Japan bill to let women on throne
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Yay for Japn doing that 
And Heath, stop turning this into an anti-woman stuff.....I do support Choice and a womans right to choose!
And Heath, stop turning this into an anti-woman stuff.....I do support Choice and a womans right to choose!
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Bluerobin said:
I see why not...
I would vote Hillary Clinton if I live in America. Did you know that Angela Merkel is a first woman chancellor in the history of German generation?
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BabyKat said:Yay for Japn doing that
Exactly
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PM changed his mind
Just saw this on Yahoo.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060208...KTtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
If at first you don't succeed...
By Linda Sieg
Wed Feb 8, 8:24 AM ET
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi backed away from a pledge to change the law to let women inherit the throne Wednesday, one day after sudden news that a royal princess was pregnant revived hopes for a male heir.
No royal males have been born into Japan's ancient imperial family since 1965, and Koizumi had vowed to present a bill to give women equal rights to ascend the Chrysanthemum throne to the current session of parliament to avoid a succession crisis.
But unexpected news Tuesday that 39-year-old Princess Kiko, wife of the emperor's second son, was pregnant with her third child quickly boosted calls from opponents of reform to wait and see if the baby -- due in September or October -- is a boy.
Articles on the pregnancy, which domestic media had reported even before father-to-be Akishino was informed -- hogged newspapers' front pages along with color photos of the royal couple, college sweethearts who wed 16 years ago.
Koizumi said the changes had been proposed because it was difficult to maintain the imperial system without opening succession to females, but acknowledged that opinions varied.
"It is desirable to create a place to fully debate the issue in each party and in parliament and to have a calm and moderate debate. Isn't this a matter that should be decided after seeing the result of that?" he said told a parliamentary panel.
Existing law allows only males descended from emperors through the paternal line to become sovereign.
Crown Prince Naruhito, 45, and his wife, Masako, 42, have one child, 4-year-old Princess Aiko, who was born eight years after they married. Masako has been mostly out of public sight for more than two years due to a mental disorder caused by the stress of adapting to royal life, including pressure to bear a son.
PUBLIC OPINION
If Kiko, who has two daughters, bears a son, he would be third in line to the throne under the current law.
If the revisions were enacted, Aiko would be second in line to become Japan's first reigning empress since the 18th century.
Those opposed to changing the succession law want to maintain a male line they say stretches back more than 2,000 years, and some have suggested reviving princely houses abolished after World War Two, or even bringing back royal concubinage.
A newspaper survey published Monday showed 63 percent of respondents favored letting women inherit the throne, although support had slipped 14 points from an earlier poll.
"I favor keeping things the way they are. This partly has to do with Japanese tradition," said a 39-year-old man working in finance as he headed for the subway in Tokyo.
Japan has had eight reigning princesses but traditionalists stress that none passed the throne on to a child who was not of the imperial paternal line.
Proponents of change stuck to their stance.
"When you get to my age, you realize that there isn't much difference between men and women," said 50-year-old hat store owner Teruko Yoneyama.
With many in his Liberal Democratic Party opposed, analysts said it was tough to predict whether Koizumi -- a maverick who called a snap election last year after ruling party rebels voted against his pet project of privatizing the post office -- would risk political confusion just to enact the changes.
Koizumi is set to step down in September when his term as ruling Liberal Democratic Party president expires.
"If they don't revise the law now, in the long run, this crisis will occur again," said Keio University professor Hidehiko Kasahara. "I think he ought to take the risk and do it."
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Just saw this on Yahoo.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060208...KTtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
If at first you don't succeed...
By Linda Sieg
Wed Feb 8, 8:24 AM ET
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi backed away from a pledge to change the law to let women inherit the throne Wednesday, one day after sudden news that a royal princess was pregnant revived hopes for a male heir.
No royal males have been born into Japan's ancient imperial family since 1965, and Koizumi had vowed to present a bill to give women equal rights to ascend the Chrysanthemum throne to the current session of parliament to avoid a succession crisis.
But unexpected news Tuesday that 39-year-old Princess Kiko, wife of the emperor's second son, was pregnant with her third child quickly boosted calls from opponents of reform to wait and see if the baby -- due in September or October -- is a boy.
Articles on the pregnancy, which domestic media had reported even before father-to-be Akishino was informed -- hogged newspapers' front pages along with color photos of the royal couple, college sweethearts who wed 16 years ago.
Koizumi said the changes had been proposed because it was difficult to maintain the imperial system without opening succession to females, but acknowledged that opinions varied.
"It is desirable to create a place to fully debate the issue in each party and in parliament and to have a calm and moderate debate. Isn't this a matter that should be decided after seeing the result of that?" he said told a parliamentary panel.
Existing law allows only males descended from emperors through the paternal line to become sovereign.
Crown Prince Naruhito, 45, and his wife, Masako, 42, have one child, 4-year-old Princess Aiko, who was born eight years after they married. Masako has been mostly out of public sight for more than two years due to a mental disorder caused by the stress of adapting to royal life, including pressure to bear a son.
PUBLIC OPINION
If Kiko, who has two daughters, bears a son, he would be third in line to the throne under the current law.
If the revisions were enacted, Aiko would be second in line to become Japan's first reigning empress since the 18th century.
Those opposed to changing the succession law want to maintain a male line they say stretches back more than 2,000 years, and some have suggested reviving princely houses abolished after World War Two, or even bringing back royal concubinage.
A newspaper survey published Monday showed 63 percent of respondents favored letting women inherit the throne, although support had slipped 14 points from an earlier poll.
"I favor keeping things the way they are. This partly has to do with Japanese tradition," said a 39-year-old man working in finance as he headed for the subway in Tokyo.
Japan has had eight reigning princesses but traditionalists stress that none passed the throne on to a child who was not of the imperial paternal line.
Proponents of change stuck to their stance.
"When you get to my age, you realize that there isn't much difference between men and women," said 50-year-old hat store owner Teruko Yoneyama.
With many in his Liberal Democratic Party opposed, analysts said it was tough to predict whether Koizumi -- a maverick who called a snap election last year after ruling party rebels voted against his pet project of privatizing the post office -- would risk political confusion just to enact the changes.
Koizumi is set to step down in September when his term as ruling Liberal Democratic Party president expires.
"If they don't revise the law now, in the long run, this crisis will occur again," said Keio University professor Hidehiko Kasahara. "I think he ought to take the risk and do it."
Copyright © 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
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PM changed his mind? *shake the head disgusting*
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Heath said:
"...and if she doesn't, she will be whipped and beaten into subjection, as my bible says, a man (that's me...I have the hairy chest to prove it) is head over the wife and she WILL be reminded of that every time she thinks she can think, speak or do anything on her own." <<pounds on chest like Tarzan>>
:fruit: :P pek1 said:
You are making negative assumpations and jumping to negative conclusions based on my posts or my attidutes etc.
If it is gonna happen it will happen in the moment while I am making love to my wife when I have a wife then she will want to relax on her back and be happy when she is done on the top. It will happen naturally.
It is not a matter of power the way that you would like to think. :roll:
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Heath said:
Sex is a two-way street, Heath. Her needs have to be met, too. Have you done any reading about what is comfortable for women (position-wise)? Missionary position doesn't allow woman to thoroughly enjoy sex. Furthermore, men jack faster than women can get to their climax/orgasm.
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