“Women’s rights activists in Ukraine did not think a ‘win a wife’ competition run by a New Zealand radio station was the breast idea in the world, so they went topless to vent their anger. As we reported recently, radio station The Rock FM gave listeners the chance to win a 12-night holiday in the Ukraine with spending money – and a wife from a bride agency. The competition closed on February 28 and earlier this week a group of women from campaign group Femen – which opposes sex tours in Ukraine – stripped off to express their outrage. Their logic, to some, might seem suspect, since if there’s one thing likely to boost the sex-tourism industry in Ukraine – it’s snaps of topless ladies, in Ukraine. Braving bitterly cold weather, the nine women stood outside Kiev’s central marriage registration facility waving banners that read ‘Ukraine is not a brothel’ and ‘bride for wildman’. Defending the station, The Rock FM program director, Brad King, told the New Zealand Press Association the competition was ‘a bit of a laugh’. The action by Femen is the latest in a spate of protests that involved baring the flesh.” w/ photos
