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Topless feminists protest NZ's 'Win a Wife' event

02/03/2011


FRONTING UP: Topless Ukrainian feminists protest a New Zealand "Win A Wife" competition in Kiev.

A controversial New Zealand "Win a Wife" competition has sparked a topless protest from Ukrainian feminists.

The Rock FM radio station ran the competition called Win a Wife, offering a 12-night trip - along with $2000 spending money - to Ukraine organised by a bride agency, Endless Love Agency, which says on its website it offers "beautiful genuine Ukraine ladies looking for love and marriage with Kiwi men".

A winemaker named Greg was the winner and he is due in the Ukraine mining town of Donetsk later this month before also visiting another town called Zaporizhia.

The prize does not include travel for the Ukraine woman to come to New Zealand.

Activists from the Femen group, which uses stripping as a shock tactic, braved wintry temperatures in central Kiev, holding banners with slogans such as "Ukraine is not a brothel".

It was reported that Femen's members wear little but flower garlands for frequent protests against Ukraine's sex industry and targeting of Ukrainian women by international agencies that organise sex tours.

"Femen warns the lucky winner of the New Zealand competition that he can expect an unhappy ending in Ukraine," activist Olexandra Shevchenko said in a statement on the movement's blog.

"Ukraine is not a brothel and Ukrainian women are not prostitutes."

Before announcing the winner, the radio station said it wasn't offering the opportunity to just anybody and planned to "weed out the no-hopers and time-wasters" with its application form and various psychological tests.

However, former Green MP and social activist Sue Bradford slammed the contest.

"It is unusual and somewhat disturbing that a commercial entity would commercialise what should be one of the most meaningful human relationships and actually offer it as a prize for a radio show," she said.

"It's really taking commercial radio to new depths."

The Rock programme director, Brad King, said it had received a "massive reaction" from all over the country.

"Some people think it's a little stupid, others see it as what it is, a tongue in cheek idea that gives someone the opportunity of a lifetime to travel on an all-expenses paid trip to the Ukraine," he said.

He would not say whether the station had received any complaints.

"We like to have a bit of a laugh and not take things too seriously, so rather than playing 'cupid' we decided we would play 'stupid' on this, and send a listener over to the Ukraine with the chance of finding a connection."

- Stuff

earlier news item

'Win a wife' competition appals
Last updated 11:51 09/02/2011

A radio competition offering listeners the chance to "win a wife" has appalled a former MP who is calling for it to be pulled.

The winner of MediaWorks' The Rock promotion will fly to the Ukraine for 12 nights, be given $2000 spending money, and be able to choose a bride from an agency.

The station says it won't offer the opportunity to just anybody and plans to "weed out the no-hopers and time-wasters" with its application form and various psychological tests.

"If you're interested in holy matrimony with a potentially hot foreign chick, fill it out to the best of your abilities," it says on its website.

However, former Green MP and social activist Sue Bradford slammed the contest.

"It is unusual and somewhat disturbing that a commercial entity would commercialise what should be one of the most meaningful human relationships and actually offer it as a prize for a radio show," she said.

"It's really taking commercial radio to new depths."

When asked if the contest should be pulled, she said: "Absolutely".

She was also disturbed by a recent Lion Red print advertisement, which encouraged men to drink beer with their mates and avoid their wives, she said.

Bradford said The Rock's competition, alcohol ads, and Prime Minister John Key's recent labelling of actress Elizabeth Hurley as "hot", signified a cultural shift in New Zealand.

"It feels like there's a zeitgeist around right now, which obviously the alcohol companies are picking up on, the Prime Minister is picking up on, and this particular radio station is picking up on," she said.

Such advertising and promotions took New Zealand back to a "Once Were Warriors psychology", where men got drunk and came home and abused their wives.

"It's like there's this encroachment of 'laddism' and chauvinism and misogyny which seems to be pervading our media more and more."

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and here's a pic of the complainant Sue Bradford



kept pic small, didn't want to scare people

No it most definitely isn't a brothel, they take great care in exporting their ample supply of whores to the UK I know

Originally Posted by genghis61

"Ukraine is not a brothel and Ukrainian women are not prostitutes."

nice slogan to keep tourists away from a country.
Did they get it from TAT ?

Originally Posted by genghis61

and be able to choose a hooker from an agency

amended

Originally Posted by genghis61

which encouraged men to drink beer with their mates and avoid their wives

when things get to the point men prefer to drink beer with their mates rather than shagging their wives, it's time those wives give a look at themselves in the mirror

I once had a Russian girlfriend....followed by a Romanian, in London. They were turning me to drink.

My understanding is that Ukrainians are worse.

$ 2,000 is nowhere near sufficient incentive.

Frankly I don't think there has been enough money printed in the history of the world that would convince me to go anywhere near a Ukrainian woman.

Actually they are probably the first feminists with whom I would like a threesome.

Unlike their English counterparts, they shave.

And as well as lacking 5 o'clock shadow, they even do their armpits. The money shots:



Sadly they still snivel and whine like their English sisters.

Originally Posted by genghis61

Topless feminists protest NZ's 'Win a Wife' event

Can't spot any tit .

Originally Posted by wefearourdespot

Originally Posted by genghis61

Topless feminists protest NZ's 'Win a Wife' event

Can't spot any tit .

Updated.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by wefearourdespot

Originally Posted by genghis61

Topless feminists protest NZ's 'Win a Wife' event

Can't spot any tit .

Updated.

Thank you for that
Anyway they all look like hookers , probably to advertise themselves they have to hypocritally play the opposite role in order to avoid censorship.

Well if we had them protesting in Bahrain instead of the minging cunts we've got, then I might actually show more sympathy for their cause.