Osaka mayor draws flak over sexist remark

Out of touch: The Osaka mayor claims that women take too long as they browse and are indecisive, hence men should do grocery shopping. — AFP

Tokyo: The mayor of Japan’s Osaka has come under fire for suggesting men should do grocery shopping during the coronavirus outbreak because women are indecisive and they “take a long time”.Japan is under a state of emergency over the pandemic, and residents in some areas have been asked to shop less frequently and only send one family member out to get supplies to limit contact.

Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui told reporters on Thursday that men should be entrusted with grocery runs because women “take a long time as they browse around and hesitate about this and that”, Kyodo news agency reported.