>You are missing a small Japanese cultural note: to wit, "marry him and carry on
>this training hall" is equivalent to "marry him to carry on this training
>hall".  I know of very few dojos that would be run by females in Japan (or
>elsewhere for that matter), it is not a "traditional" role.  And you "need" a
>male to carry on the dojo, therefore, one of the daughters has to marry a
>martial artist so that the dojo traditions could be carried on.

Well, I was also obviously having to overlook the fact that that was the English
 translation and I don't speak Japanese so I have no idea how to argue the
 original text.  My point is that, it could be argued, say, in a court of law
 or something, that the relationship was not necessarily cause-and-effect.
 Implying something is not as binding as saying it outright but, I guess
 later inferences seem to back up to cause-and-effect relationship.

>Japan is still a relatively sexist society, and Akane would not be running the
>dojo (even if she was the heir, and the one actually carrying on the
>traditions).  I think she could teach classes, but...  Be very careful putting
>your cultural biases on things from other cultures.

Happily (at least from my viewpoint), Japan is becoming less sexist society,
 probably partly to people like Rumiko Takahashi whose writing and art are
 helping to create positive strong female role models.  I think perhaps part
 of Akane's resentment over the whole situation may be that very fact that
 she wouldn't be able to take over the dojo herself but would have to let her
 husband do it.
I don't think I was putting any cultural bias on this.  It was more like I was
 trying to support an argument that was obviously lost and long dead.  Sorry
 about that.  I'm an Aries.  We're stubborn that way.  I'll shut up now.

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