Isamu and Roku both have problems with their wives. Isamu treats her wife Oseki very poorly and is abusive, whereas Oseki and Roku are more romantic. The reason why Oseki is married to Isamu is that his status is better. In my opinion, Oseki would need to suffer through this pain and do what benefits the future. Society back then was very poor for women, they don’t get treated with respect and men don’t care about women’s feelings. I think Oseki learn from her run with Roku that no matter what men she marries, the result of how men treat women is the same.
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I agree as well, the views back then didn’t see women as equal people which led to disrespect and degrading them.
Even social status couldn’t buy her happiness, quite unhealthy for her in long terms.