ASIA 254 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Heian Period, Japanese Language, Class Discrimination
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It is rape from pov of our time. How about from the pov of heian period. Maybe she does not say it directly. Does not want the household to know. Resistance of the lady of the locust shell. T he lady would have liked to announce to the world that a strange man had invaded her boudoir. But choose not to due to difficulties. Margaret h. childs, the value of vulnerability. Emotional dynamics in love affairs were driven by vulnerability. Impulse to nurture someone who is weak or frail or in distress. Inspire love by arousing compassion or pity. The little figure, pathetically fragile and as if on the point of expiring from the shock, seemed to him very beautiful . What makes it difficult for her to resist genji. Visit wife and other women from times to times. Father decides who daughter has first sex with. Political live and agency of aristocratic women.
