Peggy Orenstein on Parasite Singles in Japan

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Peggy Orenstein is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine.  She tells Anne Strainchamps about “parasite singles” - young Japanese, mostly female, who reject the traditional life of marriage and children.  These women continue to live with their parents and spend all their disposable income on things like Louis Vuitton purses. They’re controversial, and they’re driving Japan’s economy.