Manhattan, June 2004
"I hope this doesn’t come across the wrong way, but will it be difficult for you over there…you know, as a woman?”
I shook my head with more confidence than I had felt over the course of the entire interview. Finally, the discussion had moved away from accounting and valuation into my area of expertise…Japan.
"I understand where you’re coming from, but as a Western female of no Asian descent, I assure you, I will be treated differently.”
My prospective boss seemed satisfied with my reply as he buzzed his assistant to usher me down the hall to the COO’s office. Unbeknownst to me, the seeds of feminism had been planted…but seeds take time to sprout. Over ten years in “Sarah time”…
Tokyo, June 2015
What would be your wish for the 2020 Olympics here in Tokyo?”
続く…
http://starslocker.com/2015/06/07/the-unlikely-feminist/