LJ ranting, Itoshi Kimi e, Yukan Club, KAT-TUN & Kame, random photographs

[winterspel]

Ordinarily I like to take care of housekeeping first before I post, but I've realized that it's probably going to take me a lot longer to sort out my tags issue, so I might as well just post and tags be damned for the time being.

Comments

[ginzarhapsody]

it seems rather pointless for a woman to spend all that time and effort (not to mention money) on becoming a doctor when society expect you to stop being a doctor once you marry, and ideally you're supposed to marry before you turn 30. It seems like a huge waste - and from what I've read lately, it's a waste that Japan can't really afford when they actually need qualified employees as the population increasingly retires.

I think you've hit it on the head - the collision between the traditional values and the needs of the modern today. But since this is a romance drama and not social commentary, it doesn't really go too far into it.

But I also think that maybe the feelings of Shiki's family and friends factor into it. Shiki's been aiming to be a doctor and everything since her mother passed away and she's been quite determined on this point. And when the important things in her life start to multiply - with the "heavy" burden of caring for Shunsuke and marrying him - it seems like they are worried that she's just that type of person who throws herself fully into whatever she does and so she herself would quit, rather than be forced to. I dunno. This is me spectulating a bit here, but I think that the big deal about Shiki and Shunsuke getting married isn't as heavily weighed in society's expectations so much as just the worries of her family/friends.

I think that was coherent. *chuckle*