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[February 3] Reuters: Tokyo Olympics chief says he may need to resign as furore grows over sexist comments

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Reuters is reporting that the chief for the Tokyo Olympics may need to resign over making sexist comments about women who are on the board of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee:

Tokyo Olympics chief says he may need to resign as furore grows over sexist comments | Reuters

February 3, 2021

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee said he may need to resign over sexist comments that women board members had difficulty speaking concisely, which was annoying, the Mainichi newspaper quoted him as saying on Thursday.

The 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister and head of the Tokyo committee organising the postponed Summer Games this year, said he may step down if calls for his resignation continue.

"If we increase the number of female board members, we have to make sure their speaking time is restricted somewhat, they have difficulty finishing, which is annoying," said Mori at a Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) board of trustees meeting, according to a report in the Asahi newspaper.

"We have about seven women at the organising committee but everyone understands their place."
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Blader

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Reading the thread title, that was not how I thought that sentence was going to end lol. Thought this was going to be the other furor over the Tokyo Olympics.
 
Surakian

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"See women just don't know how to shut up," says the man who doesn't know when to shut up.
 
Strings

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I'm kind of surprised he had the job in the first place since he was a mess as a politician. His approval rating dipped into the single digits as PM and he was forced to resign after a year.
 
Glasfrut

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I'm almost tempted to say this guy wants to get out and found a way/is encouraging it.
 
Hazmat

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If I was in charge of the ticking time bomb that is the Tokyo olympics I'd be sexually harassing everyone and everything in sight to give me a way out.
 
chaobreaker

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Dudes who publically say women are too emotional and/or inadequate for their respective profession are inherently showing themselves as being too emotional and inadequate for their respective profession.

Like, you're literally showing yourself as an incompetent ass who shouldn't have any position of power when you make those statements.
 
alundra311

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I'm kinda confused. Did they change the article's title? The era thread title reads that the chief says he may need to resign but the article linked says he refuses to resign.
 
Dice

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lol the amount of old idiots from the 1800s saying shit like this is hilarious.

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squeakywheel

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Yeah my wife and my mother-in-law are furious. They're already super upset they're pushing the Olympics so hard this year despite covid. This moronic old pig just had to head the entire thing is icing on the shit cake.
 

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Damn I wonder what he says when its "locker room talk" for him. Of course only if he is called out smh.
 
Haunted

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This has been ingrained into him for his whole life, nothing will change his mind.
 
shounenka

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He apologized for the remarks but has already gone on record saying that he will not be resigning. Think it was just on the news a few hours ago.
 
jelly

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That quote, christ.

I thought their going ahead at any cost the other day was enough to get someone sacked.
 
Dr. Mario

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chaobreaker said:
Dudes who publically say women are too emotional and/or inadequate for their respective profession are inherently showing themselves as being too emotional and inadequate for their respective profession.

Like, you're literally showing yourself as an incompetent ass who shouldn't have any position of power when you make those statements.
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I can almost guarantee he's the kind of guy who loves to hear himself talk so much, he never shuts up during meetings as well.
(in my personal experience, it's always men and never women)
 

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I mean he might as well, he is 83, time to retire and enjoy what time he has left.
 
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