当世界告别二十世纪跨入新世纪之际,日本的社会生态正经历着一场并不显眼却是非常深刻的变化。处于这个变化核心的,便是被称为日本传统文化之象征的家族制和家庭制,以及在家庭生活中占据中心甚或统治地位的男权。而使得这种具有悠久历史的制度产生危机的,则是越来越多的日本女性,尤其是接受过高等 As the world bid farewell to the twentieth century into the new century, Japan’s social ecology is going through an inconspicuous but profound change. At the heart of this change is the family and family system known as the symbol of Japanese traditional culture and the patriarchal domination or dominance in family life. The crisis that has given rise to such a long history of institutions is that more and more Japanese women, especially those who have received higher education