#KuToo Campaign Aims to Ban High Heel Dress Code

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In Japan, many workplaces require female employees to wear high heels. Actress and writer Yumi Ishikawa is putting her foot down — leading the #KuToo campaign to ban the dress code.

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00:00You can try to burn our flags, you can try to beat us up, you can try to silence us,

00:13but guess what?

00:14We'll survive.

00:15The gift that we received, they were anonymous, so I don't know who sent them.

00:24They are bigger, broader and bolder.

00:26It sends a message that, like I said, we're not intimidated, we're not scared, we're proud

00:32to be who we are, we're proud to be visible.

00:46All of a sudden, the door opened and there was a lady who was screaming, there's a fire

00:52outside.

00:53We've been here for three years.

00:54The flags have been out for pretty much all this time.

00:58There's never been an incident, ever at all.

01:11I actually delayed the opening of Alibi because of what happened in Florida at the Club Pulse.

01:18By respect for the victims and also by a little bit of fear, like, you know, oh my God, what

01:23do we do?

01:24It definitely takes a toll on you, you start to worry, you start to wonder, you get sad

01:30for a minute and then you get over it and you keep going.

01:48At first I just wanted to say, throw him in jail and lose the key.

01:53And I don't think that's the answer.

01:57When I saw the video of the guy who did it, it's a young man.

02:01It's a young man.

02:02For him to set something on fire and it's raining, it says a lot of things about his

02:09own turmoil.

02:10You know, please come in, I will buy you a drink.

02:14Let's sit down.

02:15Let's sit down and let's talk.

02:18The love we received after what happened has really touched me.

02:21I was angry at first, but to keep receiving that support, that love, that affection, it

02:27does change you and you start thinking, well, you know what, maybe I should also show the

02:32same support and the same love.

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