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Tokyo (CNN)Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, apologized Thursday after comments he made suggesting women talk too much during meetings were leaked to the Japanese media.
Mori, a former Prime Minister, made the comments at an Olympics board of trustees event Wednesday. When asked about the Japan Olympic Committee's goal of increasing the number of women on its board of directors from 20% to 40%, Mori said he was concerned about how that would affect the length of meetings.
He reportedly said "board meetings with lots of women take longer" because "women are competitive -- if one member raises their hand to speak, others might think they need to talk too," according to reports in the Japanese press. "If you want to increase female membership, you would be in trouble unless you put time limits in place," he is reported to have added.
"If we increase the number of female board members, we have to make sure their speaking time is restricted somewhat, they have difficulty finishing, which is annoying," Mr Mori was quoted as saying by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
"We have about seven women at the organising committee but everyone understands their place," he said.
As a person who hates all meetings and believes no meeting should take longer than 15 minutes I would have to say this guy is onto something.
Mori, a former Prime Minister, made the comments at an Olympics board of trustees event Wednesday. When asked about the Japan Olympic Committee's goal of increasing the number of women on its board of directors from 20% to 40%, Mori said he was concerned about how that would affect the length of meetings.
He reportedly said "board meetings with lots of women take longer" because "women are competitive -- if one member raises their hand to speak, others might think they need to talk too," according to reports in the Japanese press. "If you want to increase female membership, you would be in trouble unless you put time limits in place," he is reported to have added.
"If we increase the number of female board members, we have to make sure their speaking time is restricted somewhat, they have difficulty finishing, which is annoying," Mr Mori was quoted as saying by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
"We have about seven women at the organising committee but everyone understands their place," he said.
As a person who hates all meetings and believes no meeting should take longer than 15 minutes I would have to say this guy is onto something.
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At a press conference on Thursday, he was asked on what basis he said women board members were too long-winded.
"I don't talk to women that much lately, so I don't know," Mr Mori replied.
“Everything has already been said, but not by everyone”
Basically ideas have to bounce around until everyone gets to say it in their own way. Germans hate unnecessary talking.
If Japanese women are liberated then the war is over and we? lost
Bored motto?