천황제와 성차별·이성애주의의 재생산: 일본의 국가 이데올로기 장치의 종언을 향해 = The Emperor System and the Reproduction of Sexual Discrimination and Heterosexism: Toward the End of the Ideological Institution of the Japanese State

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The modern emperor system in Japan is an institution that reproduces the norms of sexism and heterosexism in Japanese society. However, most people living in Japan are so accustomed to the state system of the “symbolic emperor system” that it is difficult for them to even problematize it. This paper will first describe the situation in Japanese society during the two replacements of the emperor, and clarify the issues of sexism and heterosexism with regard to the imperial succession. In addition to the problem of the emperor system itself, Japanese feminists have also pointed out the system’s significant social impact on people’s consciousness and resulting customs of gender roles. However, such discussions had failed to include the perspective of heterosexism. For this reason, this paper will hypothetically present an analysis from the positionality of “lesbian,” which has been othered by both male-centeredness and heterosexism.