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Women stage topless protest in Ikea
Published: 25 Oct 12 15:48 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20121025-45785.html
A group of young female activists staged a topless protest in the living room department of a Hamburg Ikea on Wednesday evening, in a stand against the company's use of “discriminatory advertising.”
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Staff and shoppers at the Hamburg branch watched for ten minutes before security ushered the protesters out, the Bild daily reported.
Taking a stand against Ikea cutting women out of its Saudi Arabian catalogue, the trio belonged to the German branch of feminist movement Femen.
“You can remove us from the catalogue but you cannot remove us from reality,” said a placards. “Allah made me visible,” said another.
“We painted our breasts in Germany's colours because we are protesting for women,” graphic designer Irina, 32, told the paper. “Our bodies are painted like posters, but they cannot be ripped up,” she added.
Femen began in Ukraine, where women have regularly staged nude protests against repression and violence.
"Islamist dollars are more important than human principles of liberty and equality for Ikea," said a statement on the Femen website. It added that activists were calling for the world community to boycott the company's products.
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I wonder why it took security so long to react to this? Hmmm, let me think... Thinking... thinking...
Or, maybe they don't think its a problem, given their lack of modesty?
By the way? I have LIVED in Saudi Arabia. It is a little known FACT in the west that women have a FAR better life in Saudi Arabia than men. In Islam WOMEN are BY FAR better taken care of physically than men. Islam is a VERY sexist religion in that it places women FAR above men due to the females ability to have children.
Anyone who has actually LIVED in Saudi Arabia is well aware that it is the MEN who are most heavily discriminated against BY FAR.
LOL, the stuff one comes up with to justify stone age discrimination. I can only believe what you're saying is an intentional joke.
That said, Zimbabwe was on the Human Rights Commision at the UN, so anything is possible...
Go Girls, Go Girls!
Off all the protest weirdos these have to be my favourites.
Women need to make sure they have a voice as "Space laws" that are presently being created. Equality for women (and others) will be last in line, as those "ahead of the curve" are already formulating rules that guarantee their enrichment from property that is owned by every human being on earth.
Popping breasticles out is a nice start, but assuring that their great granddaughters realize equal rights in the Universe could be brought into the discussion, so that the goals achieved are not short sighted. Every human owns a piece of the universe, do not let runaway enterprising capitalistic male billionaires divert your attention so you lose sight of their intentions to keep you jumping thru thier silly little hoops, decades from now.
Making sure that each female in every country has access to a computer and means to a cell tower should be foremost, so that your message is heard worldwide. Setting up a female United Nations like organization may be necessary, to centralize funding, education and crowd sourcing specifically from females.