Japan: Stopping your glasses at work, your reasons will surprise you

At work without glasses, you better contact lens! This has led Japanese women to oppose the rule imposed by companies and entrepreneurs on social networks.

With the hashtag #glassesban (Stop glasses), they have launched an active campaign in Titter to prevent this discrimination at work.

First the toilet, then the heels, and now the” glasses, are written in several posts. That was after employees were asked to be seen, wear heels, and have no glasses.

If the rules prohibit only women from wearing glasses, then it's about diskization”, said Canae Doi, director of Human Rights Watch in Japan.

But what is the reason for stopping glasses? For airlines it's about security, while cosmetic companies argue that customers can't see the store toilet behind the glasses.

While hotel networks say, behind glasses reception workers give a cold view. While traditional locals and restaurants say the glasses do not match the kimonos, writes noa.al

This has led women to protest, demanding that the same rule be respected for men. In June, the government of Shinzo Abe was asked to draft a law to prevent the obligation of holding high heels in office.

In Japan, there is no standard imposing a special dress code on the job, but practically it is impossible for a woman to find a job without keeping high heels.