Thursday, February 04, 2021
Olympics boss says women talk too much, make meetings ‘drag on’
There is something in what he said. In my observation, many women do often go into unnecessary and tedious detail in making their points. They don't seem to know when they have made their point and need to give the floor to someone else
The boss of the Tokyo 2020 Games risked sparking a sexism row after it was reported on Wednesday he said women made meetings drag on because they “have difficulty” speaking concisely.
Yoshiro Mori, an 83-year-old former prime minister known for public gaffes, told members of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) that “a board meeting with plenty of women will make it drag on”, according to the Asahi Shimbun daily.
“When you increase the number of female executive members, if their speaking time isn’t restricted to a certain extent, they have difficulty finishing, which is annoying,” he said, as some members of the council reportedly laughed.
“Women have a strong sense of rivalry,” Mori reportedly added. “If one (female) member raises her hand to speak, all the others feel the need to speak too. Everyone ends up saying something.”
JOC director Kaori Yamaguchi, who has worked to increase the presence of women in the male-dominated sports world, criticised Mori for his comments.
“Gender equality and consideration for people with disabilities were supposed to be a given for the Tokyo Games. It is unfortunate to see the president of the organising committee make such a remark,” she said.
While ranking highly on a range of international indicators, Japan persistently trails on promoting gender equality, ranking 121 out of 153 nations surveyed in the 2020 global gender gap report of the World Economic Forum.
The JOC itself decided last year to aim for more than 40 per cent of female members at the board, but as of November, there are just five women among the board’s 24 members.
“We have about seven women at the organising committee but everyone understands their place,” Mori added at the Wednesday meeting, which was open to the media, the Asahi said.
Tokyo 2020 did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the remarks.
Mori’s remarks come with increased scrutiny on organisers as they insist the pandemic-postponed Games can go ahead despite surging virus cases around the world.
On Tuesday, Mori said the Games would go ahead “however the coronavirus (pandemic) evolves” as organiser unveiled the first of a series of “playbooks” aimed at holding the event safely.
Sports officials will be allowed to skip quarantine as long as they monitor their health for 14 days after arriving in Japan, according to the 32-page document.
During those 14 days, however, the officials will not be allowed to travel outside the Games bubble or watch events as a spectator.
The playbooks are aimed at building confidence that the Games can go ahead even if the pandemic is not under control by the opening ceremony on July 23. The rules are set to be updated in April and again in June.
The first of the guides is aimed at sports officials, with versions for athletes, fans, media and others to follow in the coming weeks.
Doubts about the Games have grown as countries have been forced to re-enter lockdowns, with large parts of Japan currently under a state of emergency.
Japan’s government approved a month-long extension of its state of emergency on Tuesday, with measures now running through March 7 in parts of the country.
Tighter border restrictions imposed after infections surged have already forced the postponement of some sporting fixtures in Japan, including this year’s first Olympic test event, an artistic swimming qualifier that was scheduled for March.
The nationwide Olympic torch relay is still due to begin on March 25.
Tucker Carlson slams NYU study that claims there is NO censorship of conservative social media as 'farcical' after they admit 'there is no data' to support that assertion
On Monday NYU researchers published 'False Accusation: The Unfounded Claim that Social Media Companies Censor Conservatives.'
In their report, the authors stated that claims of anti-conservative bias are 'a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it.'
But he highlighted how, on page 16 of the 28-page report, they also state there is insufficient evidence to make conclusions.
'Conservatives do get suspended or banned for violating Twitter's rules against such things as harassment, hateful conduct, or, as in Trump's case, glorifying violence,' the authors write.
'But liberals are excluded in this fashion, as well. 'Pinning down precise proportions is impossible because Twitter doesn't release sufficient data.'
A livid Carlson turned on the study. 'So, to be clear: This NYU study has proven there is no censorship from the tech monopolies,' he said, with heavy sarcasm.
'But if you persist in complaining about this censorship, which does not exist, you may be spreading disinformation. 'It almost reads like a press release from Silicon Valley, and that's because it is.'
Carlson pointed out that Twitter's press office sent round an email promoting the findings.
'I wanted to be sure you saw a report out today from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights,' the spokesperson wrote, according to Carlson.
'It found there is no evidence to support claims of anti conservative censorship on social media and that these claims are 'a form of disinformation'.'
