Tokyo, March 22 -- : Taking differential rules for men and women in the workplace head-on, women in Japan have launched an online movement against workplace dress codes which necessitate heels.
While both men and women are supposed to wear suits while job hunting and to their workplace, heels are the de facto dress code for working women in Japan as flats are usually frowned upon for females, reports Japan Today.
'#KuToo', which borrows its writing style from the #MeToo movement, is the hashtag under which Twitter users have been calling for a change in formal dress codes for women.
Calling it the modern version of foot-binding, female Twitter users have expressed rage at the socially ordained practise of wearing heels at the workplace....