This PC kowtowing is getting ridiculous.
Bruce _____ http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/10/news/international/ikea.reut/index.htm <http://victory.cnn.com/click.ng/Params.richmedia=yes&Origin=fn&PagePos=1&Se ction=fnclickabilitynewshotstoriesprintss160x600&Size=160x600&SpaceDesc=fncl ickabilitynewshotstoriesprintss160x600&uniqueID=XXXXX> Gender bias in IKEA instructions? Norway's prime minister says company should alter brochures that show only men assembling furniture. March 10, 2005: 6:51 AM EST OSLO, Norway (Reuters) - Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA is guilty of sex discrimination by showing only men putting together furniture in its instruction manuals, Norway's prime minister says. IKEA, which has more than 200 stores in 32 nations, fears it might offend Muslims by depicting women assembling everything from cupboards to beds. Its manuals show only men or cartoon figures whose sex is unclear. "This isn't good enough," Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik was quoted Thursday as telling the daily Verdens Gang. "It's important to promote attitudes for sexual equality, not least in Muslim nations." "They should change this," he said. "There's no justification for it." IKEA stores are visited by 365 million people a year around the world. Many products have to be assembled by the buyer -- the "flat pack" concept saves the company huge amounts in transport, storage and sales space. Bondevik added: "I myself have great problems with screwing together such furniture." Verdens Gang quoted an IKEA spokeswoman as saying: "We have to take account of cultural factors. In Muslim countries it's problematic to use women in instruction manuals." IKEA was not immediately available for comment. <http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Ikea+cri ticized+for+male-only+furniture+assembly+guides+-+Mar.+10%2C+2005&expire=&ur lID=13502417&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2005%2F03%2F10%2Fnews%2Fi nternational%2Fike#TOP> Top of page Find this article at: http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/10/news/international/ikea.reut/index.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
