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Wasn't there a story a while ago how a Japanese school essentially forced (or put a lot of pressure) a schoolgirl to dye her hair to fit in with the other girls

• supernova87a 7y ago
  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.
  • Aunche 7y ago
    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.
    • triceratops 7y ago
      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.
  • dragonsngoblins 7y ago
    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
• wisty 7y ago
  There was a ban on unnatural hair colours. A foreign student was told to dye her hair black.