I listened to a podcast, called Mom Stuff from the Stuff You Should Know people. The topic was 2 dimensional love. It focused on the types of relationships that Japanese men have with fictional characters in the form of anime. They talked about how a man married a video game character and love with pillows that have women printed on them. All of which they then turned onto a discussion on feminism especially second wave feminism where women were entering the work place and men found it hard to deal with these new changes in status and such. The topic went on to talk about how there are fewer children than can possibly support the aging culture there. All in all a fun mess of things.
In the podcast however the women acted like American Men have figured all this out and know what's going on. I don't think that's the case. At least for me. For the record I have no clue how relationships work, they are mind-boggling. And with all the self-help out there I'm thinking I'm not alone. I guess it's just my way of thinking. I can figure out machines because they do the same thing all the time. People not so much. But if I could, you can bet I'd make a fictional character that all the people could love. I'd be sooo rich.
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