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クロワッサン症候群

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Country
Japan

How it feels

This series is about middle aged women who reject marriage as a life choice but later feel lost and anxious as they pass the typical ages for marriage and childbirth. It explores their internal conflict and despair about their own choices and identity.

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What happens

クロワッサン症候群(クロワッサンしょうこうぐん)とは、人生の選択肢としての結婚を拒絶したが、結婚適齢期・出産適齢期を越え、自らの生き方に自信喪失し、焦りと絶望を感じている中年女性の心理的葛藤の形容である。 語源は、1988年に刊行された松原惇子の『クロワッサン症候群』。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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