Tacky Alert.
I suppose it makes sense that if something doesn’t work, to fix it. So one might give Hakuo Yanagisawa credit for good intentions. The BBC reports on foot in mouth disease [1]:
Haku
o Yanagisawa called for women to do their best to bear children in order to counter Japan’s plummeting birth rate and rapidly ageing population.
“Because the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all we can ask for is for them to do their best per head,” he said. [photo added]
NaomiC, Corrent Wire,whispers sweetly, “This shit has got to stop! [2]:”
You know, just when I think we’re making progress against males’ stereotypical attitudes toward women, we see that we haven’t progressed past “baby-makers”.
Just when I think we’re making progress on a every woman’s right to make her own decisions and not have religion derail the train of progress, we see that another group/society/culture wants to send us back into “our traditional roles”—wombs on two legs. (Not to mention, save Japan from a loss of taxpayers???)
Lisa, ToykoMango says, “I think Japan needs a new health minister [3]:”
Interesting…I was not aware that my main purpose as a Japanese woman was to give birth. He must be very disappointed in me and all the other childless females out here. Sorry, dude.
BD, Lagged [4], says:
I don’t know much about Japanese society, so can’t comment. But it’s sickening nevertheless.
Bill Belew, Rising Sun of Nihon [5] asks:
[M]en are asking where to apply the oil to make the ‘machines’ work better.
(H/T photo: Cassandra Does Toyko [6] )
Update: Yanagisawa obviously got his ages wrong. James Joyner, Outside the Beltway [7] posts:
A 67-year-old who gave birth to twins last month lied to a Los Angeles fertilization clinic [8].
Gee twins at sixty-seven. Still time for Mrs. Pelosi of have two more and demonstate her superior ability at multi-tasking.