In direct confrontation, the [Japanese] women might yield like blades of grass -- and spring back just as quickly. One of them compared this flexibility to the Vietcong guerrillas…

Kittredge Cherry
In direct confrontation, the [Japanese] women might yield like blades...
In direct confrontation, the [Japanese] women might yield like blades...
In direct confrontation, the [Japanese] women might yield like blades...
In direct confrontation, the [Japanese] women might yield like blades...
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In direct confrontation, the [Japanese] women might yield like blades of grass -- and spring back just as quickly. One of them compared this flexibility to the Vietcong guerrillas…"A man could shout at his wife while she was cooking, but if he wanted a response, he had to wait for her while she was ironing," a former Vietcong guerrilla wrote in a memoir. "Her hands were tied behind her back while she did it."

Source: Womansword: What Japanese Words Say About Women

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