http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe...825462437.html
I kind of laughed at this considering that, to the best of my knowledge, it's not illegal in ANY Muslim country to ban pictures of women as long as they're clothed.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe...825462437.html
I kind of laughed at this considering that, to the best of my knowledge, it's not illegal in ANY Muslim country to ban pictures of women as long as they're clothed.
Less to do with IKEA and more to do with Swedes not understanding that not everywhere is Sweden.
It's stupid to airbrush women out of the catalogue. The Saudis aren't going to care as long as the women in it weren't in bikinis or some shit. Moderate muslims (such as the ones in Saudi Arabia) don't require women to wear a burqa or anything (Though they do require a woman to get permission from a male guardian to do anything).
Avoiding the (in Ikea's eyes) uncomfortable existence of women isn't going to win them any favors in Sweden or Saudi Arabia.
Actually it was IKEA. Not just the Saudi franchise holder. A franchise holder is always required, by contract, to receive approval from the parent before changing any material they're sent from the parent.
The Swedish IKEA would have had to know about and approve the edit. That's assuming it even originated from the Saudis and not Sweden.
Who cares? Are there not hundreds or thousands of far more worthy and pressing problems to deal with? That any politician or official (the trade minister) would even address this shows that politician’s/officer’s lack of sane priorities.
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I would think it was smart for them to do it. They're not losing any customers by airbrushing the women out, but they would be losing some by keeping them in. When you grow up in a culture that is so anti-female, even if you're not of the belief that women are lower-class citizens, it subconsciously seeps in, whether you like it or not. And there's also the few who are anti-female who might be less inclined to appreciate the ad when they see the presence of a woman.
They lose nothing by airbrushing the woman out, they might gain something by doing it.
They should've been more careful about it though. Should've taken entirely new photos without women in the first place.
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That's not the point. Regardless of whether or not it is illegal is irrelevant. IKEA is in the business of selling things. Whoever did this obviously thought that the inclusion of women in the catalogue may offend some of their potential customers, so they removed them. Whether or not is is technically legal makes no difference. If they could lose money that's all that matters, so they made a call.
This is a business. They don't care about being principled (not that it would make a difference), nor do they care to argue semantics with those who may be offended. They want to sell furniture and other crap, that's the goal.
Yeah especially considering the quote:
Makes it really obvious that the parent company knows nothing."We are looking into the issue and holding a dialogue with our Saudi franchise holder," said Ulrika Englesson Sandman, a spokesperson for Inter IKEA Systems, which owns the IKEA trademark and concept.
(Unless you would like to invent conspiracy theories, this is the internet so go right ahead!)
This is what's called "Agurke Nyheder" on Denmark. Who the f... cares.
I heard it inn the news today, and just tough... w/e. Just some story that is placed to damage the brand of Ikea.
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Umm that quote is so generic and full of bull that its obvious that the IKEA company know they have approved the edit. Read it again: "We are looking into the issue" = "we noticed the bad press", "holding a dialogue..." = it would be really strange if IKEA *didn't* usually hold a dialogue with their franchise holders.
What I mean is that if they weren't approving it they would have said "Inter IKEA did not approve of the edit and it was wrong of them to do so"
It's quite tasteless is it not? Multi-National companies should try to spread acceptance, not adhere to inacceptance.
Well, rather be safe then sorry I guess. Muslim extremists are 100% unpredictable, just look at some of the recent events.
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