March 11, 2005

"I myself have great problems with screwing together such furniture."

The title of this post is a quote from Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik.

The issues are, however, quite serious: why are women under-represented in the little drawings featured in IKEA assembly instructions? And are the clothes drawn on these cartoon women modest enough to avoid offending Muslim customers?

Deep waters.

Posted by Dr. Frank at March 11, 2005 04:46 AM | TrackBack
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Check out the poll at the site. At the present time, 87% of respondants think that the manuals are not sexist. And this from a CNN audience!

Posted by: Stig at March 16, 2005 05:40 PM