Does he think women are the entrees being served, instead of the people physically preparing them?
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Besides, if he only reads the article, it’s obvious that menstruating women are being looked at as basically invalids who need assistance with carrying stuff, need longer breaks, etc., need offers of support from others - just because they’re on their periods. In Japan even aside of the pervasive male chauvinist attitudes that stigmatize menstruation, there’s a whole lot of socially ingrained ideas like this about periods. These and the stigmatization means that menstruation is seen as something that is embarrassing and makes you appear weaker and less reliable/effective in the eyes of others.
And yes, all this is bad, and having open discussions about menstruation is absolutely necessary, to remove the stigma and to educate people (including women and girls who grew up with these ideas) about periods… but making your employees wear stupid period badges announcing to the world that they’re on their periods is not the way to do it! Gah.
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That quote was especially dissapointing to me. Not only is it grade A mystical sexism, it came from a family that I admired after watching the documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”.
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Yep. Right around the world, too. I mean… look at this shit:
Also, it kind of annoys me when men pontificate on menstruation, something which (unless they are transmen) they have no direct experience with…
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Why did anyone think this was a good idea on the first place? As if I don’t know the answer already
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I had a teacher once who told us about how when they got their first period they thought they were dying. They didn’t want to worrying their family so they just went on assuming they had some kind of horrible illness for a few months. And this want some sort of Three Men And A Baby situation. They lived with their mom and three older sisters. Probably mid 60s Eastern Canada
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