The Empress has no clothes

Japaneses are considering allowing women to become empresses. To a Westerner used to Elisabeth 2 since the early 50s (and many others before), the only surprise is that it is not yet the case. But to a Japanese conservative, it's burning matter.

"If Aiko becomes the reigning empress and gets involved with a blue-eyed foreigner while studying abroad and marries him, their child may be the emperor," Takeo Hiranuma, a top member of Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and head of a block of politicians opposed to female monarchs, said last week. "We should never let that happen."

(Princess Kiko Shocks Japan with Pregnancy, Washington Post, February 7th, 2006)

So, a male emperor couldn't fall in love abroad and marry a blue-eyed gaijin? I take this as a very derogatory comment on Western women. Ladies, don't let yourself be tossed around by those conservatives who doubt your virtue and qualities. Show them how to seduce an emperor.