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Men statistically have fewer social connections and suffer more from loneliness as they get older, so if the goal is to remedy that, it makes sense to start with men first.

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Is this true in Japan, too?

I don't have hard data but from my personal anecdote, I would say yes.

It's true for any intelligent species with sexual dimorphism.

However I agree; it's great that the initiative was started for those men, but they could totally hit up the older women in the area as well for an additional set.

I suspect it's worse in Japan.

I see no particular reason to discriminate even from the get-go. Nor was addressing loneliness even the goal.

If one house is on fire and you spray water on it to put out the fire, do you feel obligated to spray water on every other house too so that the other houses don't feel discriminated against?

Actually that is what you do to the houses next to the house on fire. So it doesn't spread to other buildings.

If you’re the fire department, acting on the governments behalf? Yes.

Fire departments spray water on not burning houses?

Yes. It is done when they think the neighbouring structure is at risk of catching fire.

That would still be prioritizing structures based on risk. Not just spraying random other houses in town because they feel left out.

In the current political climate, yes.

You could apply the same logic to "Women in X" groups. It's not discrimination as much as it is support.

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