In the center of a Japanese-style old house living room is a table, with four people seated around it, each occupying a side. Little Tamako is seated at the lowest position, kneeling on a cushion, her back straight, pretending to listen attentively to Teacher Fushimi's speech:
"You might not know this, but according to the 'Family Emotional Climate White Paper' released by Tokyo University of Education in 1981: in families with high-frequency marital conflicts, the probability of girls engaging in self-harming behavior is 2.3 times that of boys."
As he spoke, he pulled out a whiteboard from somewhere, using a black marker to write down the theme of this seminar: 'Girls Invisibly Wounded in Family Conflicts.'
