Mori Yoshiro, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, holds a press conference after a video conference with IOC Chair Thomas Bach at the headquarters of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee in Japan on the 28th of last month.Criticism is pouring into the sexist remarks made by Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee.
According to the Asahi Shimbun and NHK in Japan on the 4th of the local time, Chairman Mori said at the Japan Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting held online that day, “a board meeting with many women takes a long time.”
He added, “If you increase the number of female directors, you need to regulate the speaking time to some extent,” he added. “It is difficult because it will seldom end without regulation.”
Because women talk a lot, the meeting time is longer.
In addition, Chairman Mori said, “Women have a strong sense of competition,” and “If someone raises their hand and talks, everyone talks because they think they should speak too.”
The Asahi Shimbun said, “After Chairman Mori’s remarks, laughter burst out in the conference hall.”
Mori Yoshiro, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, speaks at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, Japan on the 2nd.As Chairman Mori’s remarks became known, criticism poured out everywhere.
The 1992 Barcelona Olympic women’s judo 52kg silver medalist Noriko Mizoguchi said on Twitter, referring to Chairman Mori’s remarks that the meetings are prolonged due to women’s talk.
A Japanese person tweeted, “I wish I would stop talking about sexism,” and said, “It is also a problem to speak about sexism, but it’s really embarrassing to laugh instead of blame.”
Source: The New York TimesForeign media also picked up Chairman Mori’s remarks.
The New York Times of the United States said, “The Tokyo Olympics chairman’s remarks suggest the limitations of women,” and “there is a voice calling for Chairman Mori to resign.”
The French AFP news agency reported it under the title of “Tokyo Olympic Chairman’s Gender Discrimination Remarks” and said, “According to last year’s World Economic Forum’s Global Sex Discrimination Report, Japan’s gender discrimination index ranked 121th out of 153 countries.”
On the other hand, JOC has set a target of over 40% of female directors, but currently 5 out of 25 female directors (20%).
