Tokyo Olympics Chief Suggests Limits for Women at Meetings

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

TOKYO — Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics, already facing rising costs and significant public opposition to this summer’s Games, faced a new furor on Wednesday after the president of the Tokyo organizing committee suggested women talk too much in meetings.

The president, Yoshiro Mori, stoked a social media backlash after news reports emerged of his comments demeaning women during an executive meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee that was held online.

“On boards with a lot of women, the board meetings take so much time,” Mr. Mori, 83, said to laughter, according to a report in the Asahi Shimbun, one of the country’s largest daily newspapers. “Women have a strong sense of competition. If one person raises their hand, others probably think, I need to say something too. That’s why everyone speaks.”

Mr. Mori, a former prime minister, was responding to a question asking him to comment on the Olympic committee’s plan to increase the number of women board members to more than 40 percent of the total.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics-yoshiro-mori.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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The inscrutable Orient...

[McKim]

1. Yes Women Talk!

Yes women talk and that helps them think of new ideas, it's a process that has better outcomes than closed minds who say little. As Harris said: "I am speaking!!"

[cp]

2. No to "inscrutable Orient" -- male chauvinism is worldwide

Thank you.

[NotHardly]

8. THIS

[trueblue2007]

24. THIS. MAN. IS. AN. ASS-HOLE. I wish he'd lose his voice for the rest of his live !!!!

[Nitram]

12. CP, It is true that male chauvinism is world-wide. However, Japan is farther behind the curve than

most. Recent revelations that Japan’s leading medical school had manipulated entrance exam scores to exclude women for more than a decade generated global headlines. Leading high schools require high school entrance exams, but because girls tend to score higher in those examinations, schools require them to have higher scores than boys for enrollment.

In 2017, journalist Shiori Ito became the first Japanese woman to speak publicly about the sexual violence she had experienced, after prosecutors decided to drop her case. Instead of being praised for her courage in speaking out, she faced a public backlash including death threats. Women and men branded her an embarrassment and she was mocked on television by Japanese officials for immoral behavior and accused of sleeping around to advance her career. Anonymous threats made her feel so unsafe that she eventually moved to the UK.

https://www.amnesty.org.au/japans-sexism-problem-runs-deep/

[yuiyoshida]

16. and I don't like the term oriental or Orient either

We prefer the term ASIANS or Asia now.

[SharonClark]

3. If Mori would resign then his problem would be resolved.

[underpants]

4. Oh! That's a good one.

Yikes.

[luvs2sing]

5. Mr. Mori should come visit my house.

and spend an afternoon with introverted me and my never-has-an-unexpressed-thought Hubster.

Seriously..what a frickin jerk!

[Mike 03]

6. OMG. The "women talk too much" trope

Something out of a 70s sitcom, perhaps?

Haven't heard that one in decades.

[moreland01]

7. Huh?

Is this The Onion?

[Jedi Guy]

13. Wishing for the death of others is certainly a mark of one's own virtue... N/T

[Miguelito Loveless]

17. You are correct

It is a bit hard sometimes, when so many people wish you dead every day. After a while...

[Nitram]

10. OMG! Stuck in the 19th Century.

[Paladin]

11. Stupid old man. (nt)

[LittleGirl]

14. Well he is 83

Why is that man there?
No need to answer. Just fuming.

[FSogol]

15. They'll certainly have a lot to talk about when he is forced to resign.

[RainCaster]

18. Not inscrutable, just too damn old

I spent years working for a Japanese firm, and conservative doesn't even begin to describe it. I could see it on the commute trains every day, and in the offices too. After hours, at the bars. I miss many things about that job, but not the male dominance.

[NHvet]

19. Lived in Japan

for a few years some 40 yrs ago, seems that the roles for men and women in Japan hasn't evolved at all in the years that have passed.

[Miigwech]

20. Maybe if the men would listen they would LEARN something

[Greybnk48]

21. This is so 50's, I'm lmfao every time I read it. This guy has obviously

never watched a Trump marathon bloviation, or watched the right wingmen on FOX/OAN/NEWSMAX.

Want to bet one or more of the women on his committee are coming up with ideas that are better than his?

[oldsoftie]

26. HAAAAA! But trump never made any sense too, so it was even worse!

[McKim]

22. This is Why i Have Never Wanted to Visit Japan

This is why I have never wanted to visit Japan! It is disgusting. A lot of young Japanese women have come to the US to marry better and get away from that society where marriage means lonely servitude.

[oldsoftie]

23. Thats hilarious. "Furor". Silliness.

I'm glad everyone at the meeting laughed too
Hope nobody here ever goes to a comedy club

Save the furor for people who actually mean harm

[GulfCoast66]

25. I was working on a business deal with a Japanese firm.

They came to Florida and after the meeting we took them to eat. And drink, man did they drink.

Anyway there were 3 Tables and seating was strictly by rank. My leader at the time was a female and the translator suggested on the side that she should not sit at the ‘head’ table even though I was. I of course rejected the request out of hand. Deal fell apart. Don’t regret it a bit.

[barbtries]

30. A friend of mine

who was a VP, was at a meeting with a Japanese firm. One of the men was clearly disturbed that she was part of the meeting. I don't recall the details, but he did not want her there, and the only reason was that she was a woman.

[PoliticAverse]

27. .So they're being too "uppity"? n/t

[DinahMoeHum]

28. IMO, he's a candidate for the "Sit Your Ass Down" Award. . .

. . .courtesy of Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation magazine and host of the weekly Edge of Sports podcast.

https://audioboom.com/channel/edge-of-sports

[barbtries]

29. he hasn't figured out

that women are people. at 83 years old it's a good bet he never will.

[Efilroft Sul]

31. After the backlash, he's favored to win gold in the 500-meter Walkback.

[sakabatou]

32. OFFS...

[VarryOn]

33. After 30 years in the corporate world...

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The blowhard, smartest-person-in-the-room will always be a man. And they generally love the sound of their own voice, usually play golf, will always top anything you ever did, wont hesitate to correct someone, and totally ignore it's past time for the meeting to be over.

I bet you anything Mr. Mori is the same son-of-a-bitch, except he cheered for the wrong team in WWII.