Trifling nonsense part of sinister Marxist plot in Japan. Kiyoshi Hasegawa, a principle at a Japanese elementary school has announced a decision to abolish unisex role-books, stating "I am totally against sexual discrimination. However, it does not mean I am in favor of the idea of a gender-free attitude that denies differences between the sexes. That attitude is based on Marxist feminism and I don't think it is right to teach one particular idea at school." The school will instead use traditional role books in which boys' names are listed first, followed by the girls.

Yagi, an assistant professor at Takasaki City University of Economics in Gunma Prefecture, lauded the principal's decision. "I applaud the principal's decision. Education should be there to help students promote the characteristics of men and women, who are physically different," Yagi said. "If you allow (Marxist feminists to use) unisex roll books there is a danger they might escalate their campaign, like forcing boys and girls to wear the same school uniform." In a leaflet Hasegawa distributed to the homes of his school's 113 students, the principal warned of the dangers of Marxist feminism. In the gender-free society, Hasegawa wrote, married couples have different family names and wives would stop calling their husband "Shujin (Master)" against the traditional Japanese way. Traditional boy's and girl's festivals would also be dismissed as unnecessary, he claimed. "A hidden agenda (the unisex roll book) to create such a society has already been introduced into our school. I will not bow to the advocates of a gender-free society," the principal wrote in explaining his decision to abolish the unisex roll book. [MDN]