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Japanese women's response to all those viral videos celebrating Japanese World Cup fans' cleaning up after themselves
(lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48291275
Image description:
Japanese text: 家でやろう。
English text: Please do it at home.
Image: a male Japanese soccer fan cleaning up a stadium superimposed over an image of a home interior, featuring an exasperated woman doing dishes and laundry while a disengaged man lounges on a couch and browses his phone.
Japanese text: 日本人男性の家庭内労働時間は国際的にみても極めて低い水準。まず家の中のケア労働を分担してほしい。
English text: Japanese men spend among the least time on housework intentionally. Please share unpaid care work at home.
Japanese text: 思いやりは、家の中から。
English text: Start with respect--at home.
Yeah the whole cleanup thing in the World Cup/Olympics is very fake and obviously trying to cause a good impression
It's not fake as in at domestic sports matches they trash the place. As a culture they take collective responsibility to keep public spaces clean.
However, it is true that "keeping up external appreances" is quite ingrained in Japanese culture, which is where the disconnect with keeping the home clean vs. outside can come from.