Some women have called for a sex boycott against men who vote for Yoichi Masuzoe for governor to protest his claim that menstruation makes women unfit for office.
Some women in Tokyo have started a social media campaign threatening a sex strike to protest against the city's gubernatorial candidate, Yoichi Masuzoe, Agence France-Presse reported.
Masuzoe, 65, is a former political scientist who became famous on TV talk shows. He was Japan's former health minister.
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The women are protesting against Masuzoe for reportedly telling a men's magazine in 1989 that women are unfit for the highest levels of government because their menstrual cycle makes them irrational.
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"Women are not normal when they are having a period... You can't possibly let them make critical decisions about the country (during their period) such as whether or not to go to war," he said.
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The protest movement against Masuzoe includes a Twitter campaign, @Nomasuzoe, which has gained nearly 3,000 followers since it was launched on Feb. 1.
