Yes and no. Japanese society still has some pretty outdated beliefs regarding the “manliness” of men having affairs. As long as you’re not “open” about it and are otherwise upstanding in society, men having side-pieces can range from “accepted by not spoken of” to “a show of masculine excellence”.On another note, Ayane's worried about her children getting a bad reputation because their mother is 'the villainess', but didn't she think having a husband who 'keeps other women on the side' could drag his own family's name through the mud just as bad, if not worse?
Wow ... I'm surprised this doesn't count as 'toxic masculinity' to the feminists, they'd be all over this if they were true to their ideologies.Yes and no. Japanese society still has some pretty outdated beliefs regarding the “manliness” of men having affairs. As long as you’re not “open” about it and are otherwise upstanding in society, men having side-pieces can range from “accepted by not spoken of” to “a show of masculine excellence”.
Yes and no. Japanese society still has some pretty outdated beliefs regarding the “manliness” of men having affairs. As long as you’re not “open” about it and are otherwise upstanding in society, men having side-pieces can range from “accepted by not spoken of” to “a show of masculine excellence”.
Actually you might be surprised to know it's not just Japan but large parts of the rest of the world that similar views on 'powerful' or 'sucessful' men having multiple women. The 'developed' Western countries strong views on fidelity are somewhat in the minority although clearly that evolves with each generation.Wow ... I'm surprised this doesn't count as 'toxic masculinity' to the feminists, they'd be all over this if they were true to their ideologies.
Still, if it's 'outdated', yet still being practiced in 'traditional' homes, I guess it makes sense for Ayane, a child of the upper-class, to bring it up to MC who has more-or-less lived the commoner life up to now.
It does makes you wonder, is this part of why NTR is such a popular genre in Japanese media? Because of the 'manliness' it takes for one to steal another man's girl?
Have you seen how most female shoujo and josei mangaka treat their own female main characters?Wow ... I'm surprised this doesn't count as 'toxic masculinity' to the feminists, they'd be all over this if they were true to their ideologies.
Still, if it's 'outdated', yet still being practiced in 'traditional' homes, I guess it makes sense for Ayane, a child of the upper-class, to bring it up to MC who has more-or-less lived the commoner life up to now.
It does makes you wonder, is this part of why NTR is such a popular genre in Japanese media? Because of the 'manliness' it takes for one to steal another man's girl?
That's cool and all, but that voice is a big no for me.Thank you very much for the translation, this story is cute!
I'm following the light novel too and making audiobooks for it.
I mean, I kind of get it. I'm almost positive there was at least one time men have thought of having multiple women faun over them, regardless of social class. It's been written in history that powerful men (politically or otherwise) have attained multiple wives/lovers, but at the same time their downfall was also due to having multiple wives/lovers to cater to, and one way or another, they destroyed him and each other from the inside-out.Actually you might be surprised to know it's not just Japan but large parts of the rest of the world that similar views on 'powerful' or 'sucessful' men having multiple women. The 'developed' Western countries strong views on fidelity are somewhat in the minority although clearly that evolves with each generation.