戦国時代の日本の女性たちは

ワシントンだけでなくニューヨークやカリフォルニアでもデモがあるんですね。

‘We’re Not Going Away’: Huge Crowds for Women’s Marches Against Trump
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, YAMICHE ALCINDOR and NIRAJ CHOKSHIUPDATED 5:15 AM



いろいろなセレブも参加しているよですね。ビヨンセも支持を表明してニュースになっていました。ただアシュレージャッドのようなパフォーマンスを見ると急進的なフェミニストだけが参加しているような印象を与えてしまいそうですが。。。

Beyoncé Believes the Women’s March Can Lead to ‘Meaningful Action’
By Samantha Cooney
Jan. 18, 2017

Beyoncé joined the growing list of celebrities supporting the upcoming Women’s March on Washington.

The usually tight-lipped star shared a picture of the March’s logo on Facebook gave a shout out to Chime for Change, a global campaign launched by fashion house Gucci that aims to raise money to empower women and girls. “Together with Chime for Change, we raise our voices as mothers, as artists, and as activists,” Beyoncé captioned the photo. “As #GlobalCitizens, we can make our voices heard and turn awareness into meaningful action and positive change.”

（ビヨンセのメッセージ）
Together with Chime for Change, we raise our voices as mothers, as artists, and as activists. As #GlobalCitizens, we can make our voices heard and turn awareness into meaningful action and positive change. #WomensMarch.

前回の記事で紹介したIan Brumaのレビューで16世紀末の日本の女性たちが自由であったことをフロイスが報告していました。実際のところどうだったかわかりませんが。。。

His letters from Japan make extraordinary reading now, for even this erudite, open-minded scholar sounds a bit like an orthodox Muslim today commenting on the decadent West. The first thing to know about Japan, he wrote, is that everything is utterly different from other countries. Women, for example, are still free to marry even if they lose their virginity. Not only that, but unlike in Europe, women are quite free to leave their house and walk about town, without the permission of their parents. Most shocking of all, Japanese don’t object to a woman getting an abortion.

このころの西洋は両親の許可がないと外出できなかったなんて、現在の厳しいムスリムと似ているなんて書いています。