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| Jul 22, 2019 at 5:47 | comment | added | Andrew | @MechaShadowV2 This kind of denigration of women still happens in the U.S., sadly, but is usually somewhat less subtle and is often full of profanity. If you really want the closest parallel to how 干物女 sounds in English, it would be unquestionably rude and misogynistic. "Independent woman" comes nowhere close. | |
| Jul 22, 2019 at 4:31 | comment | added | MechaShadowV2 | @andrew as i said I was basing it more on the comments the op latter made to further explain what they meant, not the original description, since like I said, didn't really fit stereotype or whatever here. That said, I have heard independent woman be used sarcastically at least, so it can be negative, especially in times past. I stand by my thought that independent woman or carrier woman could mean what shes looking for in that there not interested in romantic relationships or caring much of what others think/want. | |
| Jul 14, 2019 at 16:41 | comment | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | I know you have good Japanese, but you should let the OP clarify the question, rather than reading into it your own personal perspective. The OP has made it clear that the expression may have started with negative connotations, but may no longer be so. | |
| Jul 14, 2019 at 16:40 | comment | added | Andrew | @Cascabel I can only assume that you and I have read the question very differently. In my mind there is no possible way to interpret "dried fish woman" as anything but negative, from any perspective. The fact that women describe themselves that way means nothing, as self-deprecation is common. | |
| Jul 14, 2019 at 16:36 | comment | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | @Andrew Why are you discouraging non-peorative answers? You are not the OP, and she has not marked her Q with a tag for pejoratives, Moreover she has made it clear that some women in Japan refer to themselves that way.. | |
| Jul 14, 2019 at 15:17 | comment | added | Andrew | As I explained above "independent woman" is hardly a pejorative, and does not include the kind of lack of interest described in the question. | |
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| Jul 14, 2019 at 10:45 | history | answered | MechaShadowV2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |