Argh, long article about abuse...
http://www.abanet.org/irr/hr/summer02/fulcher.html
Okay, so how stupid is it that it's taken them this long to admit that there's a problem? I think the reason is because only lately (like, the past twentyish years) have women actually been admitting to the fact this goes on. A HUGE part of Japanese culture is based on upholding the honor of your family and your spouse. To report your abusive husband would be to shame him in public, something that even today in many Japanese minds is worse than being in said relationship. Most women would rather go back to living in their families households than shaming themselves/their spouses/ their children/ or their families. What Japanese women are starting to figure out is that if your husband beats you, he's shaming himself. You're not the one doing it by reporting him, and that shame shouldn't/ doesn't have anything to do with your children or your family or you.
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I'm not in anyway supporting the fact that woman don't come out and say their being abused or the idea that they feel that they have to hide this because they feel that they are shaming their husbands but there may be a lot more to this that our having grown up in a Western culture doesn't allow us to understand. Western culture is very different than eastern culture let alone Asian cultures. There is much behind these cultures that we have really no way of relating to or understanding.
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