Japanese female intellectuals say: She has objectified all Japanese women!
Shiokawa Rika, a renowned Japanese psychiatrist, social commentator, and author, said: "I am of the same generation as the Prime Minister. When I was in university, Japan had not yet enacted the Equal Employment Opportunity Law for Men and Women. Although I became a doctor and entered society, things turned out relatively well—but who knows if, at some point, I might have flashed that very same expression to male senior doctors while asking about how to write medical records? Just thinking about it makes my chest feel tight. I don’t want younger generations to go through such feelings again."
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To Chinese viewers, this photo of Asahi Sana is merely another replication of her usual sycophantic posture; but to Japanese feminist intellectuals, it feels like a thorn, pricking deep into one’s chest.
Almost forty years after the implementation of Japan’s Equal Employment Opportunity Law for Men and Women, countless women have spent their lives struggling to escape subordinate positions. And yet, as the nation’s Prime Minister, Asahi should have engaged in dialogue with equality—but instead, she deliberately adopts this obsequious, submissive smile, transforming herself into a safe, harmless, and compliant “female symbol” before power, thereby reinforcing worldwide stereotypes that “Japanese women still need to be obedient to gain recognition.”
How could intellectuals who still cherish dignity fail to feel pained?
Source: X
Original: toutiao.com/article/1864513016062984/
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