Silent pressure that girls should be graceful.
When talking about cooking, she is said to be feminine.
What is the "difficulty of living" that comedian Barbie has felt so far?
"Let's get rid of gender bias"
An event held in Shibuya on the 2nd, ahead of International Women's Day on March 8th set by the United Nations.
Sponsored by Unicharm, a major household goods maker, it was released online.
The idea is to eliminate the prejudice "gender bias" by gender and think about a society where everyone can live comfortably.
The speakers were Mr. Kae Ishikawa, Director of the Japan Office of the United Nations organization "UN Women", and Mr. Barbie of the comedy combination "Foreign Love".
Feeling uncomfortable
Barbie first felt "gender bias" when she was in elementary school.
When I dressed in a "highly exposed style" that I thought was good, the reaction was that it was not desirable from the people around me.
Why are girls not good when boys wear such clothes?
He said he felt the silent pressure that "girls should be graceful."
Also, Barbie, who is good at cooking.
Now, when I talk about it to the people around me, the reaction is "feminine."
It is said that this also often makes us feel uncomfortable.
If you can think for yourself as an "individual" rather than "as a woman and a man" and choose what you like, less people will have a hard time.
I want you to become such a society.
Barbie was talking about her thoughts.
Beyond "masculinity / femininity"
At the talk session on that day, I got the following opinion.
"The'likeness'determined by society and culture afflicts not only women but also men." Examples were given as "men must feed their wives and children" and "men must not make noise". Stereotype.
It is pointed out that deciding "this should be" by gender results in narrowing down the options for various ways of living.
"Don't think of gender equality as a story only for women. If you think that stereotypes are strange, raise your voice" (UN Women Japan Office, Director Ishikawa)