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Iceland in Uproar Over Secret Recording of Politicians’ Sexist Remarks
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 06, 2018 05:33pm |
| Category | Scandal |
| News Date | Dec 06, 2018 12:00pm |
| Description | Many Icelanders are calling for the resignations of a group of politicians who were secretly recorded in a bar using sexist and obscene language about female colleagues, including making disparaging remarks about a disabled former member of Parliament.
The politicians — including former Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, former Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson and a female minister, Anna Kolbrun Arnadottir — met at a bar called Klaustur two weeks ago in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital, ordered beers and spent more than three hours talking.
A man sitting nearby overheard the conversation, made a recording with his cellphone and sent it to the news media.
The recording went viral after it was posted online last week, spurring nationwide outrage in a country that has a female prime minister, Katrin Jakobsdottir, and that prides itself on its gender equality record after topping the World Economic Forum’s gender gap index for several years. This year, a law was passed that requires companies and government agencies to prove they are paying men and women equally. |
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