Saturday, December 18, 2010

Japan's toyboy 'idiots' examined

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A decade ago, a woman past 24 would be made to feel her age -- her family would pressure her to marry while she still looked good in a wedding dress, her boss would start ignoring her to pay compliments to the new 22 year old sitting three desks down, and society as a whole would revere the "JK (high school girls)" as goddesses sent down from heaven to tell us what's cool. 

But as more women displayed an aversion to marriage and a preference to stay in the workforce come tidal wave, smirks or sarcasm, the landscape began to shift. 

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America Ferrera Julie Berry Samaire Armstrong Christina Ricci Cristina Dumitru

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