• Nima@leminal.space
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      6 months ago

      they’re pretty damned evil, dude. “but other companies are worse” doesn’t take away from their shittiness.

      • Visstix@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        6 months ago

        Well yeah but they are not sexual harassment evil or driving people to kill themselves evil are they?

        • stray@pawb.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          6 months ago

          Adding to what Kolanaki said, these kinds of abuses are unfortunately pretty commonly unreported in Japan because of social pressure against the victim.

          In particular there’s a practice of mentally abusing workers until they resign to avoid firing them.

          Sexism and homophobia are alive and well because they’re rooted in a culture of conformity to social norms which punishes those who stand out.

          And I don’t mean to be xenophiobic about this; it’s just information I’ve gotten from LGBT manga authors and the news. I in no way think there’s anything inherently wrong with Japanese people or that their culture is without value. I don’t really trust any large corporations to begin with.