/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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OLs are called pink collar workers but their jobs are made out to appear as white collar jobs. In reality they just provide clerical assistance to male workers; things like making tea/coffee, filing notes, maybe transcribing notes made during a meeting. Even fixing buttons on clothes sometimes. At around 25, most OLs start to get hinted at by male collegues: 'Have you found a boyfriend yet?' and that sort of thing, pressuring them to find a husband. Most women get married around this time and leave work to be housewives shortly after. This stuff was all more prevalent in the past, and has relaxed a bit as less people are getting together. Most OLs are described as living for the 'after 5' life, as they rarely if ever have to work overtime - not 100% sure on this point though.

This graph is commonly called the 'M curve'. It describes the % of women in the workforce at various age brackets. The first peak are the university leavers pre-marriage, who have just gotten their first full time job. The curve goes down as they leave to be housewives, then goes back up once the children go off to school or the women find part time jobs. Housewives are expected to act in the interest of the family and household; if that means getting a part time job, then they'll do that.