is it me or the most popular relationship in jdrama is..?

Older women and younger guy Unsure

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

What? No, it's just you.

--- groink

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

The issue has been touched upon in many JP dramas - Love & Eros, Mada Koi wa Hajimaranai, Long Vacation, etc. - that I have seen and can remember at this moment. And I think this is a new trend that is quickly gaining acceptance at the moment. Here is an interesting article on this subject: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/archive/news/2006/05/20060515p2g00m0dm003000c.html. But most dramas, I believe, are about "normal", older-male-younger-female relationships. I have yet to see a Korean drama where the female is older than the male in a relationship.

In the US, I remember briefly seeing on Oprah a few years back where they were discussing older women and younger men relationships - as part of the gender equality movement. "If older men can date younger women, why can't it be vice versa?" was their question. It's one of those things women do or bring up to empower themselves. I think it's all an Oedipus Complex thing - for both parties involved. I wouldn't mind dating someone who is few years older than me if she is my "match" - for lack of a better word - in every way, but I don't think I can be with someone who is a lot older than me. It's just weird and fall into those freaky or fetish categories. Then again I have seen some older ladies who take really good care of themselves.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Note that the Mainichi WaiWai section should always be taken with a grain of salt. They translate Japanese "tabloids" into english most of the time.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

... at first I thought older-woman-younger-man relationships were simply a "trend" in jdrama. My Japanese friends tell me it's actually happening, though... especially between men in their early 20's and unmarried working women in their 30's. Most articles on the topic will relate it to the existence of a significant number of women who work and live by themselves, having freedom to do what they want and money to spend as they wish.

Of course, it's been happening in other places as well, Japan is just catching up with other countries... and it's usually seen as a matter of gender equality, as someone mentioned - you'll easily observe that older-woman-younger-man relationships get more common as social differences between both genders vanish or get weaker.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

IMO...There is absolutely nothing wrong with being with a suga-mama!!! salut

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hmm... My lady's 2 years older than me, so I don't see a problem with it.

Then again, I'm biased.... Tongue

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:12 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:39 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Last year, it was kind of a trend out here in Japan where younger guys in their early 20s would be seeing a divorced woman with children, usually in her early/mid 30s.

I haven't seen much of it on documentaries lately, though...

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

umm...I haven't seen that. unless its b/c I just didn't notice. But thats not a problem...I guess its just more popular now then before.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i completely have not noticed that .. -__- *digs back into previous shows that i've watched...

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I don't think I've noticed that either.

To me age is just a number and I have dated older women when I was younger but now--younger women b/c I'm older. Does that make sense at all? lol
I guess maybe because I find women being more secured at a certian age.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

夫婦 / Fuufu.

Tsukamoto Takashi with Nishida Naomi Crazy

. So much older ...

*A couple of years of difference is okay, but more than 10 years, isn't that too much?

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I Don't Know Much About The Older Woman, Youger Guy Thing ( And I Don't Think There Is Anything Wrong With it), But From Movies And Shows that I Have Seen There Seems To Be An Incest Theme In Asian Dramas And Movies.
Does It Have To With The Taboo Of It Draw Attention From More Viewers? Or Is It Just Part Of Exploring Stories, Situations And Conversational Debates ( Such As this)That Most people Try To Steer Clear of?
To Tell the truth Asian Films And Dramas , To Me, Are The Greatest BECAUSE of Their Originality Among Many, Many Other Reasons