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It was announced Japan status Emergency Because The epidemic. Residents of some areas were asked to shop less frequently and send just one family member to get supplies to minimize the potential for crowding.
Mayor, Ichiro Matsui, told reporters on Thursday that he should be assigned Men Do grocery shopping because Women “They take a long time on their tours and chant a lot” before making the decision to buy this or that product, according to Japan’s Kyodo News.
“Men can collect the things they were asked to buy and go home, so I think it’s good to go shopping and avoid human contact,” added the 56-year-old.
When a journalist protested his statements, Matsui admitted that his remarks might be seen as backward, but “applied to his family.”
But he faced sharp criticism Social Media A Twitter user accused him of “not respecting both women and men.”
Another said that his remarks were “full of prejudice against women,” saying that “there are indecisive men and firm women.”
And a third user tweeted, “Do they think shoppers want to waste time? They think about listings and prices.”
But there was some support for the mayor.
“That’s right. Older women in particular are chatting with each other and not paying attention to shopping,” one user wrote.
Despite the high number of women with degrees in higher education, Japan ranked 121 out of 153 countries in the gender gap index at the World Economic Forum for 2020, mainly due to weak political representation.
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It was announced Japan status Emergency Because The epidemic. Residents of some areas were asked to shop less frequently and send just one family member to get supplies to minimize the potential for crowding.
Mayor, Ichiro Matsui, told reporters on Thursday that he should be assigned Men Do grocery shopping because Women “They take a long time on their tours and chant a lot” before making the decision to buy this or that product, according to Japan’s Kyodo News.
“Men can collect the things they were asked to buy and go home, so I think it’s good to go shopping and avoid human contact,” added the 56-year-old.
When a journalist protested his statements, Matsui admitted that his remarks might be seen as backward, but “applied to his family.”
But he faced sharp criticism Social Media A Twitter user accused him of “not respecting both women and men.”
Another said that his remarks were “full of prejudice against women,” saying that “there are indecisive men and firm women.”
And a third user tweeted, “Do they think shoppers want to waste time? They think about listings and prices.”
But there was some support for the mayor.
“That’s right. Older women in particular are chatting with each other and not paying attention to shopping,” one user wrote.
Despite the high number of women with degrees in higher education, Japan ranked 121 out of 153 countries in the gender gap index at the World Economic Forum for 2020, mainly due to weak political representation.
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