Recently, the Japan Sanitary Materials Industries Association (JHPIA) donated more than 80,000 sanitary napkins to women in the earthquake-stricken areas of the Noto Peninsula.
The donation of sanitary napkins to women in the disaster area by the earthquake is a reasonable thing for us Chinese, but it has caused an uproar in Japan.
Many Japanese men were indignant when they saw women in the disaster area getting sanitary napkins. They strongly condemned this as a blatant preferential treatment of women! Discriminatory against men! Dignified Japanese men have been treated unfairly!
These Japanese men believe that water and food are more important than sanitary napkins at this critical juncture after a disaster. Donating sanitary napkins only to women is grandstanding. The important thing is that men don't use sanitary napkins at all, so what's the use of donating them?
"Sanitary napkins are not a necessity, and now it is clear that Japanese women are treated preferentially, which is blatant discrimination against men! If only women can distribute sanitary napkins in addition to water and food during the disaster, it would be unfair not to distribute the corresponding amount of goods to men, and it is simply a true portrayal of the inequality between men and women. ”
As a result, these Japanese men started a pattern of ridicule against women, only because women in the disaster area received sanitary napkins that they did not need.
"If it's a handsome guy handing out sanitary napkins, even women who don't have a period will line up. ”
"The more noisy people are asking for sanitary napkins, the more Obasang is about to go through menopause hahahaha!"
Many Japanese men think that if you have menstruation, you can just endure it! Women are hypocritical, and they have to clamore for sanitary napkins at this time.
"I think everyone is really overly excited about the topic of menstruation, and at this critical juncture, even food and supplies can't be satisfied, isn't it reasonable that there is no distribution of sanitary napkins? If you are people of common sense, you should understand that you must learn to be patient in the face of natural disasters. Besides, if you really feel like you can't live without sanitary napkins, then get out of the shelter?"
"Who made you women endure menstruation? I've seen a lot of criticism of us men, but I can only say that you women really only hit men by throwing crazy (laughs). Let me make it clear to you again with honorifics: we men are not asking you to endure menstruation, but asking you to replace it with the regular toilet paper that you have. The so-called patience is when you accidentally stain the panties, the forbearance passes, and the panties are bought later. But in this case, you will starve to death without food, understand?"
Japanese men who have never had menstruation have invariably incarnated as "menstrual kings" at this time, believing that no woman knows menstruation better than them, and some even demanded:
In order to take into account the overall situation, women in the disaster area should consciously stop menopause...
"I don't know much about menstruation, but you women know that an earthquake can happen at any time, so don't you always have contraceptives with you to be ready to stop menstruation at any time?"
In a large number of "menstrual kings" sharing the experience of letting women endure menstruation and stop menstruation, the Japanese version of "My Woman and I" was shocked...
"I think it's different from person to person (endure menstruation), but if you push hard, you can endure it, right? Think about how women in ancient times didn't have sanitary napkins during menstruation. By the way, I'm a woman. ”
Hopefully it's just a men's and women's reversal. If it's true, then I can only say that there are really too many crazy women in this world...
Because this wave of condemnation is too intelligent and arrogant, many gynecologists in Japan couldn't sit still, and hurriedly came out to conduct sex education for these "menstrual kings".
"I see that so many men have misconceptions about menstruation and sanitary napkins, so I will briefly popularize science:
You can't stop or hold back your menstrual periods on your own.
Menstruation isn't just a little bit of blood.
If not properly managed during menstruation, it can lead to a serious pelvic infection.
Sanitary napkins are one of the necessities of life.
Because stress can cause irregular bleeding during non-menstrual periods.
Earthquake-related concerns about menstruation can lead to severe stress on the body and mind.
I hope to take this opportunity to allow more men to reduce misconceptions about women's menstruation as much as possible. ”
Seeing this popular science, Japanese male netizens were about to rise up and besiege it, but they found that the gynecologist was actually a man, so most male netizens chose to close the microphone.
However, there are still men who do not change their dead nature, stubbornly believing that at critical moments such as disasters, it is best for women to consciously stop menopause...
"Since menstruation is so hard, it will not only cause physical pain and discomfort, but also stain clothes, so the best solution is to stop menstruation for women in the disaster area..."
In this regard, Japanese women expressed both anger and helplessness, and everyone sweated for Japan's sex education.
