I think a lot of people fall into this trap. What annoys me the most is when people start generalizing that ALL Japanese women are like this. While it's a generalization that is based in some truth, it annoys me because it completely leaves out the women who work at my school who put in just as many hours as the guys. And some of the other more high powered women I know.

Japan's gender relations aren't perfect, but I think sometimes when talking about gender relations in Japan people start idealizing women's role western society too much. Cause the western world definitely still has problems too.