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Japan doesn't allow discrimination on many fronts from a business perspective, but you're romanticizing Japan. Japan is very much a culture of normalcy and not
by BlargMcLarg 4y ago
Japan doesn't allow discrimination on many fronts from a business perspective, but you're romanticizing Japan. Japan is very much a culture of normalcy and not being 'normal' is a great way of getting ostracized or even bullied. Otaku culture is testament of that. Discrimination and lack of fitting in are common themes in Japanese entertainment.
Gender is also very restricted. You're a man or a woman.
- upupandup 4y agoI am well aware of ijime culture which is what you describe. However the fact is that LGBTQ in Japan faces a different set of issues as do Western counterparts. Clearly the West is a leader in LGBTQ rights but the issues of violence and low social trust is another large structural difference in both cultures. I don't think I'm romanticizing Japan rather drawing contrasts. LGBTQ folks already can accept levels of social isolation/exclusion and that is true in the West as well. There is more political correctness but there still exists risk of violence in the West at a level that is different from Japan. Japan typically has had LGBTQ culture traditionally and wasn't an issue until the arrival of Christianity. So take what you can from this.