
Image from Abe’s English-language Facebook page regarding his plans for “supporting women.”
Suppose you are the Prime Minister in a country with a poor gender-equality ranking and a potential population crisis on hand. In order to encourage the birth of more children, should you
A. Focus on wage discrimination and the glass ceiling* so that women can earn a living wage?
B. Focus on legal and social actions to reduce the unpaid required overtime and increase flextime/telecommuting?
C. Focus on building more affordable childcare facilities and training more workers in early childhood education?
D. Focus on revamping the adoption/foster/group home system?**
E. Focus on treating women as walking uteri devoid of logic and reason?