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From: [e-mail] (Brent Irvine)
Subject: Re: More Women Than Men Prefer to be Alone
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, aaldrich@encore (Al Aldrich) writes:
>>>    One in two Japanese wives would rather be home alone
>>>    than with her husband, according to a study.  Only 21
>>>    percent of husbands would rather be without their wives.
>>
>>I don't find this very surprising. If I was a Japanese wife in a culture
>>where the wife's social status on average is a little higher than the
>>family dog and is expected to wait on hubby, hand and foot, from dusk
>>til dawn, I would rather be alone as well. It is also not surprising
>>that the 79% of the men would rather have their `maids' around ,
>>then not.
>
>For some reason I think your comment tells more about USA than Japan.

If you mean revealing about USA perceptions of Japan, yes.

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