Would you please tell me what do you think about this?...

Since the Danjyo Koyo Kikai Kinto Ho (Equal Employment Opportunity Law) kicked in two decades ago, it's become the norm for women to work as hard and long as men, though not necessarily under the same conditions. Accordingly, money matters between danjyo (men and women) have become a lot more complicated.

In cafes and restaurants, ever notice how same-sex groups do this polite little dance in front of the cash register, each insisting on picking up the tab? Well, the same goes for male/female groups, and more often now women will end up paying more, especially if they're single professionals over 30.

Men assume they have more income at their disposal (which is true), but have little idea that these women long for the coveted onnanoko atsukai (to be treated like a girl), where a night out means a romantic dinner, a drink at a nice bar afterward, and then okutte morau (be taken home) in a cab all paid for by the man.