A Japanese medical college that made women pass a more difficult entrance exam than men was convicted Thursday of sexist discrimination.
Juntendo University, in Tokyo, explained in 2018 that it sought to “reduce the gap with male students” since, according to the institution, women have superior communication skills and therefore have an advantage in interviews in relation to women. to men.
A court spokesman told AFP that the university will have to compensate the 13 plaintiffs. According to local media, he must pay a total of 8 million yen (59,000 euros or 62,000 dollars).
The Japanese government launched an investigation four years ago after another institution, the Tokyo Medical University, admitted that it falsified the grades of female candidates, giving them a lower score than they should have, so that the proportion of women keep it at about 30%.
According to local media, the selection committee did this because they felt that many women who became doctors later left their jobs to marry and have children.
The Ministry of Education explained then that it passed under the magnifying glass the entrance contests of 81 public and private universities and discovered reprehensible procedures in ten of them.
Several legal proceedings were launched after the publication of the ministry’s report.
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