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Tokyo Olympics Boss Yoshiro Mori to Resign After Saying Women Talk Too Much in Meetings
breitbart ^ | 11 Feb 2021 | SIMON KENT

Posted on 02/11/2021 2:18:57 PM PST by MarvinStinson

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign Thursday after he sparked equal measures of outrage and blushes in Japan by claiming women talk too much in meetings.

The decision comes after a torrent of criticism from politicians to sports stars at a time the already delayed event is still under a cloud due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Mori, an 83-year-old former prime minister known for public gaffes, allegedly told members of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) “board of directors meetings with many women take a lot of time.”

“When you increase the number of female executive members, if their speaking time isn’t restricted to a certain extent, they have difficulty finishing, which is annoying,” he said, as some members of the council reportedly laughed.

He then went on to compound his observation.

“Women are competitive,” Mori reportedly added. “When one person raises a hand, others think they need to speak up as well. That’s why everyone speaks.”

He later retracted his words at a news conference, acknowledging it was inappropriate – but when pressed on whether he really thought women talked too much, he replied: “I don’t listen to women that much lately, so I don’t know.” .

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KEYWORDS: japan; olympics; searchmarv; women
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To: MarvinStinson

21 posted on 02/11/2021 2:33:01 PM PST by PGR88
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To: bigdaddy45

There was some comedian on youtube that called his mother trying to figure out what his wife wanted for her Birthday.

“Did she say anything to you mom?”

“No - I’m sure she’s given you some hints son.”

“Oh - she told me what she wanted, but I can’t remember.”

“Well son, you need to remember things like that.”

“But she says it in the middle of a thousand other words - I can’t remember EVERY thing! She talks SO much!”


22 posted on 02/11/2021 2:35:49 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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He later retracted his words at a news conference, acknowledging it was inappropriate – but when pressed on whether he really thought women talked too much, he replied: “I don’t listen to women that much lately, so I don’t know.”

The apology sounds like it kinda backfired too.


23 posted on 02/11/2021 2:36:47 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: MarvinStinson

I’ve gone Galt when it comes to working with women. Zero altruism for them. They are on their own. I’ve watch too many incompetent women use their “socializing skills” to work their way up. I’m a sixty year old programmer/mathematician. I’ve met only one woman mathematician who could pull her weight; I’ve never met a woman programmer that could.


24 posted on 02/11/2021 2:37:37 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: MarvinStinson
Looks like he's looking at a woman speaker speaking well past her turn


25 posted on 02/11/2021 2:38:09 PM PST by libh8er
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To: MarvinStinson

“When you increase the number of female executive members, if their speaking time isn’t restricted to a certain extent, they have difficulty finishing, which is annoying,” he said, as some members of the council reportedly laughed.”

He spoke the simple truth.

“when pressed on whether he really thought women talked too much, he replied: “I don’t listen to women that much lately, so I don’t know.”

Rolling on the floor LMAO.

I was working for a company in Tokyo, when the Prez called me into his office. Some new hire, an American woman, had had the utter gall to march into his office and demand that he put a stop to smoking in all company work spaces. He wanted to know what I thought.

I said to him, “This is Japan, not America. This is your company, not hers. Tell her to take a flying (fork) at a rolling doughnut.”

And he did.


26 posted on 02/11/2021 2:52:38 PM PST by dsc (Evil doesn’t have a day job.)
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To: Saint Athanasius

ping


27 posted on 02/11/2021 2:55:32 PM PST by rhinohunter
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To: MarvinStinson

Yoshiro Mori 2024


28 posted on 02/11/2021 2:57:13 PM PST by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: MarvinStinson

I wonder what he meant by “too much”. Was it “women should be seen and not heard,” or “holy moly that one lady just won’t shut up!”


29 posted on 02/11/2021 2:58:18 PM PST by babble-on
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To: MarvinStinson

you talk too much by george thorogood seems appropriate right about now...


30 posted on 02/11/2021 2:58:54 PM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: MarvinStinson

Study done with college students
Gave out tape records, to wear all day
Turned back in, words counted...

Average male ~8000 words/day
Average female ~20,000 words/day

Some thing just are what they are


31 posted on 02/11/2021 2:59:40 PM PST by HangnJudge (Amen (Awomen) brother!)
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To: libh8er

“I will bet the pressure came from the West.”

Yes.

And it’s just fine for ChiComs to host the Olympics in 2022.


32 posted on 02/11/2021 3:00:57 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: All

He was wrong to say that......

It is not just during meetings. It is a chronic condition for most.


33 posted on 02/11/2021 3:12:49 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: MarvinStinson

“In a time of universal deceit, speaking the truth...” - George Orwelll


34 posted on 02/11/2021 3:14:03 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: MarvinStinson

Is this why I’ve always heard that nothing gets done at meetings?


35 posted on 02/11/2021 3:14:31 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The Republican Party is dead. Long live the MAGA Party.)
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To: Born to Conserve
I’ve met only one woman mathematician who could pull her weight; I’ve never met a woman programmer that could.

I knew a couple. One was a Ukrainian woman who came to the U.S.A. after the fall of the Soviet Empire. She didn't talk much English, much of the time searching for the right English words for conversation. An excellent programmer, I asked what her job was back home. Nuclear physicist. I meekly said "Oh...". Another was a Chinese woman who had difficulty writing in English so I helped her in writing memos and such. The natives here in the U.S.A., not so many excellent woman programmers. Maybe a culture deficit here in how girls are taught.

36 posted on 02/11/2021 3:27:52 PM PST by roadcat
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To: LeoWindhorse

Yes he is


37 posted on 02/11/2021 3:34:14 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: EEGator

It’s not a “gaffe”. He’s old school and old school talks the truth. I’ve had women bosses who would NOT shut the F Up at meetings.


38 posted on 02/11/2021 3:38:17 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: max americana

Precisely my point. I’ve had the same experience.
One was a micromanager with a shrill voice...


39 posted on 02/11/2021 3:44:00 PM PST by EEGator
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To: MarvinStinson

I guess that means he is no Mori.

Without Mori to say stupid stuff out loud, the Olympics can now go on in complete safety and love. (/s)


40 posted on 02/11/2021 3:48:25 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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