Kiev’s Femen Protest Footie in Skivvies
Kiev, December 14
Kiev’s bikini-wearing, anti-sex trade feminists struck again today, when they played a mock football game in skimpy clothes in frigid weather (was -10 degrees last time I stepped outside) to protest prostitution during the Euro 2012 championships, which Ukraine is set to co-host alongside Poland. Dressed like a football hooligan’s verseion of East European soccer sluts, the girls held up provocative banners that variously read ‘Ukraine is not Europe’s Bordello’, ‘Only Sport not Sexual Games’, and ‘We are not Products’. Quite predictably, their stunt got wide publicity across Europe, especially in Italy where they have a cult following.
It’s no the first time that Femen has struck in recent weeks. They protested Miss Ukraine last week by splashing fake blood on their gowns, and made headlines in October by inviting Gigolo Record’s iconic DJ Hell to spin in a rave outside the parliament to protest prostitution. Femen are certainly a breath of fresh air in a passive nation where politicians still mostly dictate the public dialogue. And, prostitution & sex tourism are certainly hot-button topics in this struggling country, where over a million girls are involved in the sex trade.
Their ultra-sexy vibes though are what makes them a Beast favorite. While Western feminists would never dream of tarting themselves up to protest a strip bar, Femen would arrive on the scene and humiliate the strippers, by dressing spicier than then. And, believe me, some of those Femen babes are a tasty dish indeed! Their rationale for doing so according to leader Anna Gutsol is that they don’t want to deny feminity itself, and a women’s right to looking good. They’re against prostitution, but not dressing up and looking beautiful. Even Femen understand that if they spoke out against dolling onself up-which is the favorite pastime of most Ukrainian women—they’d lose 90% of their potential fan base.