REPRODUCTION WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. Dawkins)Īrchives Archives Search for: Castalia House Mailing ListĪLL BLOG POSTS AND COMMENTS COPYRIGHT (C) 2003-2022 VOX DAY. Things That Happened Before the Earthquake, Chiara BarziniĪ Night in the Lonesome October, Roger ZelaznyĬhronicles of a Liquid Society, Umberto EcoĪTHEIST DEMOTIVATORS Atheism (R. Longing and Other Stories, Junchiro TanizakiĪ Cat, a Man, and Two Women, Junchiro Tanizaki Red Roofs and Other Stories, Junchiro Tanizaki The Temptation of Forgiveness, Donna Leone The Return of History and the End of Dreams, Robert Kagan Studies in Napoleonic Warfare, Charles Oman The Cook of the Halcyon, Andrea Camilleri The Other End of the Line, Andrea Camilleri The Overnight Kidnapper, Andrea Camilleri Montalbano's First Case, Andrea Camilleri The Dance of the Seagull, Andrea Camilleri The Wings of the Sphinx, Andrea Camilleri The Patience of the Spider, Andrea Camilleri Ode to the Small Creature Who Takes Refuge in My BootīOOK LIST 2023 Caravan of the Damned, Chuck DixonĬolorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage, Haruki Murakami On average, the whole “I am a strong independent woman who don’t want no man to take care of me” phase so common to young women these days lasts past college and about 18 months into their much-ballyhooed careers.NON-FICTION DOWNLOADS THE IRRATIONAL ATHEIST ![]() There is no self-reflection or plan to find out what men want so they would be a better choice over a younger woman. As a growing number of women are postponing or forgoing marriage and pursuing careers instead, the Christmas cake analogy seems to represent outdated anti-feminist and sexist attitudes.Īlmost all the women I know who are single and over 30 think they’ll eventually find a great husband to take care of them. Although we still have a long way to achieve gender equality, at least we disapprove of such outright insults today. As a single woman who just turned 25, I would have been called an “unsold Christmas cake.” The slur implies that a woman is viewed as valuable only if she is either young or married. When I learned about this phrase from my female boss, I was genuinely shocked. Perhaps, the double surprise for those unfamiliar with Japanese culture is that people buy a specific type of pastry to celebrate Christmas here. “Women are Christmas cakes” because just like how nobody wants to buy a Christmas cake after December 25th, unmarried women over the age of 25 are worthless - believe it or not, this used to be a popular saying in Japan just a few decades ago. ![]() Neoclown Admits the Defeat of “the West”įirst, it’s probably necessary to define Christmas Cakes, technically “unsold Christmas Cakes”, which is, believe it or not, a Japanese term. ![]() NON-FICTION DOWNLOADS THE IRRATIONAL ATHEIST
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