This meant jobs in professional or business occupations, with room for creativity, growth, and organizational expertise.
[3] Even as these changes slowly opened opportunities for women in the workplace, "the very term 'career woman' suggested pretentiousness or hard-boiled insensitivity and rejection of femininity.
[4] Kyariaūman is the Japanese term for a woman, married or not, who pursues a career to make a living and for personal advancement, rather than being a housewife without occupation outside the home.
The term came into use when women were expected to marry and become housewives after a short period working as an "office lady."
The term is used in Japan to describe the counterpart to the Japanese salaryman; a career woman in Japan also works for a salary, and seeks to supplement her family's income through work or to remain independent by seeking an independent career.