[Aeolun]

Japan is… well, no. It just doesn’t appear to work that way here. The social conditioning is strong enough that the lane you fall into in life is basically predetermined based on your upbringing (and gender!).

Even at 6 there is a major difference between boys and girls that I just don’t see anywhere else.

The thing is you won’t even realize that’s what’s happening, and you just feel that the way you think is right and proper the rest of your life.

It’s honestly pretty anazing because people can be incrediy dissatisfied with how their neighbors are parayzed by social constraints while being bound a hundred times more strongly influenced by their own expectations.