Tokyo women threaten ‘sex strike’ in protest over Tokyo governor candidate Masuzoe

Women in Tokyo are threatening a sex boycott against any man who votes for the front-runner in this weekend’s gubernatorial election, in protest at his claim that menstruation makes women unfit for government.

A Twitter campaign group based in the capital calling itself “The association of women who will not have sex with men who vote for (Yoichi) Masuzoe”, has garnered almost 3,000 followers since it launched last week.

While the founders have not identified themselves, in their profile they said: “We have stood up to prevent Mr Masuzoe, who makes such insulting remarks against women...We won’t have sex with men who will vote for Mr Masuzoe.”