"Those statements on Twitter are really unbearable. They say that if the budget for water and food delivery is 100 and the budget for the distribution of sanitary napkins is 50 yuan, then the men themselves will starve. Therefore, women have to learn to be patient, even though they have been affected, but they still have to menstruate in the bathroom, which is really ignorant and imprudent.
These intelligence-reducing comments dominate the hot search, coupled with the low level of sex education in Japan, which makes me want to cry. I think of girls talking about menstruation when they get together, and boys playing dodgeball outdoors. I believe that things like pregnancy, changes in the body during childbirth, childcare, menstruation, etc., should be included in the compulsory education of both men and women. ”
"What exactly went wrong for these intelligence reduction comments... Menstruation cannot be controlled by human will, and may even turn into a sea of blood... Every month, women have to experience the discomfort caused by these pains, irritability, and bleeding, and feel physically and mentally damaged as a result.
Are men asked to feel the same discomfort? The men who make these comments must have grown up in a special environment with no female relatives or friends at all. I feel very good that I am now able to distribute these emergency supplies to those in need. It is unfair to distribute diapers and milk only to families with children. And the guys who spend all day yelling for extra supplies for themselves are really speechless. I hate it when humanity becomes despicable in such a dangerous situation..."
According to statistics, women spend an average of 1/6 of their lives in the menstrual period, and sanitary napkins are as necessary for women as water and food. The trauma caused by the earthquake can cause some women to experience menstrual disorders, such as prolonged/shortened menstrual periods, increased/decreased menstrual flow, and sanitary napkins in the affected areas may be contaminated and unusable. Therefore, sanitary napkins are a necessity for earthquake-stricken areas.
Japanese obstetrician and gynecologist Oshiba Hako said that for women in disaster areas, due to the reduction in the frequency of urination and the reduction in the frequency of changing sanitary napkins, it is likely to cause serious urinary tract infections and pelvic infections, resulting in pain, pimples, local redness and itching and other skin lesions, and even symptoms such as general fever, so women's menstrual care is essential.
In addition, some menstruating women will have menstrual pain symptoms. Nowadays, the rain and snow in the disaster area are frequent and the temperature is low, so the blood circulation of women who are menstruating will become worse, and the symptoms of menstrual pain may be aggravated, which cannot be ignored.
Menstrual poverty experienced by women in Japan's disaster-stricken areas is a social problem that has been selectively ignored for a long time.
Some netizens mentioned that in the evacuation center of the Great East Japan Earthquake, many men thought that "sanitary napkins are a luxury, so they do not need sanitary napkins in evacuation centers".
In fact, during the Great East Japan Earthquake, the people in charge of the evacuation center at the time were all men, so they only provided one sanitary napkin per day to each woman who was menstruating...
In the wake of the Noto Peninsula earthquake, menstrual poverty among women in Japan's disaster-stricken areas still exists.
Kumiko Kawagami, 39, and her two sons are staying at a shelter in Wajima City. She said that she is now menstruating and went to the pharmacy to buy sanitary napkins, but the pharmacy has very little stock and is completely insufficient. Now I can only look for sanitary napkins with my friends in the nearby supermarket.
A 43-year-old woman, Ako, returned to her hometown in Wajima City from Kanazawa City to visit relatives during the New Year's Day holiday. Unexpectedly, when there was an earthquake, my hometown was completely destroyed. She was on her period and had no sanitary napkins so she had to barely replace them with a diaper. Because her car was crushed, she is now confined to a shelter. Considering that she will also have her period next month, she is desperate to be able to distribute sanitary napkins more often.
Therefore, it is hoped that women in the affected areas will receive enough sanitary napkins as soon as possible.
"Women's menstruation is urgent in this critical situation. Some people only use one tablet a day, but some people need to change one tablet every hour. Menstruating women are prone to getting sick if they don't pay attention to cleaning due to their weakened immunity. What's more, in this situation where you want to warm up but can't, you often get sick in the blink of an eye. It is hoped that sanitary napkins will be distributed to women as soon as possible. ”
Our Chinese netizens have made rough statistics and found that women in earthquake-stricken areas have a great demand for sanitary napkins.
If there are 200,000 people in the affected area, roughly half of them are women. Assuming that half of these women are in the reproductive period between the ages of 10 and 50, about 300,000 sanitary napkins will be needed in the affected areas.
(Source: Xiaohongshu)
About 26,000 people were evacuated in evacuation centers during the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Japan, of which about 8,000 were 30% of women between the ages of 10 and 50.
