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20210308 Monday

thinking of menopause

Of those in the UK, 63% of adults under the age of 44 said they had shied away from asking for help, while across all ages the figure was 43%. 

Shy away from ʃaɪd 尻込みする 避ける

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/08/a-third-of-women-hide-menopause-symptoms-at-work-report

Image searches for the expressions “Brazilian women,” “Thai women” or “Ukrainian women,” for instance, show results that are more likely to be “racy” than the results that show up when searching for “American women,” according to Google’s own image analysis software.

Racy 元気 みだら 卑猥 réɪsi

provocative 物議を醸す

https://www.dw.com/en/google-image-search-cements-national-stereotypes-of-racy-women/a-56767605?maca=en-GK_RSS_SmartNews_Volltext_ENG-20051-xml-media