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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by supernova87a on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:00PM (#22057851)
Another regarding gender expectations is the recent news that a (maybe more than 1?) Japanese medical school's admissions staff were rigging standardized test scores to disfavor women applicants. This is because they were seen as less reliable / career-oriented or productive (or whatever justification) for not favoring them to receive the education that men deserve.

Expectations.

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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by dragonsngoblins on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:09PM (#22061054)
This wasn't a case of gender discrimination. It wasn't a requirement that girls have black hair specifically, but that students do. The issue is the assumption that black == natural, which for people who aren't ethnically Japanese may not be the case
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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by Aunche on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:04PM (#22058547)
It isn't an irrational bias thing. Women in Japan are pressured to stay at home to take care of the kids, so they're less likely to work as much as a men.
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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by triceratops on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:50PM (#22059129)
Bias is bias. Not to mention this can cause vicious cycles where women don't progress in their career due to a perception they'll become homemakers -> are pressured to work less because the career is going nowhere -> continue to not progress.
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