On May 18, 2023, Liberal and Komei submitted an LGBT amendment bill.
I happened to read a newspaper (maybe it was picked up on an information program on TV) and there was an editorial about the bill. There are three points.
(1) Although "discrimination is unacceptable," it was watered down as "unfair discrimination must not occur."
I think you are right. This is because "discrimination that is not unfair" means "it should not happen but is permitted." For example, even if a company excludes LGBT people from sales because of the impression they give to the other party, it can be said that it is not unfair when considering the company's profits. I think that there are many companies that put "young women" at the reception desk even though they say that men and women are equal (although words such as "gender equality" are also used these days). Even if men and women are unequal, does that mean that LGBT people are equal?
(2) Changed "gender identity" to "gender identity"
See later.
(3) Obligation to make efforts by school establishers
The article on independence was deleted and included in the obligation to make efforts by business operators.
The G7 Hiroshima Summit has been held since yesterday. I have no choice but to say it.” (editorial). The title of the editorial is ``The ruling party's proposal that reveals a sense of discrimination.''
I agree with this argument, but what is "backwardness"? How far can we stop “backwardness”? On the other hand, what is "advancement"? Since the G7 is a summit meeting of seven advanced nations, these seven nations must be the "developed nations." Isn't it "discrimination" that divides the world's countries into "advanced countries" and "underdeveloped countries"?
Gender identity and gender identity
Are these technical terms (medical or legal)? It seems that the opposition parties use the term "gender identity" in the sense of "what the person himself/herself thinks, not how other people judge him/herself." I don't know what the ruling party means by "gender identity". I'm sure it's used to mean something like "a person who has been diagnosed with 'gender identity disorder' by a doctor." Opposition parties seem to say that subjectivity is more important than objectivity, while ruling parties say that objectiveness is more important than subjectivity.
But this shouldn't be a controversy. The ruling party, the opposition party, and the newspapers probably don't know what they're talking about.
Crimes without awareness of perpetrators
I don't know how many "○○ harassment" are proven by "objective grounds" The mainstream idea is that it is not a subjective feeling (thing). This is a denial of the "motive" that is the building block of crime.
Motivation, that is, intentional act, is an element of the modern Western crime structure. Therefore, an “unintentional act” is “negligence”. In addition, "insanity", "weak mentality", "minor (under 14 years old under Japanese criminal law, under 18 years old under civil law)" are "not responsible". Wikipedia notes
"Accountability generally refers to the ability to take responsibility for one's actions.
In criminal law, it refers to the ability to discriminate between right and wrong and to act accordingly.In civil law, it refers to the ability to determine responsibility for tortious acts.
A crime is established when you do something illegal (that is, a "bad thing"). It is "reason (rational thinking)" to judge "good and evil" and "right and wrong". A “rational individual (subject)” can become a “criminal”. And that is the modern "human". Irrational "children" and "madmen" are not human beings. "Savages" who do not understand the language are not human either. Until a decade ago, "women" weren't even human. It was after the 20th century that women were recognized as human beings, in other words, "women's human rights" were recognized (became recognized). And now, the "human rights of children" are being recognized. In other words, children will also become “criminals”. Will the human rights of AI (robots) be recognized next? Then there will be laws that can arrest AI.
Cultures with discrimination
There are cultures where discrimination "exists". That discrimination is defined by culture. That society is a society based on equality (identity). There is the idea of equality, and what does not fit that idea is discrimination. There are philosophies such as ``equality as men'', ``equality as whites'', ``equality as adults'', and ``equality as human beings''. But the inequality is obvious, so the "confession" goes on forever. In societies (economic societies) called "developed countries", "economic disparities" are obvious. In Illichi's words, the "economy" is a social structure based on "scarcity", so disparities (the haves and the have-nots) always exist. No, inequality is what makes up the economy.
Society is driven by economic disparities, gender disparities, educational disparities, and so on. Developed countries are based on disparities and have equality as their principle.
Conversely, a culture without discrimination is a culture without equality. However, people like me who received a democratic education after the war are deeply rooted in the fact that "freedom and equality are important." That's why I wrinkle my eyebrows, saying, "A culture without equality is a culture of discrimination." But you and I are different, adults and children and old people are different, men and women are different. It would be nice if we could expand it to "same as citizens", "same as citizens", "same as human beings", but it usually stops somewhere. “AI and humans are equal,” “humans, dogs, cats, and bears are equal,” “animals and plants are equal,” and so on.
Therefore, a "discriminatory society" is a society that has "distortion" somewhere.
Sameness
Even if gender is an ``individual matter'', ``what do you think about yourself?'' What is proven by physical evidence" is also said to be "there is" "sex as a man or a woman" (this is probably the translation of "sex". I am thinking. And there is sex that is determined (for example) by DNA as "scientific (medical) sex", and there is sex that is socially determined separately. “Women are like this and have these characteristics.”
When we say "manliness" and "femininity", we are immediately criticized. In a culture where it is assumed that there are "scientifically determined criteria" such as "those who love", "a man who loves men (a man who cannot love women)" is not recognized as a man. I can't even admit that I am a man.
“I am a woman (man)” is “gender identity,” and “you are a woman (man)” is “gender identity.” "is. The two are just flip sides of the same thing.
In order to say "I and you are the same human beings", we must create (or assume) "non-human things". . In other words, identity can only be maintained by "excluding" "non-humans" from the group. "Self-identification = self-identity" that "I am a man" requires the "logic of exclusion" that "things that are not men".
Identity Crisis
Separating "living things" from nature, separating "animals" from living things, separating "humans" from animals, separating "humans" from humans Separating the ``man'', the last thing that remains is ``I (individual, ego)''. Individuals were regarded as “individuals” even in the West. There is always pressure to subdivide (re-divide) such as "self as a Christian and self as a Christian". The self-division in the West, once ``individually established'', is rigorously redefined in Ericsson as ``identity''. The more rigorous the definition, the more impurities are truncated. The "self" has various (limitless) elements, so the more you scrape it off, the more you lose sight of the "body" like an onion.
Sex as reproductive organs
Man has a penis, woman has a pussy, and it feels good for a man to put a penis in the pussy, It feels good for a woman to put a dick in her pussy. It is normal for such a “woman (man)” to exist, but there are also people who do not. The existence of such a person also means "Isn't it loose?" Since the modern era, there is "scientific" backing (evidence) called "genes" for it, and I do not doubt it. It is a culture that treats “sex” as “reproductive organs”.
"Feeling good" is something that culture creates. In the same way, the idea that "genes" are evidence is only an idea that some cultures have. There are many cultures (probably more) who don't think that "genes determine gender" as "evidence". If you feel that the culture is "backward" or "uncivilized (you don't know what we know yet)", that's "discrimination".
It is well known that the same "action (event)" can be "feel good" or "feel bad" depending on the culture. There are likes and dislikes for "natto", but there is a culture that thinks of it as "disgusting" rather than "disliked". Yogurt is "rotten milk" (you can drink it often).
Discrimination against prostitutes, a culture that treats women as objects (a culture that defines women as boobs and pussy, and men as dicks), a culture that makes other people money, and that culture is a culture that creates "laws", but in this discriminatory culture seen from other cultures, it is clear that stipulating discrimination by law does not eliminate that discrimination. The only thing that can be done is to stipulate the discrimination by law and create new discrimination.