No sex please… We’re Swedish
According to SwissInfo, Sweden’s Prime Minister, Goran Persson, has been lashing out against scantily clad women in the media.
Sweden prides itself on the work it has done to narrow the gap between men and women, for instance by having generous paternity leave and welfare allowances which encourage men as well as women to stay at home and look after the children.
It also has strict rules against pornography and prostitution. Persson indicated this was not enough.
TT quoted Persson as saying he hoped the press would regulate itself on this matter, but that if it did not then he would consider legislating against it. He said an enquiry would be held to see what form such laws would take.
Tabloid, Aftonbladet, has responded robustly to this threat of press censorship.
“Limits on the freedom of speech and what should be printed in the media are not compatible with our democratic values,” Afotnbladet editor-in-chief wrote on the newspaper’s website
(via The Melon Farmers)
Sunday 22 May 2005 | Paul | Sweden
Americans finally realize the try-before-you-buy works just as well with sex as it does with commodities. Rather than marrying and then shacking up with hot sex coming after the nuptuals, Americans are increasingly putting out before putting on the wedding rings.Women are just as likely as men to get it on before matrimony.
I think this is just the sign of the times. I mean, we like to test things, try them out, before making a purchase. Why should sex and marriage be any different? The stigma associated with pre-marital sex is dead. Long live free love!