joshiryoku
Why do we, as women, shy away from being strong when we are strong by nature. Here's one way to redefine girl power as a foreign woman in Japan. Jyoshiryoku, or Girl Power, in JapanWhen I think of “girl power,” I think of independent badass women, who have control over their lives and finances, are physically strong and healthy, and have their own unique style and way of thinking. The nuance of the Japanese term “joshiryoku” (literally, girl power) is, however, far different and describes the “power” to be the all-encompassing “feminine woman.” If you’re referred to as someone that’s “joshiryo...
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Girl power versus the concept of "joshiryoku" — how is women's empowerment defined culturally in Japan? Girl power. A child of third-wave feminism in the late 1980s and largely promoted by our beloved Spice Girls in the ’90s, the term is commonly used in Western society to describe women’s independence and capacity to take control of their lives. It’s also there — you know — to remind you that yes, girls occasionally wanna have fun and are well within their rights to do so. In Japan, however, the term joshiryoku, often translated as “girl power” and abused by the media as a blanket synonym for...
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