Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori will resign from his position following sexist remarks he made last week, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday.
Mori initially claimed he would not resign during his public apology last week.
The 83-year-old’s comments, which made headlines on Feb. 4, included him saying that women talk too much, and that “board meetings with lots of women take longer.”
“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 was quoted as saying.
“Women are competitive. When one person raises a hand, others think they need to speak up as well. That’s why everyone speaks.”
Following these comments, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to gender equality on Feb. 9, condemning Mori’s comments and calling them “inappropriate.”
IOC member and five-time Canadian Olympic medalist Hayley Wickenheiser called the news “progress” on Twitter.
Progress. #tokyo2020 https://t.co/iPt8Kse2Tk
— Hayley Wickenheiser (@wick_22) February 11, 2021
Wickenheiser, who owns four gold and one Olympic silver medal in women’s ice hockey, had first responded to Mori’s remarks last week, tweeting “Definitely going to corner this guy at the breakfast buffet. See ya in Tokyo!!”
Mori is expected to officially resign on Friday during a meeting of Tokyo 2020 Council and Executive Board members.
Ok this is kinda funny. Ofc it’s sexist and i don’t agree with it and he should step down.
That being said…
1) he’s 83 years old!!! Why was he working any kind of job anymore in the first place lol
2) glad it was pretty harmless sexism and i don’t think any mentally sane women were offended by that
3) this wickenheiser sounds like a horrible person.. you wanna corner (and beat up?) an 83 YEAR OLD???! Wtf man what an appropriate reaction to a joke wtf… yes a very stupid joke, still a harmless stupid joke goddamn
3 Nobody but Nobody goes up to the host at a Japanese function in Japan & confronts them .Sane people
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Glad things continue to move forward to Opening Ceremonies.
I think the real sexism is for example to pay a woman less than a man for the same job. Discrimination is sexism. But to say in a jokingly way that a meeting would last more if there were women involved, impliying that women normally speak more than men, is just a joke. By behaving like this, we keep ignoring the real discrimination and instead of going forward the society is actually going backward.
Making jokes about certain groups is a part of the discrimination, and helps perpetuate discrimination…and people from those groups are sick of being made a joke of….
That’s overreacting and 100% fake woke. If I say in an ironic way ‘white people can’t jump’, is that racist ? Of course it’s not 100% true, but it’s a fact that white people are normally less explosive than for example black people.
I’m white, I don’t think that’s offensive, it’s just a joke. In theory we should ban every joke then, so don’t be part of the cancel culture. Please.
Well… he’s not wrong
He fits the “A wise man once said…” profile.
what did a wise man say? we must know
Everything he said applies to males as well
Just a thought: if you’re agreeing with a guy who was fired from his job for making sexist remarks, you might want to re-examine the way you think about the world
I thought it was pretty funny. And let’s not pretend that jokes like this aren’t allowed…he just chose the wrong target.
You’re right, let me rephrase, it has been psychologically proven men and women speak about the same amount of words per day. It just feels longer when women do 😉 how’s that reexamination?
These days you should only recite pre-canned statements. Do like Joe and make a statement and then walk away.
Joe cant even do that. His handlers are really slacking on their job.
Cancel culture even caught Gino Carano.
“Wait did I say those things out loud”?
It’s best to be 85% PC…and keep the other 15% to yourself.