「女らしさ」とは何か

While there are some rough sections (the opening section is the hardest I think, it gets much easier as it goes on) this isn't too bad for something written in the 1920s. I had to check the date before finishing it because at one point she references 'the war' and I was going, "....which one?" 🤔

Given the time period and that it was a woman writing about women's rights I was delighted and surprised by how forcefully it was written. The author's exasperation and impatience came through quite clearly.

I felt the parallels in her writing to modern Japan and in my own country, although of course not on every point. Humans problems that are not easily resolved.

My favorite lines in here were near the end:

人形から人間に帰ることです。もしこれを論者が「女子の中性化」と呼ぶなら、私たちはむしろそれを名誉として甘受しても好いと思います。