Japanese women push back against Valentine's tradition of 'obligation chocolate'

Re:Japanese women push back against Valentine's tradition of... by ykevinator on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:01PM (#19131964)

We cannot protest everything. This is exhausting.

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Re:Japanese women push back against Valentine's tradition of... by djcapelis on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:29PM (#19132075)

Agreed there’s tons of these types of things and the sheer volume of it feels absolutely exhausting.

Imagine how women feel.

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Re:Japanese women push back against Valentine's tradition of... by vlunkr on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:45PM (#19132140)

Unless you happen to be a Japanese woman who works somewhere that honors this tradition I don’t see how this can exhaust you.

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Re:Japanese women push back against Valentine's tradition of... by peterwwillis on Monday February 11, 2019 @12:03AM (#19132202)

I think he's saying that having to face a reality he would rather ignore via no protest is exhausting.

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Re:Japanese women push back against Valentine's tradition of... by threeseed on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:55PM (#19132180)

I don't understand this comment.

You want women to be forced to buy chocolates for their male colleagues ?

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