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°° Opinion: Is free entrance for girls / women offensive? °°

2010-06-09 10:28:00

We have received this feedback :

30 yrs of fighting for equal rights for men and women and then you get this?
congratulations boy's and girls (and it's against the law and it's chauvinist offensive)

We replied :
Thanks for your feedback.
We have no closed door policy, no guestlist, a strict openminded chart to all entering at or working for Los Ninos, even an ecological and fairtrade thinking on all of our actions/partners etc. In view of this, we believe we don't have to prove our points of view on equal rights. Giving a present to girls or women isn't the same as considering them as less equal. Our message is not meant to be chauvinistic or offensive in any way.
If only we could give free entrance for all ... We would.

His reply:
I don't think you would dare do to the same for black people of Chinese people, just because you like them.... It is well intented but oh so clumsy and oh so basically not done, but anyway, as you said you do what you want, and so do I.
sans rancune

Our reply:
Maybe it is because we don't even think that anyone would think that we consider women less equal in view of all we portray, both artistically and socially. Following that thought we would do the same for Chinese or black or based on anything that can be checked. We are open for suggestions on how to get some people in for free without giving the impression that those who don't get in for free would be less equal or bringing it in a non-clumsy way.
I have added this to our website and Facebook to start a discussion on this interesting topic.

His reply:
Great! Because that is all I want. And you are right, me either, I don't think about this almost any more, so evident as it has become. And honestly I wasn't canvassing your message for something. It just came to me all of a sudden a minute after I read the "giftclause" (let's call it that for a minute) and then it struck me.
But I understand you want to give something rather than to rule out others of treat them differently.
So the intention is good... I am curious what the discussion will bring. But in no respect was my remark intended to be one of wanting to be over-politically correct or that kind of lame BS.
I will follow this with attention and would like to thank you for being so open and non-offensive about it.

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