A few years ago there was a marketing promotion accomplished by Icelandair which used wordplay to relax and play on different significance regarding the Icelandic country’s well known cool attitude towards gender, providing a stop-over in Iceland with the slogan a€?bring a single nights stand-in ReykjavA­ka€? or a€?Fancy a filthy week-end in Iceland?a€? (in conjunction with an image men and women placing mud in their face inside Blue Lagoon). This was primarily dealt with to guys and portraying the Icelandic females as easily caught bitches in heat. Feminists gone insane and there ended up being a public outrage regarding entire campaign. Also it merely provided a bad feeling to foreigners. (I just see an excellent article from Grapevine a€“ fantastic papers in English about whatever happens in Iceland – concerning this a€“ that also explains that the ordinary period of Icelanders to start having sexual intercourse could be the lowest in the world hence increased amount possesses adult sex toys and tend to be prone to bring these to bed). Continue reading →