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‘Leg hair harassment’: Tokyo’s ‘Cool Biz’ campaign runs into hairy problem
(www.straitstimes.com)
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No, no, no. This is just straight up body shaming. Men have hair. Women have hair. People have hair. Absolutely no one should be saying "gross, it's rude of them not to shave". Same vein of dudes being grossed out by armpit or pubic hair. Not quite the same thing since there is more history of men controlling women body. The power dynamic and history just isn't the same, but that is no excuse for this dumbness.
Honestly kinda clickbait because this sort of thing shouldn't even be amplified.
There are Japanese cultural issues iirc that having body hair or body odor is a thing only for barbarians.
They're regarded as undesirable traits, so of course xenophobes will apply them to all gaijin.