Everybody is waiting and welcoming Euro cup 2012 eagerly, but for FEMEN ladies this is a stage to protest. These FEMEN girls are protesting all over Europe. But interesting thing is these protest are topless protests. FEMEN women are topless in streets in Euro cup venues or any where you can imagin where somthing related to Euro cup 2012 is happening.Here are some of the pictures and images of topless Femen Uefa Euro Cup 2012 protesters gathered from net.
Femen knows how to create a spectacle, and they do seem to be an exclusive group. From time to time they recruit dancers who, as you see, don’t necessarily wish to go topless. No worries; Gustol has a half a dozen of hot chicks willing to play this part; and they always seem to be the same girls.Ukrainian feminists of more traditional orientation (yes, apparently, there are some) hate Femen. Femen perpetuates sexual exploitation and sucks all the oxygen out of press coverage of Ukrainian feminism. Also, Femen girls are hot. Femen are not without a competitive streak themselves. While opposed to sex tourism, the group is not too proud to sell their trademark boob-painted merchandise.
The sad reality is that while the ladies of Femen may be fetching, they are not smart. It is highly unlikely that any of them is, as one sign proclaimed, “Poor because of you [i.e., economists, businessmen and bankers].” On the contrary, the overwhelming majority of the world’s population has escaped from grinding poverty onlybecause of the efforts of frequently-despised businessmen and bankers.
The fallacy that these women have fallen for–the idea that wealth causes poverty–has been with us for a long time. It was exploded memorably by George Gilder in Wealth and Poverty, a book that I would recommend to the Femenistas. If they read it, maybe next summer they will disrobe at the Democratic National Convention.
According to the Russian periodical Ogonek, if a few years ago Femen specifically were poor, it’s because they made protesting their lifestyle. Since the Ogonek feature was published, the ladies opened up an online shop. I’m not sure how successful this venture is or who sponsors them these days, but somehow Femen has funds to tour Europe.
With this anti-capitalist protest Femen might have hit the goldmine. These particular protests was noticed by the American news media while the group’s demonstrations on behalf of Iranian and Saudi women were largely ignored. Femen figured out that sex sells. If they are smart, they’ll figure out that anti-capitalism sells too and market their protests to Americans.
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