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Bonobo

(29,257 posts) Tue Apr 7, 2015, 04:37 AM Apr 2015

Jumping Japanese businessmen show their daughters how to defy stereotypes

This is making the rounds in GD and HOF but it is particularly important here in the men's Group, I think.

http://qz.com/375975/photos-jumping-japanese-businessmen-show-their-daughters-how-to-defy-stereotypes/

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The mythic “salaryman,” in shirt, suit and tie, has been an icon of urban culture in Japan since the 1920s. Usually cast as a hierarchy-minded, unimaginative, binge-drinking manager type, the salaryman’s corporate loyalty is legendary, his sleep deprivation heroic. “Fun” is not among his traditional descriptors.

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Jumping Japanese businessmen show their daughters how to defy stereotypes (Original Post) Bonobo Apr 2015 OP

my back hurts just lookin at those dudes. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #1

As a photo-study it's interesting Major Nikon Apr 2015 #2

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

1. my back hurts just lookin at those dudes.

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 05:13 AM

Apr 2015

Good for them, though. That guy in the gray has caught some serious air.

Major Nikon

(36,927 posts)

2. As a photo-study it's interesting

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 11:34 AM

Apr 2015

But I'm not sure what the practical value is.

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