Half of women in local assemblies have been harassed: study

Here's the fact, around 85% are men, only 15% are women. Average age are 55 year-old.

If someone said old men club, they have the reason for that.

https://data.ipu.org/parliament/JP/JP-LC01/

More than half of women in local assemblies across Japan have either experienced harassment themselves or had family members who did

And how many men experienced it?

Why not publish the percentage of all assembly members who experienced harassment? Why separate people into categories?

Politics is a nasty business. That doesn’t mean men should be harassing colleagues with sexual comments.

Japan has a Bully Culture. Might-makes-right backward feudal society.

Point out the other half. I’ll make sure they all feel included.

@WhatsAllThisThen

Not only that, Japan also maintain old boys club.

Lancet,

Unfortunately, you have to read the (short) article, not just the headline.

From paragraph 2: more than twice the 23.6 percent of assemblymen who said the same.

And people are separated into two categories because one is the attacker and the other is the victim. It would, however, be interesting to see how many men say they are harassed by assemblywomen.

Let’s assume a group of 200 assembly members, with about 34 women and 166 men, based on the representation figures in the article. If 54% of women and 24% of men report experiencing harassment, that comes to approximately 18 women and 40 men. This clearly indicates that more men report being harassed overall.

That said, as the study provides no data on the gender of the harassers, we cannot determine which gender is primarily responsible for the harassment, nor assess the prevalence of same-gender versus cross-gender incidents.

In any case, it comes down to these questions: Are we protecting groups or individuals? Are we punishing groups or individuals? These distinctions matter when interpreting data and shaping policies around accountability and support.

And how many men experienced it?

Not exactly a knock down argument that one, is it?

Unconscious bias, including traditional gender expectations like "women should take care of chores and children,"..

This is not at all a bias if in a couple man work and woman stays at home. It is a couple decision, no one else is forcing ladies to stay home like in some countries.

Promoting something as a bias does not make it a bias if it is a natural reality.

Government wants more people at work to pay taxes, whatever is good or not for any individual.

While harassment of women is totally unacceptable in a civilized society that recognizes each other's dignity, I would also hope to see some articles occasionally covering the topic of sexual harassment of men by women. This is not a joke. I speak the sober truth when I say that since coming to Japan (and only in Japan) I have been harassed by women in crowded situations, repeatedly while posing in group photos (different locations and different groups), and also repeatedly in trains. Once the train was so empty there were vacant seats available, but it still happened. And what can a man do about it? Nothing.

Women often make up stories or are too sensitive to criticism, oh yeah seen it multiple times with my on eyes. Women acts all vulnerable and complains about a nasty man and often they a believed even without a shred of evidence.

Course stuff happens, strewth we all know that but be careful with these stories, often made by some halfwit with ulterior motives.

falseflagsteve

Max

I shortened your handle down, you even play the victim over me writing your name, unbelievable.

No, I am not a victim, but you don't get to decide what my profile name is. I was polite and asked you to use it, but you are being rude to ignore my request now. I am waiting for you to post a link to an article to support your opinion.

I am waiting for you to post a link to an article to support your opinion.

Chillax, Max. Not everything is written in an article or study. People have eyes and ears. They experience and witness things.

masugomi

  I am waiting for you to post a link to an article to support your opinion.

Chillax, Max. Not everything is written in an article or study. People have eyes and ears. They experience and witness things.

The profile is max-velocity.

There are hundreds, even thousands, of studies and reports of harassment in the work place.

People have eyes and ears. They experience and witness things

Yes, but it’s a question of trusting the word of people.

If people have demonstrated they are pathologically dishonest, they have to be dismissed immediately.

You’d trust a thief over a liar.