IKEA Removing Women from the Marketing Catalog

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by Rebecca, Oct 1, 2012.

0
  1. #1
    ^ I guess the title says it all.

     
    Rebecca, Oct 1, 2012 IP
  2. ApocalypseXL

    ApocalypseXL Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,095
    Likes Received:
    103
    Best Answers:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    240
    #2
    What's so unexpected about that ? It's Saudi Arabia, the country which fears women so much it builds a segregated city for them.
     
    ApocalypseXL, Oct 1, 2012 IP
  3. babak44

    babak44 Active Member

    Messages:
    1,101
    Likes Received:
    7
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    78
    #3
    hahahha! amazingly seems even such photo can rise sexual feeling on a Saudi guy. different standard in the world.
    photo shows they are excellent in Photoshop same as us!

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Oct 2, 2012
    babak44, Oct 2, 2012 IP
  4. ApocalypseXL

    ApocalypseXL Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,095
    Likes Received:
    103
    Best Answers:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    240
    #4
    That's not excellent in Photoshop that's basic.
     
    ApocalypseXL, Oct 2, 2012 IP
  5. babak44

    babak44 Active Member

    Messages:
    1,101
    Likes Received:
    7
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    78
    #5
    yeah not excellent. these samples shows what people they are.
     
    babak44, Oct 2, 2012 IP
  6. GMF

    GMF Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    855
    Likes Received:
    113
    Best Answers:
    19
    Trophy Points:
    145
    #6
    I wonder....if there were no retouching, would there now be an outcry from Saudi Arabia :rolleyes:
     
    GMF, Oct 2, 2012 IP
  7. Rebecca

    Rebecca Prominent Member

    Messages:
    5,458
    Likes Received:
    349
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    325
    Articles:
    14
    #7
    Hi Babak! It was actually IKEA that airbrushed women out of the picture (for the Saudi market). They're based out of Sweden, and claim to have certain values like the belief in gender equality.
     
    Rebecca, Oct 2, 2012 IP
  8. babak44

    babak44 Active Member

    Messages:
    1,101
    Likes Received:
    7
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    78
    #8
    Hi Rebecca oh pardon I thought it done by KSA censorship. anyway this is business and yeah money talks. guess they could change that woman like an Islamic one too. I'm sure most of Saudis men love to see women photos but in public if see such adds probably will punish the company. crazy world!
     
    babak44, Oct 2, 2012 IP
  9. Rebecca

    Rebecca Prominent Member

    Messages:
    5,458
    Likes Received:
    349
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    325
    Articles:
    14
    #9
    Yeah, it's all about making money. Yet, companies often profess to abide by certain values. Anyway, here's one of the pictures, they just made the woman invisible.

    Source: WSJ
     

    Attached Files:

    Rebecca, Oct 2, 2012 IP
  10. ApocalypseXL

    ApocalypseXL Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,095
    Likes Received:
    103
    Best Answers:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    240
    #10
    Sweden ? I've never heard of such a country . Maybe you mean New Somalia ?
     
    ApocalypseXL, Oct 2, 2012 IP
  11. gworld

    gworld Prominent Member

    Messages:
    11,324
    Likes Received:
    615
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    310
    #11
    One of the countries that Romanian thieves and hookers visit to steal or prostitute themselves.
     
    gworld, Oct 4, 2012 IP
  12. ApocalypseXL

    ApocalypseXL Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,095
    Likes Received:
    103
    Best Answers:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    240
    #12
    U mad little Julian ? Did you got beat up by a prostitute again ? ;)
     
    ApocalypseXL, Oct 4, 2012 IP