And in look-at-my-legs educator news:
Now 79, [Mr Sessai Tenaka] is known for regularly wearing miniskirts while giving lectures to university and nursing students about LGBTQ+ issues. Tanaka has also been invited to give lectures at women’s institutions, such as the Ogaki Women’s College, where he reportedly spoke about fashion and makeup.
You can imagine how inspired the young ladies would be.
A recent newspaper profile of Tanaka featured the headline “Thirty centimeters above the knee — this is me,” a reference to how short he likes to wear his skirts and dresses. Photographs included in the profile showed him wearing a short black dress while addressing students, and another outfit featuring a short multicoloured dress and knee-high boots.
However, Mr Tenaka’s self-imagined gorgeousness, and his urge to show his thighs to young women, has not thrilled everyone.
His appearance has attracted criticism online in notably modest Japan, with some questioning whether his clothing was appropriate, particularly when giving lectures to students.
Among those raising eyebrows was Ms Hiromi Muramatsu, an independent politician and former special-needs schoolteacher, who suggested, as one might, that seventy-nine-year-old women don’t generally wear miniskirts. She added – again, as one might – “I question the idea that this person is a woman.”
As a result of this heretical doubt, Ms Muramatsu has been deemed in need of punishment:
On November 9, Gifu Passport, a Gifu-based transgender and LGBTQ+ activist group co-represented by Tanaka, sent a written submission to the chairperson of Kofu City Council requesting an investigation into Muramatsu’s social media posts and an inquiry into whether they violated the council’s political ethics regulations.
Regulations regarding expectations of dignity while holding political office.
At which point, the words a bit rich come to mind.
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