Like sharia? Gangrape? Genital mutilation? Death to apostates? Agreed. But as it’s their culture I support their right to live within the norms they’ve established, just not in my country.
First.. fire the guy who appointed female first aid helpers..
Second... This news seems to be part of the happenings of the entire event
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This reminds me of an American guy I know who was having dinner in Japan with a high-profile community leader. When dinner was over, he carried his dishes to the kitchen and offered to help with the dishes.
The wife refused, told her husband, and they kicked my American friend out, asking him to never come by again.
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It appears to me that the Japanese have distinct gender roles, and even a sense of sacred space between the two. In my anecdote, my friend offended the woman by stepping into the kitchen, which was her space and nobody else's.
If there are indeed sacred natures to the gender specific spaces in Japan—then even in the name of equality and true feminism, it would be cultural appropriation for us non-Japanese to insist on breeches of sacred space.
It could also be that, since you're the guest, they're expected to take care of you. Offering to do the dishes would be like saying that they can't even do the dishes on their own.
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I'm going to ask him if they mentioned his being a man specifically. If so, it was more about that and less about being a guest.
When I was in Japan in the early 1990's some of the bars had Nationals Only and some had No Blacks/Colored signs. Seems racist in the modern day, different country or not. They should just have private club signs or something.
Yeah..they were ready to just die for their customs...
And I'm damn sure men won't enter a female only area when it comes to that..
https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/sunandha-kumaritana/on-pain-of-death-do-not-touch-queen-sunandha/
See this for instance..
Second... This news seems to be part of the happenings of the entire event
The wife refused, told her husband, and they kicked my American friend out, asking him to never come by again.
If there are indeed sacred natures to the gender specific spaces in Japan—then even in the name of equality and true feminism, it would be cultural appropriation for us non-Japanese to insist on breeches of sacred space.