Carlson also said the study could not be taken seriously because it was came from an organization funded, in part, by the philanthropy of Craig Newmark, the Craigslist founder.
Carlson said he was 'one of the many Silicon Valley billionaires who paid for the Joe Biden for President campaign'.
The researchers, Paul Barrett and J Grant Sims, concluded that social media platforms have, through algorithms, amplified rightwing voices, 'often affording conservatives greater reach than liberal or nonpartisan content creators'.
Carlson, however, dismissed their conclusions.
Conservatives have been increasingly vocal about censorship since Donald Trump and thousands of spreaders of the conspiracy theory QAnon were removed from social media, amid fear of inciting violence ahead of the inauguration.
Many moved to the platform Parler, but the plug was pulled on that by Amazon Web Services amid concern that the unmoderated forum would stir up potentially dangerous conflicts.
Carlson's segment came hours after conservative rival Newsmax was forced to cut off MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell live on air, when he started spouting election fraud conspiracy theories during a segment about MyPillow being permanently banned from Twitter.
Bob Sellers, an anchor for the right-wing news outlet, ended up storming off camera Tuesday night as he tried to fact-check Lindell and stop him pushing unfounded claims about Dominion Voting Systems rigging the presidential election.
Lindell was appearing on the show after Twitter banned the corporate account for MyPillow Monday, citing 'repeated violations of our Civic Integrity Policy'.
The ban came after Lindell appeared to use the company account to call for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to be jailed for 'election fraud' - one week after Lindell himself was barred from the platform for supporting Donald Trump's claims of election fraud.
Lindell was asked about the ban on Newsmax Tuesday night but instead launched into a rant spewing out unfounded claims of fraud in the presidential election and claiming he had '100 percent proof' that Dominion had committed mass voter fraud.
Dominion Voting Systems has already threatened to sue both Newsmax and Lindell over them pushing conspiracy theories about its ballot counting machines.
Majority of Australians in favour of multiculturalism but also integration, survey finds
This is another Scanlon report so you can be sure that the data from the survey was twisted to within an inch of its life to deliver a pro-immigration finding. They are past-masters of leading questions
Australians overwhelmingly think that having a multicultural society is a good thing, but only if people who immigrate here adopt "Australian" values and integrate, a report has found.
As the nation was in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scanlon Foundation conducted two national surveys to assess the state of Australian society and resilience when faced with a crisis.
One survey was held in July and another in November, involving more than 2,500 and 3,000 individuals, respectively.
The report found 84 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement that "multiculturalism has been good for Australia", while 71 per cent believed that "accepting immigrants from many different countries makes Australia stronger".
But it also found "substantial negative sentiment" towards people from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with a majority of respondents opposed to the Government providing assistance to ethnic minorities to maintain their own customs and traditions.
"Endorsement of multiculturalism does not extend to majority support for cultural maintenance," the report found. "Irrespective of the exact question wording … majority opinion continues to favour the ideal of integration."
This year's results showed that 60 per cent of people agreed with the statement that "too many immigrants are not adopting Australian values", which is slightly higher than 2019.
It found 47 per cent of respondents held negative views towards Chinese Australians.
Asian Australians also expressed the highest level of concern about discrimination, with 39 per cent of participants born in an Asian country reporting that it had increased during the pandemic.
Nearly half of all participants also expressed negative feelings towards Iraqis and Sudanese, and above 40 per cent held negative attitudes towards Lebanese Australians.
When it comes to religion, intolerance towards Muslims remains far higher than any other faith group with 37 per cent indicating a "negative view" towards those who follow Islam.
Minister for Immigration and Multiculturalism Alex Hawke acknowledged that racist attitudes persisted in Australia. "There are too many racist views … that we see towards particular communities, particularly Asian communities and still Muslim communities," he said on Sky News. "The Government rejects racism and racist views.
"Overwhelmingly there has been an increase in support for immigration and support for multiculturalism and I welcome that.
"The Government's got a lot of measures in place to enhance social cohesion and this year we will be announcing more measures to enhance social cohesion."
Opposition multicultural affairs spokesman Andrew Giles has used the findings to demand the Morrison Government implement a national anti-racism strategy.
The Scanlon Foundation has conducted research on social cohesion, immigration and population issues for 13 years.
This year's surveys were both conducted with participants randomly recruited via their landline or mobile phone through Australian National University's Social Research Centre.
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