Since it's 1.40am here...

[jolantru]

Women's role in Heian and Edo: Good comparison between Heian and Edo periods.

Heroines: Heian Period: General introduction.

Three Heian Women: All poets/writers... Murasaki ("The Tale of Genji") and Sei Shonagon ("The Pillow Book"). :)

Comments

[delfinnium]

Ah. So yeah, Heian - they are more likely to be free (ish) compared to later periods or if in China. >.>

[jolantru]

They were more free-ish... but I also saw that they were restricted in certain ways. *shrug*

[delfinnium]

Freeish by certain standards. Which is... interesting. I know my roommate told me that when the westerners first encountered the Japanese, they were appalled that these Asian barbarians didn't care about the virginity of their women.

[jolantru]

Sexual liberation. Yay!

[delfinnium]

Whoohoo!

which is why I wanna write a solid matriarchal society in my fantasy.

>.>

I keep tripping up with the damn heterosexual monogamy.