In Japan, Women Launch Sex Strike To Protest Yoichi Masuzoe, Tokyo Governor Candidate
Source: WorldPost News
In Japan, a group of women have announced a sex strike against anyone who votes for the leading candidate in Sunday’s election for governor of Tokyo.
The boycott was launched after a series of misogynistic comments attributed to the gubernatorial front runner, Yoichi Masuzoe, came to light last week.
A former health minister, Masuzoe is the ruling party’s candidate and leads most polls on who will win this weekend's election.
But a movement against the candidate, called the No Masuzoe campaign, was launched when an opposition politician’s blog quoted him as saying women are not equipped for national politics because of their strange behavior during the menstrual cycle. The blog cites a 1989 article for the diatribe against female leadership.
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