Thursday, March 10, 2005
It Turns Out That IKEA Is Swedish For "Asinine Complaints"
Norway's prime minister--who apparently has nothing better to do--claims that Swedish company IKEA is guilty of sex descrimination for depicting only male and gender-neutral figures in their instruction manuals. IKEA spokeswoman Verdens Gang responded by saying that since her company sells to Muslim countries, the use of female figures might be offensive to some customers. She also added that many Norwegian books about pregnancy show only women giving birth, "and what up with that?" Source
