(Swedish) Woman protests 'sexy' sausage ad removal (by municipality's gender expert)
The Local ^ | A local woman and Christian Democrat youth leader has protested the removal of a sexually-suggestive food stand advertisement in southern Sweden by taking to the streets with red lips and painted nails to deliver her own sausages. 'Sexy' sausage ad causes stir in Swedish town (10 Jul 12)
The “offensive” advert, which included a close-up picture of a hotdog, two hands, and two red lips wrapped around the tip of the sausage, was taken down on Wednesday after a member of the local council responded to a complaint by the municipality's gender expert.
This move prompted Felicia Lundqvist from Uppsala to protest against the local municipality in Simrishamn, which she claims is "wasting" tax money by employing a gender expert.
She stood in a busy square in the town with a sign over her chest which read: “Felicia’s hotdog stand. Suck on that gender experts!”
“People can either get a sausage or pose with me,” she told the Aftonbladet newspaper, adding that she found "nothing to be offensive" about the original advert.
Gender studies expert Britten Dehlin was the expert who had taken issue with the street vendor's initial picture, causing its removal.
“This is a sexualized picture. A prime example of an poorly-thought through act and a traditional gender approach with the aim of drawing in customers,” she told the local Ystads Allehanda newspaper at the time.
Lundqvist, however, was shocked that politicians could remove an ad for reasons of “gender equality” without even reporting it first to the advertising ombudsman.
“Is it truly right, looking at questions of fairness on such a small scale?” she asked the paper, adding that she had not reacted to the picture personally – only the backlash from gender experts.
“It could just have likely been a man with red lips and red nails in the picture.”
“I’ve read all the article comments and 98 percent of them are negative that this issue has even been brought up, they think it’s ridiculous that tax money has been spent on such questions,” she told the paper.
Furthermore, Lundqvist claims that she can’t understand why gender experts are given such lofty platforms to speak, claiming that Simrishamn's gender expert's salary should be donated towards preschools in the area instead.
Swede's bottom impaled in freak funfair mishap
The Local ^ A 31-year-old father of two is in hospital struggling against blood poisoning after a freak accident at a Swedish theme park on Sunday where a tow hitch on a children’s ride penetrated his rectum.
“It was a complete shock to the whole body,” the man told local paper Arbetarbladet.
The man had been visiting Furuvik theme park near Gävle in eastern Sweden with his two young daughters aged 2 and 4. The girls were enjoying the park's minicar rides, but the 4-year-old needed some help with operating the vehicle.
“She can’t step on the gas pedal herself, so I lifted her up and jumped on the back of the truck so she would fit in front of me,” the father told the paper.
...“It was terribly painful,” said the man to the paper.
...When finally back at home, the man started to shiver and soon developed a very high temperature. After seeking medical assistance it was established that he had bacteria in his blood and was subsequently treated with penicillin against the infection and morphine for the pain.
...Erika Rydstrand, the Furuvik marketing director, told the paper that nothing like this has ever happened before despite the ride being one of the park’s oldest. She also added that it is not supposed to be for adults.
“Not even in your wildest dreams could you foresee an accident such as this. He must have sat down very hard seeing as his trousers were also ripped,“ she told the paper, adding that the incident was regrettable.
According to Arbetarbladet, police are currently investigating the incident, which has been classified as causing bodily harm, and will be questioning the 31-year-old man about how the accident happened.
The tow hitch has reportedly been removed from the vehicle.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.se ...
The Local ^ | A local woman and Christian Democrat youth leader has protested the removal of a sexually-suggestive food stand advertisement in southern Sweden by taking to the streets with red lips and painted nails to deliver her own sausages. 'Sexy' sausage ad causes stir in Swedish town (10 Jul 12)
The “offensive” advert, which included a close-up picture of a hotdog, two hands, and two red lips wrapped around the tip of the sausage, was taken down on Wednesday after a member of the local council responded to a complaint by the municipality's gender expert.
This move prompted Felicia Lundqvist from Uppsala to protest against the local municipality in Simrishamn, which she claims is "wasting" tax money by employing a gender expert.
She stood in a busy square in the town with a sign over her chest which read: “Felicia’s hotdog stand. Suck on that gender experts!”
“People can either get a sausage or pose with me,” she told the Aftonbladet newspaper, adding that she found "nothing to be offensive" about the original advert.
Gender studies expert Britten Dehlin was the expert who had taken issue with the street vendor's initial picture, causing its removal.
“This is a sexualized picture. A prime example of an poorly-thought through act and a traditional gender approach with the aim of drawing in customers,” she told the local Ystads Allehanda newspaper at the time.
Lundqvist, however, was shocked that politicians could remove an ad for reasons of “gender equality” without even reporting it first to the advertising ombudsman.
“Is it truly right, looking at questions of fairness on such a small scale?” she asked the paper, adding that she had not reacted to the picture personally – only the backlash from gender experts.
“It could just have likely been a man with red lips and red nails in the picture.”
“I’ve read all the article comments and 98 percent of them are negative that this issue has even been brought up, they think it’s ridiculous that tax money has been spent on such questions,” she told the paper.
Furthermore, Lundqvist claims that she can’t understand why gender experts are given such lofty platforms to speak, claiming that Simrishamn's gender expert's salary should be donated towards preschools in the area instead.
Swede's bottom impaled in freak funfair mishap
The Local ^ A 31-year-old father of two is in hospital struggling against blood poisoning after a freak accident at a Swedish theme park on Sunday where a tow hitch on a children’s ride penetrated his rectum.
“It was a complete shock to the whole body,” the man told local paper Arbetarbladet.
The man had been visiting Furuvik theme park near Gävle in eastern Sweden with his two young daughters aged 2 and 4. The girls were enjoying the park's minicar rides, but the 4-year-old needed some help with operating the vehicle.
“She can’t step on the gas pedal herself, so I lifted her up and jumped on the back of the truck so she would fit in front of me,” the father told the paper.
...“It was terribly painful,” said the man to the paper.
...When finally back at home, the man started to shiver and soon developed a very high temperature. After seeking medical assistance it was established that he had bacteria in his blood and was subsequently treated with penicillin against the infection and morphine for the pain.
...Erika Rydstrand, the Furuvik marketing director, told the paper that nothing like this has ever happened before despite the ride being one of the park’s oldest. She also added that it is not supposed to be for adults.
“Not even in your wildest dreams could you foresee an accident such as this. He must have sat down very hard seeing as his trousers were also ripped,“ she told the paper, adding that the incident was regrettable.
According to Arbetarbladet, police are currently investigating the incident, which has been classified as causing bodily harm, and will be questioning the 31-year-old man about how the accident happened.
The tow hitch has reportedly been removed from the vehicle.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.se ...