“If you get fat, you'll be called pregnant”: Japanese female mayor complains about gender discrimination against “glass ceiling”

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“If you get fat, you'll be called pregnant”: Japanese female mayor complains about gender discrimination against “glass ceiling”

Japan's Tokushima Mayor Naito Sawako, who was elected for the first time in 2020 at age 36, stepped down today. In an interview with the media before leaving office, she said that Japan's social culture is still unfriendly to women in politics; “if you get a little fat, you will be suspected of being pregnant,” and that women still feel a “glass ceiling” when participating in the Japanese political arena. When elected, Naito Sawako was the young…