Spousal violence can take many forms. Recognizing the signs of financial abuse is the first step toward reclaiming agency and regaining control. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/12/08/issues/financial-abuse-mental-health/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #expats #mixedrelationships #marriage #divorce #mentalhealth #abuse #womensissues
One of the perks of taking over the shopping duties is that I can come home with a huge barrel of stinky Korean kimchi and no one can stop me. Mwa-ha-ha-haa!
I’m only allowed to eat it in the garage, of course.
The government, in its sixth basic program for promoting gender equality, will stipulate that it will consider legislation to legalize the use of pre-marriage family names. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/japan/society/japan-surname-gender-equality-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #familyregistry #familylaw #marriage #names #nipponishinnokai #ldp #women039sissues #diet
Marriage equality campaigners urged Japan's top court on Wednesday to rule the country's failure to recognize same-sex unions "unconstitutional," following a recent setback at the Tokyo High Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/crime-legal/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tokyo #samesexmarriage #marriage #constitution #lgbtq #humanrights
The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, in a departure from five other high courts that had ruled otherwise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/same-sex-marriage-ruling-tokyo-constitutional/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tokyo #samesexmarriage #marriage #constitution #lgbtq
Japan is moving closer than ever to legalizing the primary use of birth names after marriage, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s bill on the matter likely to be submitted to parliament soon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/politics/surname-takaichi-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #familyregistry #familylaw #marriage #names #nipponishinnokai #komeito #ldp #women039sissues #diet
Tom
boosted
"4B is about autonomy. It stems from the realisation, among young #feminists, that relationships with #men influence women's ability to truly be themselves. This led to a radical question: what would a #world without men look like?"
In "A New Faith", the city of Sequoia which was created, specifically, for #climate #refugees the women to men ration is 2:1
"4B is about autonomy. It stems from the realisation, among young #feminists, that relationships with #men influence women's ability to truly be themselves. This led to a radical question: what would a #world without men look like?"
In "A New Faith", the city of Sequoia which was created, specifically, for #climate #refugees the women to men ration is 2:1
In May, China started allowing couples to get married anywhere in the country — instead of their place of residence — in an effort to boost marriage rates and ease the country’s demographic crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/asia-pacific/society/china-marriage-tourism-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #marriage #population
Global birth rates are declining, raising concerns about the impact on society, particularly women, as it exacerbates isolation while creating a need for structural and cultural changes to support motherhood. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/20/world/a-world-with-fewer-moms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #familyplanning #parenthood #children #women039sissues #marriage #aging
The government has been flooded with opinions against a selective dual surname system for married couples during a recent public comment period on the issue, it has been learned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/government-dual-surname-comments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #marriage #names #humanrights #women039sissues
South Korea’s fertility crisis reflects not only economic constraints, but also a widening gap between social norms and women’s needs and aspirations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/22/world/south-koreas-baby-bust/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #southkorea #marriage #demographics #children #women039sissues
As Japanese culture celebrates its past eras, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce enter their new era with a special announcement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/09/10/language/taylor-travis-engagement-japanese/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #taylorswift #traviskelce #marriage #nostalgia
Despite being outlawed more than 60 years ago, dowry remains deeply entrenched in India’s patriarchal society, fueling violence that kills around 20 women every day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/07/world/indias-dowry-related-violence-claims-lives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #dowries #women039sissues #marriage
One of the main topics in the July 20 Upper House election is the proposed introduction of a dual surname system for married couples. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/politics/upper-house-poll-dual-surnames/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #marriage #2025upperhouseelection #diet#upperhouse #familyregistry
maco
boosted
We should mandate people to go through years of therapy before they're allowed to get married
#lgbtqia #lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #queer #intersex #asexual #agender #nonbinary #genderfluid #marriage #pride #prideisaprotest
We should mandate people to go through years of therapy before they're allowed to get married
#lgbtqia #lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #queer #intersex #asexual #agender #nonbinary #genderfluid #marriage #pride #prideisaprotest
Hey lesbians! 
If you've had one, what was your wedding like?
If you haven't had one, but want to, what would it be like?
If you're sitting on your porch with your roommate, halfway into your second beer, both wondering if you'll ever find that love you wistfully sigh about when you read posts like this. 💁🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I'm happy to report that you don't need to share a lot of specific interests or pastimes to have a long happy #marriage. My wife and I enjoy books, walks, museums, restaurants, but otherwise we pretty much ignore each other's favourite activities.
She spends huge time on local politics, the learn-to-swim association and the church choir, while I prep and play tabletop games, go to metal gigs and film festivals, and hunt for geocaches.
We seem to have entered the #era of #celebrity #marriage as #performance #art.
I think it started with Jon Richardson though I may have missed earlier iterations.
For a while we've had an assortment of farming couples including Jeremy Clarkson.
Now they're graduating to using marriage to revive moribund careers such as the case with Noel Edmonds.
It's no wonder #genz has a jaundiced outlook. It didn't happen in a vacuum.