Many Japanese women are angry at being told by the company not to wear glasses to work, the rules are considered discriminatory.

"Wearing glasses" has become a popular keyword on Japanese social networks since November 6 after a Nippon TV report about companies making female employees wear contact lenses instead of eyeglasses. This topic still attracts many comments on Twitter.

A Twitter user said her former boss said wearing glasses did not appeal to customers, while others expressed the pain she suffered when wearing contact lenses despite recovering from an eye infection. .

According to Nippon TV and Business Insider, companies in many fields have different explanations for banning women from wearing glasses, such as safety reasons for airline employees, or beauty workers. Need to show customers the full makeup layer. Some retail chains claim that employees wearing glasses bring "cold feeling" to customers.

"The reasons for banning women from wearing glasses are really meaningless. It's all because of sexism," said Kumiko Nemoto, a sociology professor at Kyoto Foreign Language University. In response to "obsolete" policies and articles reflecting the "old Japanese" mindset.

"This issue has nothing to do with how women work. Companies only judge the look of women and want them to be feminine. People who wear glasses do not meet that condition," Professor Nemoto said. .

The controversy is similar to the #Kutoo movement, which began in January, calling on the Japanese government to ban companies from forcing women to wear high heels to work to avoid affecting health.

"If wearing glasses is really a problem at work, everyone should be banned, including women and men. This is the same as the case of wearing high heels. That's a special rule for female workers." , writer Yumi Ishikawa, who initiated the #Kutoo movement.

Japan has laws that prohibit sex discrimination in certain working periods such as recruitment, promotion, training and contract renewal, but does not mention dress code.