[OOC][PLOT] Planning for Arc 2 - Crisis on Infinite Earths

[robkelk]

Just learned another reason why Ami (at least) would want to stay in Ottawa once SailorMoon!Azabu appears in the setting.

Tokyo Medical University entrance exam results have been manipulated to keep women out for at least a decade

Lawyers investigating bribery accusations in the admission of the son of a senior Education Ministry official said they concluded that his score, and those of several other men, were boosted "unfairly" — by as much as 49 points in one case.

They also concluded that scores were manipulated to give men more points than women and thus hold down the number of women admitted, since school officials felt they were more likely to quit the profession after having children, or for other reasons.

Reports of the incident prompted women to recount their own experiences of discrimination on social media with the hashtag, "It's okay to be angry about sexism."

Some referred to the potential costs exacted in an aging society.

"I'm 29 and will probably never get married," said one poster.

"Women are pitied if they don't, but Japanese women who are married, and working and have kids end up sleeping less than anybody in the world. To now hear that even our skills are suppressed makes me shake with rage."

Another said: "I ignored my parents, who said women don't belong in academia, and got into the best university in Japan. But in job interviews I'm told, 'If you were a man, we'd hire you right away.'

"My enemy wasn't my parents, but all society itself."

So, why would Ami want to go back to Japan? EDIT: Especially when we could invite her mother to emigrate to Canada and practice medicine in Ottawa, instead?