ASP class at the first period in 4/27 Tue.

We discussed the two topics in group:
"What should we do when someone don't speak in discussion? Is electric shocker right?"
Everyone in my group said electric shocker was wrong for following reasons.
・Most important thing is thinking and speaking. Only speaking is not enough in good discussion.
・Speaking actively is needed, so being forced to speak is wrong.
・It is expensive and bad for health.
Then, we agreed with the idea that what should we do is calling name of and asking question to who don't speak.

"In Japan, women account for 50% of population, but they account for few percent of members of the government. Why is it and should it be improve?"
We thought about the three reasons.
・In Japan, it was not until 1945 that women got the right to vote, so the past years are not enough time to women join the government.
→However, in Europe women got the right to vote in 1940s, too, but many women are members of government.
・Many Japanese people, both men and women, think that working in the government is the role that men should have and a woman who wants to join the government is too aggressive.
→I think it should be changed and now it is may changing. The number of women who work in companies as executives is increasing, so I think the same phenomena will happen in the government.
・The system to support mothers are still not enough in Japan. Many people think rearing children is role of only women.
→It is serious problem. Men can be absent from work to rear their children, but they don't know well the system or their companies give a pressure to them.