also, HOLY SHIT YOU'RE IN CHINA SO I CAN'T TELL YOU "OMG GO GET THESE BOOKS RIGHT NOW WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR."
So the answer to your not-question is, um, HELL YEAH.
I was just thinking about that! (i.e., I was reading a smutty Kakasaku fic where he was Hokage and she was Secretary Holding Hokage's Life Together.) Like on the one hand, you want the woman to get the recognition for all her hard work, but on the other hand, if he's incredibly dependent on her, does she really need top billing? Because she already has a ton of control. But what's standing between her and the top position? Why doesn't she just take it? Is there a reason she doesn't? Is it some sort of lingering patriarchal whatever, or is it just a "I don't want it"? But what's bringing that on? Is this about to veer into gender role territory, which makes a lot of people queasy?
...one of the books I just finished recently had a whole little rant about feminism that has had me pondering all this, so uh, this little matter is just icing on the cake.
but seriously: why does the secretary choose to stay the secretary? are women just happier running everything from behind the scenes, or do we just think we are?
<------ woman who grabbed sword, saved world, was miserable, found man, was happy. Moral of story?
also, HOLY SHIT YOU'RE IN CHINA SO I CAN'T TELL YOU "OMG GO GET THESE BOOKS RIGHT NOW WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR."
So the answer to your not-question is, um, HELL YEAH.
I was just thinking about that!
(i.e., I was reading a smutty Kakasaku fic where he was Hokage and she was Secretary Holding Hokage's Life Together.)Like on the one hand, you want the woman to get the recognition for all her hard work, but on the other hand, if he's incredibly dependent on her, does she really need top billing? Because she already has a ton of control. But what's standing between her and the top position? Why doesn't she just take it? Is there a reason she doesn't? Is it some sort of lingering patriarchal whatever, or is it just a "I don't want it"? But what's bringing that on? Is this about to veer into gender role territory, which makes a lot of people queasy?...one of the books I just finished recently had a whole little rant about feminism that has had me pondering all this, so uh, this little matter is just icing on the cake.
but seriously: why does the secretary choose to stay the secretary? are women just happier running everything from behind the scenes, or do we just think we are?