Current location:Stellar Sphere news portal > sport
VOX POPULI: Sapporo court’s same
Stellar Sphere news portal2024-05-09 00:22:31【sport】7People have gathered around
IntroductionA small book titled “Sekai ga Moshi 100-nin no Mura Dattara” (If the World Were a Village of 100 Peo
A small book titled “Sekai ga Moshi 100-nin no Mura Dattara” (If the World Were a Village of 100 People) became a best-seller in Japan in 2002.
Retold in Japanese by Kayoko Ikeda with a side-by-side English translation by C. Douglas Lummis, the book’s message was that we are not seeing the world in its entirety.
It goes on: If 100 people lived in this village, 52 would be women and 48 would be men; 20 are undernourished and 14 cannot read.
Of the wealth in this village, six people own 59 percent; one has a college education.
In the last two decades since the book’s publication, the population of the world has ballooned from 6.3 billion to 8 billion.
I believe we need to take another look at the “village” now, based on the latest numbers.
Ikeda said she has done just that, but from a little different perspective. She divided the population into heterosexuals and homosexuals.
When she gave a lecture on this subject and explained their ratios, a young member of the audience asked her: “Don’t I exist in this village? I’m bisexual.”
Since then, advances have been made in society’s understanding of the diversity of people’s gender identification and sexual orientation.
But the legislature is still stuck in its ways and does not recognize same-sex marriage.
However, the Sapporo High Court on March 14 unequivocally stated that Japan’s lack of legal provisions for same-sex marriage is in violation of the Constitution.
In the ruling, the court empathized with same-sex couples whose “human activities” are being impeded and called for swift remedies.
The judge also explained that this was a matter of personal dignity.
This feels as if dawn is breaking over a dark road.
The plaintiffs must have sought only one thing: To be treated like everyone else in their village.
The Diet must get moving.
One in 10 Japanese people are sexual minorities such as LGBT, according to a survey by advertising and public relations giant Dentsu Inc.
That percentage is said to be about the same as that of left-handed people in Japan.
--The Asahi Shimbun, March 15
* *
*Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a popular daily column that takes up a wide range of topics, including culture, arts and social trends and developments. Written by veteran Asahi Shimbun writers, the column provides useful perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.
Address of this article:http://northkorea.esherfc.com/article-091d199907.html
Very good!(1)
Related articles
- Zendaya's forbidden fruit look divides the Internet! Star's peacock
- Lady Amelia Windsor wows in lace slip dress as she attends Earth Day dinner in London
- Sydney Sweeney 'apologizes' for 'having great t**s' during bikini
- Gorman snaps slump with walk
- Albanese rejects China's argument that Australia was at fault for dangerous aircraft encounter
- 'Openly Jewish' charity chief says Met boss Mark Rowley has 'failed abjectly' to stand up for Jews
- Legendary rugby league star Wally Lewis appeals for concussion and CTE awareness support
- Confucius Institute library opens doors to Chinese culture for Tanzanian students
- Kylie Jenner wears bullet
- Orioles put outfielder Austin Hays on injured list and cut Peyton Burdick
Popular articles
Recommended
China to expedite building modern eco
Policies can create growth momentum
Man charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers, prosecutors say
Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?
How to drastically slash your odds of getting Alzheimer's
Shipwreck archaeology unveils glory of Maritime Silk Road
Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship over Sydney church stabbing video
Fears Rwanda flights will fail if migrants disappear en masse to avoid being deported from the UK
Links
- Xi: Advance cause pioneered by Mao
- China regulates terrorist cases handling procedures in accordance with law: white paper
- Xi stresses boosting high
- Senior CPC official stresses Fengqiao model for governance
- Chinese premier urges redoubled efforts to combat corruption in government
- Anne Hathaway addresses claims Harry Styles inspired her age
- Hetmyer seals IPL thriller for Rajasthan Royals over Punjab Kings
- 13th National Women's Congress opens in Beijing
- Senior CPC official stresses Fengqiao model for governance
- Senior CPC official stresses Fengqiao model for governance