Women in Japan take to Twitter to demand the right to wear glasses to work after reports surface employers were imposing bans
Hashtag"glasses are forbidden" trends after a Japanese TV show exposed businesses that were imposing bans on female staff.
Japanese women have taken to Twitter to demand the right to wear glasses to work after reports employers were imposing bans, in the latest social media outcry against rigid rules on women's appearance. "These are rules that are out of date," one Twitter user posted under the hashtag, while another called the reasons given by employers "idiotic."
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