Hmmm...first I’ve heard of this . The women should be able to wear shorts too ! Yes sir ! But I might not get as much work done if I were in the office .
I can remember a time when men did not wear shorts to work or anywhere else but the beach. Things began to change in the late ‘80s when I first saw UPS drivers and mailmen wearing shorts while working. Now days, shorts and sandals seem to be the official uniform of Millennial men.
Whutta ‘bout “Man Spreading”?
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The Japanese are a strange people. Men reading pornography in public is perfectly fine. But showing leg hair is in poor taste.
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The women workers should also have relaxed clothing standards during the summertime. That’s an easy decision.
What is harder would be how to respond to women becoming
‘disturbed’ simply at the sight of leg hair on their male coworkers.
Maybe there is a deep cultural etiquette to body hair in Japan. I have no knowledge of that.
Meanwhile, Old Joe (kids-luv-my-hairylegs) Biden may want to wear long johns if he goes to Japan and swims.
I spent two years in Japan, Yokota Air Base, about 25 miles east of Tokyo. The winters were cold and snowy, while the summers were hot and humid. I can totally see people wearing shorts and t-shirts in the summer.
They don’t have sir conditioning?
I have close friend and business colleague who is Japanese. One hot, humid August Tokyo day, he said the worst thing the western occupiers did to Japan was the suit and tie in summer.
Spent a good amount of 2011,2012 in Japan on a US led business project after a purchase. When we first arrived, everyone wore suits and ties. Towards the end of the project, a Japanese man got on the elevator in crocs and all I could think was ‘what have we done.’ . (Also, they don’t crank the air over there, so shorts would have been nice)
I wouldn’t mind seeing some hairy male legs. If he shows a little chest hair, I’d consider that a bonus.
Women!
No further comment.
Source is the Beeb.
Why does that not surprise me.
Somebody in Japan should create a line of yukata for office wear in the summer. Lightweight and covers the legs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukata