Thursday, April 5, 2018

A Japanese woman tried to save a man’s life in the sumo ring, but was ordered away for being “unclean”

A Japanese woman tried to save a man’s life in the sumo ring, but was ordered away for being “unclean”

TOKYO — The Japan Sumo Association apologized Thursday after a sumo judge ordered women, including a physician, out of the ring while trying to administer first aid to the mayor after he collapsed — because women are considered “ritually unclean” in the sport. Video of the incident, in which an announcer repeatedly asked over the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/04/05/a-japanese-woman-tried-to-save-a-mans-life-in-a-sumo-ring-but-was-ordered-away-for-being-unclean/

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