Comments on: Japanese heir is born; Japanese women's movement miscarried http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: pengie10 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-984 pengie10 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:51:25 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-984 ".....struggled unsucessfully to have this male heir......."???????????? Poor Crown Princess Masako can't "produce" a male heir unless her husband contributes the necessary chromosome - only a male can contribute a male chromosome. Surely even the Imperial Household Agency is aware of the rudiements of biology!!!!! "…..struggled unsucessfully to have this male heir……."???????????? Poor Crown Princess Masako can't "produce" a male heir unless her husband contributes the necessary chromosome - only a male can contribute a male chromosome. Surely even the Imperial Household Agency is aware of the rudiements of biology!!!!!

]]> By: jaelithe http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-983 jaelithe Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:28:06 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-983 Ah, Finance Girl, I think you are missing some key information. The male heir is not a direct heir to the throne. He's not the Crown Prince's son; he's the son of the Crown Prince's younger brother. The Japanese legislature had been poised to pass a new law that would allow the Crown Prince's only daughter to be named the heir if this child had not been born male, but since the new child is male, he supercedes his female cousin's claim to the throne, despite the fact that he is not the child of the Crown Prince. Interestingly enough, the law that prohibits women from being emperor was only written in 1945, during the U.S. occupation of Japan; prior to that there had been a few female emperors. Yet conservatives in Japan claim that allowing a princess to ascend to the emperor's throne would be violating a long-standing Japanese tradition. Just goes to show you that men who want to keep women out of politics will use just about any excuse. Ah, Finance Girl, I think you are missing some key information. The male heir is not a direct heir to the throne. He's not the Crown Prince's son; he's the son of the Crown Prince's younger brother. The Japanese legislature had been poised to pass a new law that would allow the Crown Prince's only daughter to be named the heir if this child had not been born male, but since the new child is male, he supercedes his female cousin's claim to the throne, despite the fact that he is not the child of the Crown Prince.

Interestingly enough, the law that prohibits women from being emperor was only written in 1945, during the U.S. occupation of Japan; prior to that there had been a few female emperors. Yet conservatives in Japan claim that allowing a princess to ascend to the emperor's throne would be violating a long-standing Japanese tradition. Just goes to show you that men who want to keep women out of politics will use just about any excuse.

]]> By: finance girl http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-982 finance girl Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:33:17 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-982 I read: the Crown Princess, who is married to the Crown Prince, tried but failed to produce a male heir. And instead, it was her SIL that produced one...? I read: the Crown Princess, who is married to the Crown Prince, tried but failed to produce a male heir. And instead, it was her SIL that produced one…?

]]> By: Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-981 Penelope Trunk Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:23:55 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-981 He's only had one wife. Do I have an editing problem? Does this post read like a tale of polygamy? He's only had one wife. Do I have an editing problem? Does this post read like a tale of polygamy?

]]> By: finance girl http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-980 finance girl Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:58:17 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/05/japanese-heir-is-born-japanese-womens-movement-miscarried/#comment-980 Wait, I'm confused. You mean it wasn't that woman that married that prince several years ago? I am not a follower of the Japanese royal family but that is hugely depressing if she was put to the side because she didn't produce a male heir. I can sympathize a little with her, as I have watched my younger SILs get pregnant and have kids (unaccomplished in every other way). Wait, I'm confused. You mean it wasn't that woman that married that prince several years ago? I am not a follower of the Japanese royal family but that is hugely depressing if she was put to the side because she didn't produce a male heir.

I can sympathize a little with her, as I have watched my younger SILs get pregnant and have kids (unaccomplished in every other way).

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