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Japan does have a rapidly declining population because of the extremely low fertility rates and the increasrd aging putting its workforce into welfare reliance.

Japan does have a rapidly declining population because of the extremely low fertility rates and the increasrd aging putting its workforce into welfare reliance. I suppose desperate times call for desperate measures?

Reyes33 8y ago
There is always the alternative to die out. In the face of that a little influencing does not seem so bad at all.
komali2 8y ago
Desperate measures would be the government establishing, using the scientific method, that yes indeed there is a birth rate problem that is severe enough to justify drastic action, and then establishing an actual effective solution that did not inequally infringe on citizen rights. If this article is an acceptable form of desperate measures, I think an equivalent would be Exxon deciding there are too many rich black people, and thus paying black engineers less. (private organization using unfounded information to take an action that doesn't make any sense outside the generally accepted social contract)
astura 8y ago
>"Instead of worrying about women quitting jobs, they should do more to create an environment where women can keep working," Maeda said in a statement, according to The Associated Press. "And we need working style reform, which is not just to prevent overwork deaths, but to create a workplace where everyone can perform to the best of their ability regardless of gender."
- kansface 8y ago
  Sure, but only one of the two options is available to the people who are actually making the decision.
  - Sangermaine 8y ago
    Somehow I doubt that this medical school has already implemented or tried every robust maternity leave, childcare, or other family support policy that would address their concerns about female doctors being forced to choose between quitting or having a family, and so the school simply has no other options left but to secretly deduct points from female applicants.
kaitai 8y ago
Being a mother in Japan can be miserable. You must give up everything you ever loved and confine yourself to a small apartment and a local park. You're no longer allowed to be an intellectual being or a participant in public life. Women don't want it, because women are people, human beings who want to live a full life. If having a child is the end of your life, it's not a good bargain for many women. The US is deeply imperfect -- but no one will tell you that having had a child you can never, ever go back to your profession.

Reyes33 8y ago

There is always the alternative to die out. In the face of that a little influencing does not seem so bad at all.

komali2 8y ago

Desperate measures would be the government establishing, using the scientific method, that yes indeed there is a birth rate problem that is severe enough to justify drastic action, and then establishing an actual effective solution that did not inequally infringe on citizen rights. If this article is an acceptable form of desperate measures, I think an equivalent would be Exxon deciding there are too many rich black people, and thus paying black engineers less. (private organization using unfounded information to take an action that doesn't make any sense outside the generally accepted social contract)

astura 8y ago

>"Instead of worrying about women quitting jobs, they should do more to create an environment where women can keep working," Maeda said in a statement, according to The Associated Press. "And we need working style reform, which is not just to prevent overwork deaths, but to create a workplace where everyone can perform to the best of their ability regardless of gender."

kansface 8y ago
Sure, but only one of the two options is available to the people who are actually making the decision.
- Sangermaine 8y ago
  Somehow I doubt that this medical school has already implemented or tried every robust maternity leave, childcare, or other family support policy that would address their concerns about female doctors being forced to choose between quitting or having a family, and so the school simply has no other options left but to secretly deduct points from female applicants.

kaitai 8y ago

Being a mother in Japan can be miserable. You must give up everything you ever loved and confine yourself to a small apartment and a local park. You're no longer allowed to be an intellectual being or a participant in public life. Women don't want it, because women are people, human beings who want to live a full life. If having a child is the end of your life, it's not a good bargain for many women. The US is deeply imperfect -- but no one will tell you that having had a child you can never, ever go back to your profession.