Yukio Mishima's Selected Essays: The Immoral Education Lecture Trilogy (Lectures on Immoral Education + New Lectures on Love + Anti-Virgin University)

"The Anti-Chaste Woman University (Continued Immoral Education Lectures)"
So-called female virtues are merely crafted for men's selfishness.
Mishima's Immoral Education Lectures are back in session.

Is an "anti-chaste woman" truly an evil wife?
Is a "chaste woman" necessarily a virtuous wife?

Yukio Mishima once again demonstrates his unique and refined argumentative prowess, using reverse, incisive sophistry and insightful, humorous prose to discuss the conditions of an "anti-chaste woman"—
My lecture notes, first and foremost, aim to tell my esteemed female readers what an "anti-chaste woman" is and what conditions she should possess. If it's just a one-night stand or an occasional fling, these notes are unnecessary. Feel free to boldly seek pleasure.
If an "anti-chaste woman" is to commit adultery, she should do it to the highest degree, with the resolve to "love passionately and commit adultery passionately." If you plan to become a married woman and engage in grand adultery in the near future, you should have a new perspective from the moment you choose your marriage partner.
An "anti-chaste woman," no matter how well she is treated materially, should not show the slightest gratitude; she must always harbor discontent. And that discontent must not be vented to her husband with nagging. Complaining to one's husband, even if it doesn't quite mean loving him, at least indicates that deep down, you still depend on him.
An "anti-chaste woman" must be as ungrateful as a cat, taking what she receives for granted, and always appearing to expect more. This is something difficult for a half-hearted softie to do.
An "anti-chaste woman" is always spiritually unhappy; even when carrying a shopping bag and holding a child's hand to buy radishes, to a third party, she must exude the impression that "this mundane work is not suitable for her, and she herself knows it's not suitable."
An "anti-chaste woman's" fantasies cost nothing. "Air conditioners? Escaping the summer heat? What's the point of such things? If it's hot, let it be hot. ... In short, not a single penny should be spent; everything should be saved for after the husband's death."
From the studies of adultery, contempt, fantasy, jealousy... to the studies of madwomen, Mishima consistently teaches the chaste women, bound by invisible feminine virtues, to relax as much as possible, to break free from their husbands' control, and to change their overly serious and proper moralistic attitudes. While "The Anti-Chaste Woman University" advocates for the liberation of chaste women, no matter where Mishima's argument turns, he attempts to express in various forms the philosophy that "it is impossible for a person to be honest as long as they are alive, and precisely because of this, a person can live easily." It is for this reason that an "anti-chaste woman" can be a healthy, greedy, complaining, sometimes gentle, and charming wife.
"The Anti-Chaste Woman University" also includes the male studies lecture "The First Sex."
"The highest secret to manipulating men is to tightly grip men's sentimentalism."
"The First Sex" as a title comes from Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex," a pioneering feminist and French existentialist writer. In modern times, the era of male dominance has receded, entering an era of male suffering, and according to the objections raised by "The Second Sex," the domain of "The First Sex" is gradually being eroded. Mishima's "The First Sex," with humorous and witty prose, discusses the reasons for men's existence as men and the true nature of their "greatness."

出版日期/Publication Date：January 22, 2014
出版社/Publisher：大牌
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页数/Page: 308