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69 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 24 Oct 2024 \ on: Japanese New Year food_and_drinks
What is the women's role during this kind of traditional celebration in Japan?
In Korea, women have to do all the cooking/cleaning/etc, while the men eat, drink and pay respects to the elderly. Women here usually don't look forward to these events, and more and more people younger people refuse to participate in them.
In China, in my more limited experience, men are much more involved in the preparations, and it makes for a happier family experience. It is an actual time of celebration.
And what about Singapore?
I haven’t actually spent Japanese New Year with my in-laws, but from other occasions where the extended family gather together, it’s usually my mother-in-law who does everything. My wife will help her. My father-in-law just eats, drinks and gets merry with the relatives. So i guess gender roles are similar to the Koreans.
I won’t say that my father-in-law completely leeches off his wife though. He fixes things around the house and transports the rice to the rice refining machine etc. I think the Japanese have very defined gender roles - not as fluid as us Singaporeans.
I think it’s hard to generalise Singaporeans. I’m sure that the burden of Chinese New Year falls squarely on the wives in some families while both men and women pull their weight in others. Though there has been a trend of having the reunion dinner outside the house at restaurants so that no one has to deal with the hassle of preparing and cleaning up.
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