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Spain Takes Calendar Complaint to EU
Fox News ^ | Saturday, December 15, 2007 | AP

Posted on 12/16/2007 6:45:58 AM PST by cougar_mccxxi

MADRID, Spain — Spain's government-run Women's Institute has labeled a 2008 calendar for low-cost airline Ryanair featuring bikini-wearing air hostesses as sexist and said it would be sending letters of complaint to Irish and EU authorities.

The institute, which defends women's rights, said that while the fact that the proceeds from calendar sales would go to charity was positive, the photographs "represent the stewardesses as sexual objects" and "reinforce discriminatory stereotypes."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: calendar; complaint; eu; spain

1 posted on 12/16/2007 6:45:59 AM PST by cougar_mccxxi
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Once again the people of Europe have proven why they are commonly viewed as morons.


2 posted on 12/16/2007 6:47:32 AM PST by cougar_mccxxi
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To: cougar_mccxxi
Feminazis can't stand pinup girls in calendars. Cripes!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 12/16/2007 6:47:34 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Is this the Spanish version of NOW at work? Maybe the Spanish version of the ACLU?


4 posted on 12/16/2007 6:48:46 AM PST by cougar_mccxxi
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Each and every one of us should receive a copy so that we can judge for ourselves. And to be fair, the ladies can select from the air-steward version.


5 posted on 12/16/2007 6:50:06 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

do I even have to say it ?


6 posted on 12/16/2007 6:50:23 AM PST by fnord (If gun owners, pot smokers, and poker players start a political party, they'd never lose an election)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Now days the line is so fuzzy, one never knows if it’s from the Onion or for real.


7 posted on 12/16/2007 6:50:43 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

...and don’t forget — the Spanish word for “now” is “ahora”. You draw your own conclusion...SSZ


8 posted on 12/16/2007 6:53:23 AM PST by szweig (Had it up to here)
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To: cougar_mccxxi
the photographs "represent the stewardesses as sexual objects" and "reinforce discriminatory stereotypes."


But the girls look so happy!

9 posted on 12/16/2007 6:53:42 AM PST by John123 ("What good fortune for the governments that the people do not think" -- Adolf Hitler)
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To: cougar_mccxxi
Image hosted by Photobucket.com when it comes to an abortion it's her body to do with as she choses, but let her have a picture taken... and RAT heads explode over the indignation!!!
10 posted on 12/16/2007 6:57:11 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Perhaps they’d like farm animals instead.


11 posted on 12/16/2007 6:58:58 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: NonValueAdded
Here you go. It's seems there is no male version for us gals. :-(
12 posted on 12/16/2007 7:16:02 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
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To: cougar_mccxxi

I wouldn’t mind women dressed like that taking care of me on an airplane.


13 posted on 12/16/2007 7:30:47 AM PST by wastedyears (Duncan Hunter is like a cheeseburger and fries. Simple presentation with no frills.)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Maybe the spanish version of “CAIR”.


14 posted on 12/16/2007 7:32:11 AM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: John123
Y'all know the rules. Here's one of the pictures:

The rest are here

15 posted on 12/16/2007 7:38:50 AM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: cougar_mccxxi
Is this the Spanish version of NOW at work? Maybe the Spanish version of the ACLU?

How do you say "National Association of Gals" (NAGs) in Spainish?

16 posted on 12/16/2007 7:46:33 AM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
How do you say "National Association of Gals" (NAGs) in Spainish? That would be "PUTAs."
17 posted on 12/16/2007 8:17:28 AM PST by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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To: El Gato
How do you say "National Association of Gals" (NAGs) in Spainish?

That would be "PUTAs."

18 posted on 12/16/2007 8:17:45 AM PST by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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To: El Gato

Holy sponge bath, Batman, did she wash the whole plane?


19 posted on 12/16/2007 8:25:58 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: snippy_about_it
Thanks, snippy. At £5, the price is a little too heavy for me.
20 posted on 12/16/2007 8:29:48 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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