FEMEN
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Femen (stylized in all caps; Ukrainian: Фемен) is a radical feminist activist group whose goal is to protect women's rights. The organization became internationally known for organizing controversial[1][2] topless protests against sex tourism,[3][1] religious institutions,[4] sexism, homophobia,[5] and other social, national, and international topics. Founded in Ukraine, the group is now based in France. Femen describes its ideology as being "sextremism, atheism and feminism".[6]
The organization describes itself as "fighting patriarchy in its three manifestations – sexual exploitation of women, dictatorship and religion"[7] and has stated that its goal is "sextremism serving to protect women's rights".[8] Femen activists have been regularly detained by police in response to their protests.[7]
References
- ↑ a b
(16 August 2011). Ukraine's Ladies of Femen
(archive URL), Movements.org. Retrieved 22 April 2013. - ↑
Tayler, Jeffrey (13 March 2013)."The Woman Behind Femen's Topless Protest Movement", The Atlantic. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ (28 April 2010)."Femen wants to move from public exposure to political power", Kyiv Post.
- ↑ (23 October 2012)."Ukraine's Femen: Topless protests 'help feminist cause'", BBC News.
- ↑ (24 April 2013)."Topless FEMEN Protesters Drench Belgian Archbishop André-Jozef Léonard, Protest Homophobia in Catholic Church (PHOTOS)", Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ↑
Reestorff, Camilla Møhring (2018): The Routledge companion to media and activism. (English). New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781138202030.
Quote:The activist movement Femen is notorious for topless protests and the ideology ‘sextremism, atheism and feminism’.
- ↑ a b (12 June 2013)."Femen activists jailed in Tunisia for topless protest", BBC News.
- ↑ (19 October 2013)."Fearless ... and topless: Femen activists to bring 'sextremism' to the UK", theguardian.com.
