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[AN2: You curious where am I? Well, I am on 𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝒷𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑒 (ᏝᎥᏦᏋ ᏇᏬጀᎥᏗᏇᎧᏒᏝᎴ) to read because I don't have enough FP and coins here.]

Many Japanese have adopted wide ranges of sexual identity, and space has always existed for non-exclusively hegemonic gender roles in Japanese society. The modern era, however, has made more room for those openly varied gender roles. Before Western contact, Japan did not have a system of identification in which one's identity was determined by one's biological sexual preference (see Sexual minorities in Japan). Yet, hegemonic notions of how men and women should behave are still strong in the country, as in the Western cultures.[6] Earlier studies on sex roles and gender identities in Asia focused heavily on particular constraints felt by women, for "'[Japanese] models of citizenship implicitly privilege the male, white-collar 'citizen in a suit.'"[6] Constraints are also felt, however, on the males in Asian societies who are held at a higher standard due to the "dominant paradigm" referred to as "hegemonic masculinity." Arguments present ideas that "masculinity" has a history and is actually not only expressed differently in different societies but also differently within societies throughout eras. Masculinity, even in traditional Asian cultures is, so called, plural.[6] Still, certain forms of masculinity (and femininity for that matter) become particularly privileged, the hegemonic masculinity.[7]