Nearly 60 percent of Japanese men have never heard about the badges pregnant women sometimes wear in public to get seats on public transportation, a government survey has revealed.
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According to the survey, 63.8 percent of women and 41.4 percent of men knew that the illustration of a pregnant woman with a baby was a pregnancy badge. Expectant mothers sometimes put them on in public, such as when riding a train, to inform others of their condition.
Among men and women 60 or older, less than half knew about the badges.
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I must admit, I'm just as clueless as Japanese men in this department.
How does a pregnancy badge look like?
I always thought it was an enlarged belly, but maybe I need to be reeducated...