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The writer gives credit to Abe for how women are now "more vocal about challenging sexual harassment, demanding promotions, and insisting men do more child care at home." You realize this implies the main problem was how "passive" Jp women just didn't stand up for themselves? https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1299489049753739265
"If only women would just learn to speak up for themselves" vs. critiquing structural sexism that is NOT the personal responsibility of individual women to somehow solve on their own. I also have never heard a feminist say anything nice about Abe's "support" of gender equality.
Women in Japan are not recently "firmly ensconced in the working world"; women have BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME, for less $$, lack of promotion, & suffocating misogyny. The overall view of Abe's policies on gender equality is that they are hollow/ignore realities for most women.
This writer also suggests Abe somehow fixed racism. I just heard a Todai expert explain how nationalism (& hate speech + xenophobia) have been esp. serious issues starting around the 2010's. I heard a student say they were afraid a thesis on Zainichi issues was too controversial.
I won't comment on a lot of other arguments made, but I hope other experts chime in to point out how this article is really misleading for the random reader looking to learn something about how Japan is doing with sexism, racism, xenophobia, or other 100% unresolved problems.
