More than 19,000 people have signed a petition for Japan to outlaw making women wear heels at work.
More than 19,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Japan to enact a law to stop companies from being able to force female employees to wear high heels. But after the petition was submitted to the country’s labor ministry this week, health and labor minister Takumi Nemoto had this to say:
But as the health and labor minister’s response shows, changing a long-ingrained work culture could take some time. “I guess the government and corporate communities don’t want to take a risk to change the society,” Ishikawa told the Times. Last night I was stopped on the Cannes red carpet and told by this idiotic security guard that I couldn’t get into this premiere because I was wearing flats. I threatened to post this video on our Variety website. I got in. pic.twitter.com/TTXGn0RDsK
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