Then the 80,000 sanitary napkins donated by the Japan Sanitary Materials Industry Federation (JHPIA) should be able to solve the urgent need for the time being.
The person in charge of JHPIA said that the reason for donating sanitary napkins was to respond to the requests made by the local governments in the disaster area for several days, so the relevant Japanese sanitary napkin manufacturers rushed to work overnight and finally delivered the sanitary napkins to the disaster area under the condition of ensuring that the goods could be transported safely.
As of now, roads in Ishikawa Prefecture are still broken, and supplies cannot be delivered to some of the affected areas. However, some sanitary napkin companies have overcome all difficulties and sent about 4,000 sanitary napkins to evacuation centers in Wajima City and Hebei City.
According to people involved at the shelters, the two cities have not yet received supplies from the government, but they are happy to receive sanitary napkins.
At a time when Japanese men are arguing over sanitary napkins, Japanese Internet celebrities are sending sex eggs to the victims, which also caused another wave of controversy.
This Internet celebrity is the private arrest of the Internet celebrity "煉獄コロアキ" reported by the editor before. He was arrested by the police for beating a girl on the street and spreading rumors that she was a father. However, he was released late last month.
As soon as he was released, he thought about a fancy show, and even claimed to give 300 eggs to the victims...
He claims that emotional eggs can inhibit sex crimes... Helping the victims release the stress of the earthquake is definitely something that the country cannot provide but that the victims desperately need.
However, Japanese netizens did not buy it, thinking that he was taking pleasure in harassing the earthquake victims in Ishikawa Prefecture.
There is also an uproar in public opinion, and many people use the earthquake-stricken area as a garbage dump, giving those old clothes and even food that is 4 or 5 years old to the victims...
In front of me is an elementary school evacuation shelter in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. After the earthquake, supplies from all over Japan filled this elementary school, but everyone was not happy because the supplies were basically garbage... Not only is it stuffed with a lot of old clothes, but there are even a lot of expired food and drinks, some of which have a shelf life in August 2019, which is 4 or 5 years expired...
Basically, the food that you take at your fingertips is expired. For example, this curry has an expiration date of December 4, 2023, which has already expired for a month.
In response, everyone at the shelter expressed their outrage, especially Norio Kawamoto, the chef in charge of cooking.
Kawamoto himself runs a restaurant in Kanazawa City, but the earthquake caused the restaurant to be badly damaged, so he drove three hours to the Nanao City evacuation center to volunteer and cook for the victims for free.
About 250 people have taken refuge in this elementary school and need to cook 500 meals a day. Even though the elementary school is full of supplies sent by individuals and businesses, Kawamoto says that they are all garbage and cannot be eaten. There are very few ingredients that can be used for cooking, only bananas can barely satisfy the stomach.
He said that just two days ago, a truck with a Nagano Prefecture license plate arrived, leaving behind a truckload of supplies, but more than half of it was expired garbage, drinks and food, all expired.
In addition to expired food, there are also a lot of food that needs to be refrigerated and also needs to be thrown away. Kawamoto said that there was no refrigerator in the elementary school, so refrigerated foods such as egg custard and tamago tofu had to be thrown away.
Therefore, Kawamoto said that these materials have become a burden for everyone, and they have to spend energy thinking about how to dispose of them.
In fact, the shortage of supplies and ineffective mobilization in the disaster areas clearly underscore the incompetence of the Japanese government.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been criticized for his response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake. For a country prone to earthquakes, the Japanese government's response this time is truly a surprise.
There are even spicy comments from the Japanese media that Fumio Kishida's response is even more backward than in the Meiji era.
In 1855, a magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Edo area, accompanied by a major fire. At that time, there was no electricity, no gas, and no large transport trucks, but Japan was able to continuously distribute rice balls to 200,000 people and rice to 381,200 people in just one week, saving the victims from starvation.
However, now that it is 2024, there are still many earthquake victims in Japan who are hungry and cold, and they do not have enough to eat. Water, food, sanitary napkins and other physiological supplies are in short supply. However, Japan has not yet set up shelters to prevent sexual assault.
January 11 was the 11th day of the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Japan, which killed 213 people and left 3,124 people in 22 regions incommunicado.
The frequent occurrence of rain and snow in the earthquake-stricken areas is undoubtedly worse for the victims.
However, in this situation, Japanese men are strongly condemning and ridiculing women in the disaster area who are desperate to use sanitary napkins, which is really more chilling than this harsh winter that has experienced the earthquake.