I'm disgusted

[andrewducker]

If you are a woman, know one, or are related to one then you'll almost certainly be as sickened as I am by this article on discrimination against pregnant mothers.  But not terribly surprised by most of it.  The bit that gets to me is that an advisor to the government is saying it, and nobody is speaking out to contradict him...

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[lilitufire.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, I have a *lot* of counts against me (gaijin, and female, and could get pregnant, and need to have company support work visa, and not sufficient business Japanese - I was told to go learn Japanese, so I did, and now I get asked why I have this big gap in my CV because going to a juku to cram Japanese doesn't count, and I'm only applying to companies where the operating language is English anyway). But I was actually extremely good at what I did before I came to Japan, and my CV I know is really really strong.

Gah. It's very frustrating.

You might find this article interesting:
http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/638/feature.asp