ORIGINS
๐๐; heavy themes of misogyny, no desc of graphic abuse.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; the religion mentioned has nothing to do with any real religion. Itโs completely fictional and inspiration was taken from personal experiences, multiple religions, and several stories
Junko comes from the Watanabe tribe of heroes. Itโs not very popular, mostly because it chooses to stay out of the spotlight. All the heroes of the tribe are men, due to religious beliefs and age-old traditions.
Although people have questioned and debated about why there are no women heroes, theyโve always been silenced by the tribe with the response that the women choose to not partake in any hero activity. Given the silence from the women of the tribe, most people assumed it was true that they lacked interest in hero work and dropped the subject. Sometimes, debates regarding the outdated lifestyle of the Watanabe tribe are still ongoing but just on small forums that are rarely active/popular.
All thatโs known to the public is that the tribe wants privacy, and the everyone seems to respects that.
Behind the scenes, however, the Watanabe clan is anything but heroic. This picture of peace and purity that they paint is covering the dark reality tucked in the walls of the Watanabe tribal homes.
The reality is that these people hold heavily toxic ideas, most of which revolve around the imbalance God allegedly created between man and woman. They believe that a womanโs purpose is pleasure, submission and bearing children. Women are not thought to be rational human beings with complex desires, thoughts and feelings, instead they are labelled the source of all sin, since they are the ones that beguile men and lead them astray.
They believe restricting a woman and heavily controlling her life is the only way her sinful being should be kept in order to avoid them spreading sin across the lands. They believe that if women are left to follow their desires and to live freely, they will bring ruin (spiritually) wherever and to whomever they go to.
Thus, women are not allowed to leave the tribal homes unless they absolutely must (which is rather rare), and even if they really must, they are to be supervised by a male relative. They are not allowed to use their quirks-- lest they grow strong and break free to pursue Lucifer-- and this disuse of quirks eventually makes their quirk genes inactive, so by the time these women hit 30, they have completely lost their quirks.
However, since these women have to birth sons that will be strong and can use their quirks, theyโre made to have as many children as they can before they reach the age of 30. This ensures that their quirk is passed on before it is lost forever. For this very reason, girls have to be married rather early. They barely turn 18/19 when theyโre married off, often to a man twice their age.
The tribe obviously sees nothing wrong with this--- not even most of the women, courtesy of generations of brainwashing and internalization.
Another tactic of control comes in the form of policing what women and girls wear. Heavy, loose clothing is the only permissible attire, so as to not allow the outlines of their bodies to be traceable. Think of a nuns dressing, with the veil and the tunic.
They are allowed to read and educate themselves but they cannot pursue careers or attend schools.
Ideas of "purity" are thrust into the minds of girls as young as fourteen, and so are concepts of "duty". Little girls are made to do chores around the house of all kinds as early as possible; the cooking, cleaning, laundry, catering, etc.
They are forced to develop maturity earlier than their natural pace and never experience the joys of childhood.
There is a lot of gender segregation even among the tribal homes. Girls and women can only remove their veils when around men who are their first relatives, and they can only interact freely with them. Conversing with men outside their family is strictly forbidden.