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Japan’s noted writer and Conservative Party leader Naoki Hyakuta has apologised after his comments on women and the falling birthrate in the country sparked criticism. He said that to boost the nation’s birth rate, women should be banned from marriage after the age of 25 and from removing their uterus post the age of 30
The leader of Japan’s Conservative Party has sparked an uproar by advocating for a ban on women marrying after the age of 25 and having their uteruses removed at the age of 30.
This proposal was part of an overall discussion on the country’s ageing population and the problems it faces as a result of the falling birth rate.
The politician also suggested barring women from attending college after the age of 18, allegedly in order to concentrate on having more children.
This proposal comes after previous divisive policies to promote marriage and reproduction, such as incentives for women to marry men from rural regions, which were also criticised for being too straightforward and tone-deaf.
The regressive remarks raised concerns over women’s rights and reproductive freedom, drawing harsh criticism from politicians and others.
Expressing outrage on the matter, actor Chizuru Higashi, according to South China Morning Post, said, “The idea of taking away reproductive ability if you have not had a child by the age of 30 is terrifying, even as a joke. Besides, do you think that the declining birth rate is the fault of women? Women cannot get pregnant on their own and they have no confidence about giving birth and raising children because their employment and income are not stable.”
During a speech in Nagoya on Sunday, Hyakuta later apologised, saying his remarks were purely hypothetical and did not represent his own opinions.
“I will retract them and apologise as there were people who found them unpleasant,” he said.
He explained that these concepts were not intended to be taken literally, but rather were presented as a “science-fiction storyline” to start conversation.
Outlaw women marrying BEFORE 25. It's inhumane for a young woman, much less a teenage girl, to be burdened by a y-chromosome-afflicted ball-and-chain. Let the girls thrive.
I cannot for the life of me understand what people are so afraid that a “decline in birth rates” will actually do.
Enough jobs for enough people?
Enough natural resources to go around?
Enough access to medical care and other needs?
Less strain on government resources and funding?
Less traffic on the road?
What am I missing??
This is a global war.
Men like this need assassinated.
Why do they never try to control male actions? Most of the men I knew or dated wanted to have kids "later" and they usually "weren't ready yet".
And they really think this will result in more women getting married and having babies and not just saying "screw that" and staying unmarried and child free en masse?
Because every single woman is that desperate for dick and diapers?
Men are so stupid.
Maybe the men shouldn't be manbabies who jerk it to anime so the women would actually want them.
Japan should ban pornography featuring attractive 18 years girls and ugly bald 65 years old men. The most disgusting porn i've ever seen ( when I was younger) were Japanese porn. Just disgusting
These men were bayonetting Chinese babies and raping Chinese women to death just a few decades ago.
Japanese women are great, but the men over there bully them to this point of not wanted ng to reproduce, then try to force them.
This war is going to get worse before all women globally catch on.
How does banning marriage (after a certain age - a childbearing age, mind you) increase a birthrate? There are many people who don't have children/sex until after they marry. I would imagine that banning marriage would cause the birthrate to fall even further.
I genuinely hate men so much 🤮🤮 wtf is this shit? Where the fuck do these scrotes have so much confidence to say dumb shit like this?
Why only control the women? Why not encourage marriages between people who actually want children and partnership, and who are actually attracted to each other? They just want state-issued waifus without putting in the work.
The good old “I was just joking” never fails! 🙄
we're witnessing japan lose their marbles. And thats sad cause I love japanese entertainment.
Unrelated, but I hate the word "ban" used like this. "Ban" means "banish", as in "keeping something out of somewhere." It's not right to "ban" something intangible like an action. Say "outlaw" or "prohibit."