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New #MeToo wave challenges Denmark's image as haven of equality
Yahoo News ^ | October 9, 2020 | Camille BAS-WOHLERT

Posted on 10/09/2020 12:07:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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On Wednesday Morten Ostergaard, leader of the Social Liberal party, resigned after it emerged he had placed his hand on the thigh of a female colleague ten years earlier.

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#MeToo was often considered "a minority issue, something that was not really Danish," Camilla Mohring Reestorff, associate professor in culture and media studies at Aarhus University, told AFP.

Danes tend to see themselves as "progressive, free and equal," she said, adding, "It can make us a bit blind when it comes to sexism."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: denmark; metoo

1 posted on 10/09/2020 12:07:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

It’s amazing what is going on today from the perspective of a guy my age. Back in the 50’s thru the 70’s and into the 80’s if I was charged for ass I patted or grabbed (in a non lecherous way, of course) I’d be in prison still with no hope for ever seeing the light of day.


2 posted on 10/09/2020 12:23:47 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: nickcarraway
On Wednesday Morten Ostergaard, leader of the Social Liberal party, resigned after it emerged he had placed his hand on the thigh of a female colleague ten years earlier.

This is getting more ridiculous by the minute.
I am glad I am not some politician or getting confirmed to become a judge. Don't want some girl from my high school days, long, long, long ago turning up and saying I put my hand on her thigh back then. The sheer horror of it.

3 posted on 10/09/2020 12:24:01 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: nickcarraway

There needs to be a statute of limitations. If no complaint was made within a week, then it didn’t happen

Ten year old complaints are absurd.


4 posted on 10/09/2020 12:28:27 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: SauronOfMordor

A thigh touch a decade ago in Denmark is nothing compared to what the rapefugees have been doing there recently.


5 posted on 10/09/2020 12:33:31 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: nickcarraway

The woman in the photo looks like Tuva Semmingsen?
Danish singer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdZkFXiiio8&list=PLysPxrQwj2Yd0lIvEsFFH4G7-T1Zls6Nj


6 posted on 10/09/2020 12:47:01 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.


7 posted on 11/08/2020 12:00:55 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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