Japan and blood types: Does it determine personality?
Posted: November 5th, 2012, 9:13 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20170787
Not everyone sees the blood type craze as simply harmless fun.
It sometimes manifests itself as prejudice and discrimination, and it seems this is so common, the Japanese now have a term for it - bura-hara, meaning blood-type harassment. There are reports of discrimination against type B and AB groups leading to children being bullied, the ending of happy relationships, and loss of job opportunities.
Despite repeated warnings, many employers continue to ask blood types at job interviews, says Terumitsu Maekawa, professor of comparative religion at Tokyo's Asia University and author of several books about blood groups. He's critical about sweeping popular beliefs about blood types.
"We can point out some general tendencies as a group, but you can't say this person is good or bad because of their blood type."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type ... se_culture
http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/japa ... blood-type
Not everyone sees the blood type craze as simply harmless fun.
It sometimes manifests itself as prejudice and discrimination, and it seems this is so common, the Japanese now have a term for it - bura-hara, meaning blood-type harassment. There are reports of discrimination against type B and AB groups leading to children being bullied, the ending of happy relationships, and loss of job opportunities.
Despite repeated warnings, many employers continue to ask blood types at job interviews, says Terumitsu Maekawa, professor of comparative religion at Tokyo's Asia University and author of several books about blood groups. He's critical about sweeping popular beliefs about blood types.
"We can point out some general tendencies as a group, but you can't say this person is good or bad because of their blood type."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type ... se_culture
http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/japa ... blood-type