For example, a common complaint among
women is that when a man is watching television, he often doesn’t hear a question asked by the person sitting right beside
him. Sakura Kumi has witnessed this many times in her house. Sakura says, “My mother used to get so frustrated trying to
get my father’s attention while he was watching TV, and I did too. So she got into the habit of standing in front of the TV and
saying, ‘Hiroshi, I’m about to ask you a question.’ It’s become sort of a family joke.”