tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945193477373215773.post8447136770404032037..comments2023-07-17T00:09:41.345+09:00Comments on My diary: Shouted at female assembly member to "get married" (the Metropolitan Assembly of Japan)Kumikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882352902514074347noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945193477373215773.post-14179347129773686882014-07-06T23:28:55.019+09:002014-07-06T23:28:55.019+09:00@Walter,
Thank you,Walter!
Oh,did CNN report that ...@Walter,<br />Thank you,Walter!<br />Oh,did CNN report that news? <br />It was not until quite recently that we become conscious of feminism.<br />Feminism hasn't penetrated in Japan,our society has long been male-dominant,but it is changing now.<br />Kumikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882352902514074347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945193477373215773.post-61737058190454848422014-07-06T06:03:32.794+09:002014-07-06T06:03:32.794+09:00I knew about this story. I found the video here ht...I knew about this story. I found the video here http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/23/world/asia/japan-sexism-heckling/<br />.It's not just Japan, but the whole world that has a long way to go towards equality. Thanks for posting this.Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945193477373215773.post-43830917714481174292014-06-27T22:02:20.711+09:002014-06-27T22:02:20.711+09:00@Traveling Hawk,
Thank you,Traveling Hawk!
Yes,suc...@Traveling Hawk,<br />Thank you,Traveling Hawk!<br />Yes,such kind of sexist jokes may be the same and seen in every country.<br />And heckling,hecklers in the confelence chamber are usual and will happen in any country.<br />The thing is,if he had not been a politician,he would not have been condemned on all hands like this.<br />The problem is that he heckled other party's woman using sexist remarks although he is a politician. <br />In this case,his heckling is beyond "spicy joke",it is verbal abuse and harassment toward her,I think.<br />The number of female politician doesn't increase in Japan.One of the reason is such an old-fashioned environment surrounding her,I think.Kumikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882352902514074347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945193477373215773.post-18450507727831882322014-06-26T23:14:17.124+09:002014-06-26T23:14:17.124+09:00Very bold of you, Kumiko, to bring in discussion t...Very bold of you, Kumiko, to bring in discussion this issue. Here, in Europe, we know about this aspect of your culture. And it is the same in other Asian countries. But do no mistakes: even if we proclame that woman is equal with man, there is still a certain attitude, at certain men, which do not comply with this affirmation. And those men are born and raised by women! Many men here indulge in saying sexist jokes in the presence of women, for example. This is also a case of looking down on women, isn't it? As you well said, this is only the peak of the iceberg...Traveling Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537916238477256361noreply@blogger.com