interesting was that the masculinity and femininity
in occupation. According to the author, sales position comes to the top of the rank
of the occupations which requires masculinity. Engineers and scientists come to
the second, while office workers rank the 6th, which means it is
more feminine. The result was surprising for me, since I did not expect sales
person requires more masculinity than occupation like scientist and engineer. I
see lots of women working as sales back in Japan. However, an explanation of
the author was understandable and reasonable; working in a sales position is
very competitive. I would like to see how other students think about this ranking
at the class.
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