Health, Labour and Whose Welfare?

Guess who?   (Fair Use)

Japan’s Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare recently pronounced the forced wearing of high heels by females to be “occupationally necessary and appropriate.”

If high heels are so occupationally essential, then why aren’t males forced to wear them?  Why shouldn’t their jobs matter just as much?

That is, if it’s really about occupational excellence…

More likely, it’s about gender stereotypes.  Whether with makeup, corsets or heels, women have been pressured to look like Barbie

so that Ken can enjoy the view.

Resources

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-high-heels-women-kutoo-movement-companies-corporate-rules-female-employees/

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