A town in Spain has vowed to banish sexism from street signs by demanding half of all road signs and traffic lights show female figures with skirts and ponytails.
In this way the sexism, which until now has seen only masculine figures appear in traffic signals, will be brought to an end, the Feunlabrada council said.
Of course, defining “female figures” will be a potential minefield… And ponytails?
(File Photo, REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)
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Let me guess — it was between this and the “soft shoulders” filer, right?
- Posted by John C AbellWell, that and “slippery when wet…”
- Posted by Robert Basler