Boy o boy. I'm so disappointed.

Princess Kiko, the wife of the current emperor of Japan's second son, Prince Akishino, just gave birth to a baby boy, the first male born into the imperial family in four decades. I am terribly disappointed as this precludes the possibility of amending Japanese law to allow women the right to reign as "female emperor" (as opposed to the more commonly observed "wife of emperor" or "empress") in this antiquated country. Many leaders in Japanese government were "relieved" and overjoyed that this recent birth shelved the issue of - what is in my opinion long awaited, LONG overdue - progress in women's rights.