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I expected the sexism, especially given how slow Japanese society has been to adapt to more equality for women. I worked for >10 years for a Japanese managed company (NUMMI -- New United Motors Manufacturing Inc, the GM/Toyota joint venture), and even though women worked at all levels of the plant, there were never any as part of the Toyota management. Exactly none. And none of the engineers or trainers or anyone else that Toyota sent over were women. So I can hardly be surprised by the attitudes in this book. Which doesn't mean I enjoyed that aspect.
However, I could probably have gotten around the sexism if I had actually found it particularly funny. Oh, there were some funny scenes. But too few, and too much of the same old shtick. I admit, I abandoned at about 35%.
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