You’re reading the story written in another language, another country, and making assumptions based on what is common here or in your country. Look for the clues that tell you whether these stories are in North America, Europe, Asia, or more specifics like regions. Examples. The phrases “his face turned pale, or her face went blue” are not common to North America. Neither is the custom of living with in laws. Formally meeting prospective in laws started going out of custom in the 1950’s in most regions but is still informally done in some communities. The thing about the internet is realizing that it may reach the entire world, but many of us still haven’t a clue what’s going on.

@@margiestevens2384everything you wrote doesn’t mean these women should not assert themselves and should not fight for equal rights just as women from other countries and other continents did in the past . Whatever their country it’s high time they realised they are not sub humans

Japan or Asia somewhere. Where attitudes to woman are different and sadly very oppressive.