"These were serious professionals willing to dirty their hands," she said.
"It's a good list of people; they are capable, serious professionals," she said of the cabinet.
But Ms Mizushima argues that Japanese women do not fit into a simple dichotomy between serious professionals and traditional housewives.
I'd enjoy my staid and serious job talking to serious professionals in a helium stylee, then calling up a lady in the evening and trying to have an fairly inappropriate conversation sounding like I have very, very tight trousers on".
In her decision, Judge Jack relied heavily on testimony from a Mississippi doctor, Jay T. Segarra, who explained in detail how serious professionals conducted medical examinations and prepared diagnoses.
"The sport actually attracts some serious professionals: lawyers, doctors, people who will spend $1,500 on a suit," said James Macdonald, 31, head of marketing for Phoenix-Fly, a wingsuit maker and an avid wingsuit jumper himself.
