Its a Sad, confusing and Strange World!
Sweden is famous for breaking sexual taboos, so barely an eyebrow was raised when state-run pharmacies began to sell over-the-counter sex toys this summer, alongside the more conventional headache pills and hot water bottles.
Now the shops are being hauled before the Equal Opportunies Ombudsman, the government referee on sexual discrimination, after two men complained that the erotic toys – the bestselling are vibrators and vagina balls – discriminate against males.
The pharmacy chain, Apoteket, had a “misguided and untrue view of sexuality whereby a woman with a dildo is seen as liberated, strong and independent, while a man with a blow-up plastic vagina is viewed as disgusting and perverted”, said one of the petitioners.
Apoteket has made a spirited defence. Eva Fernvall, its head of retailing, said it was simply a matter of maintaining standards.
The men were exercising their rights under a 2005 amendment to the Equal Opportunities Act, which was supposed to right the balance in a society in which women were seen as winning more and more ground.
It is unlikely that the pharmacy chain will end up in court, but men are resorting increasingly to the law to fight for their rights across a wide spectrum of issues.
Hairdressers and taxis are no longer allowed to offer preferential rates to women. Young Swedish men were upset at the sight of even younger women wafting past club doormen while they were turned away as minors. “Bars tend to use women to attract more male customers and thus lower the age restrictions,” said Magnus Jakobsson, of the ombudsman’s office.
Now the entry age has to be the same for men and women. Dating services also have to charge the same for males and females.
Male prison guards last week protested against what they saw as a discriminatory regulation: that at least one male officer had to be present in the exercise yard while convicts had their fresh-air break. The rule meant that women staff had more generous holiday schedules than men, said the complaint.
Lesbians too are feeling the brunt of the new be-fair-to-men laws. A current court case pits a lesbian couple against the Uppsala health authority. After three unsuccessful attempts to get pregnant by insemination, a lesbian then demanded that her female partner should be inseminated. The heath authority refused – on the ground that a heterosexual couple would not have the additional opportunities. Males, after all, cannot become pregnant. The couple are demanding £20,000 compensation.
How u can equal (+)with(-) in Physics Science.
if u can equal them in Physics then we can equality male and female in real life >>>> why we have Separate Toilet in public utilities (in all of the world)
the think is we cant even equal the......shit...how we will equal the Brain or the body or thinking
Female is = Emotion
male is = hard Senses
Emotion + hard Senses = Family (life)
There's likely that people below 21 will not enter this site as everything we post here will never be understood by the likes of those age and will give up and find another chatroom where they can do 'Hi! ASL pls!'...
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There's likely that people below 21 will not enter this site as everything we post here will never be understood by the likes of those age and will give up and find another chatroom where they can do 'Hi! ASL pls!'...
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
My apologies if I offended you.. There was a serious side to this topic.. the issue of male and female equality..
Britexpat it is a very indecent topic. Try to put up a decent topic that can show your personality better.
Person of every age come to this site please take care of these things.
mmmmmmm...... man alone & women alone......it is oky.....then the Sweden will be like dinosaur (Extinct)
They're dangerous too.
I know an Irish lady who bought one and broke all her teeth...
*winks* ;-p
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Inside it hits...
Go ask your momma...
You can't teach experience
I dunno...if I may ask a woman who uses it, what's so good about it? It's unreal...too huge...not so human the size...looks like a horse's...
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Don't agree with the whole case!
However I agree with you in that we do have a problem in the west with granting men their rights and understanding them! By far the new feminist movement has simply been there to ignore that men have rights at all. And to put too much pressure on women in my opinion.
Maryum : Umm Hasan bint Abdullah Alshabrawishi
You can't teach experience
ROFLMAO!
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No but the newer models do like to spark up a cigarette whilst the chick now gets to snore like a steam train....
oh and Alexa don't forget Swaziland
The questionwasn't about women using sex toys, but men wanting equality and the same understanding..
Personally, I feel that vibrators etc should be banned...Which would mean that all "toys" for men would be banned also..
whatever floats your boat ;)
After the sexual intercourse with vibrators, do thay hug it. (this is the best part after sexual intercourse)
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Switzerland=Swiss Confederation= Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin
1) Switzerland is multilingual and has four national languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh.
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2)Sweden=Kingdom of Sweden = Sverige=Latin Suetidi
hm great thanks for telling drac
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lol I know, I was wondering where Swiss (as in Swissgirl) was lol......
ooooooooooook fine u guys! now get back to the topic..
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
Personally I dont understand what the big deal is. I mean thats what we women have been askin for right? SO now the swedish women are gettin it. why so much fuss?
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
lol swiss....where is swiss anyway?>...
Sorry Alexa that was a mistake... I donno why i wrote swizz though;)
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
so for this reason some men are having wax, fixing their eyebrows, ear piercing, wearing thongs, filling lips. just to prove equality.
but till now, they failed to simulate the sick period :D
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no, but seen a few men with man boobs that could use a good cross your heart underwired bosom lifter :D
and equal opportunities. What's fair is fair.
btw. did anybody complain why men do not have bra's?
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this is what happens when people lose sight of what is right and wrong. simply the morality is dead.
Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but God. Poverty unlocks the door -- what a blessed key!
- Jalaluddin al-Rumi
to be truthful but since you ask I probably do, wouldn't mind so much if toys were used by both parties together, that way neither side would feel threatened
But do you agree with the complainant and see men with "toys" as perverts ??
taking things too far again, men must just feel threatened by vibrators methinx, if vibrators could go to the bar what would we need men for lol ;)