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[Masamune-kun no Revenge S2E5] Is this really true in Japan? (burggit.moe)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Are the rumors true?

Source: Masamune-kun no Revenge S2E5 7:58

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cake#Japanese_metaphor

In Japan, women had traditionally been expected to marry at a young age, and those who were unmarried after the age of 25 were metaphorically referred to as (unsold) Christmas cakes (クリスマスケーキ) in reference to items which are still unsold after the 25th. The term first became popular during the 1980s but has since become less common because Japanese women today can remain unmarried with somewhat less stigmatization. An equivalent term does, however, still exist that hearkens to the "unsold" nature of unmarried women, urenokori (売れ残り, "unsold goods").

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if unmarried men are also seen as "unsold"...