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Ikea deleted women - Captain - 10-01-2012 Ikea deleted women from Saudi version of catalogue STOCKHOLM (AP) - Ikea is being criticized for deleting images of women from the Saudi version of its furniture catalogue, a move the company says it regrets. Comparing the Swedish and Saudi versions of the catalogue, free newspaper Metro on Monday showed that women had been airbrushed out of otherwise identical pictures showcasing the company's home furnishings. The report raised questions in Sweden about Ikea's commitment to gender equality, and the company released a statement expressing "regret" over the issue. "We should have reacted and realized that excluding women from the Saudi Arabian version of the catalogue is in conflict with the IKEA Group values," the company said. Women appear only infrequently in Saudi-run advertising, mostly on Saudi-owned TV channels that show women in long dresses, scarves covering their hair and long sleeves. In imported magazines, censors black out many parts of a woman's body including arms, legs and chest. When Starbucks opened its coffee shops in the conservative, Muslim kingdom, it removed the alluring, long-haired woman from its logo, keeping only her crown. Re: Ikea deleted women - Snoopster - 10-01-2012 Women don't exist in Saudi Arabia.  They only exist in heaven - all 72 of them. ::lol:: Re: Ikea deleted women - SCA - 10-01-2012 [quote author=Snoopster link=topic=71853.msg445735#msg445735 date=1349112952] Women don't exist in Saudi Arabia.  They only exist in heaven - all 72 of them. ::lol:: [/quote] Bai allyuh relax nah.... Re: Ikea deleted women - Captain - 10-01-2012 ketch betta hurry up or he may not have any Re: Ikea deleted women - ketchim - 10-01-2012 California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law : a ban on therapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight. Re: Ikea deleted women - ketchim - 10-01-2012 Jerry Brown said the therapy had no basis in science :                         Re: Ikea deleted women - ketchim - 10-01-2012 For the posters on this thread  ::rofl::