Oct 29, 2009
The Other Swedish Model
Laura María Agustín has opened up a column on The Local, a Swedish media site in English, called The Other Swedish Model. The introductory post is:
The pleasures of dissent: Not?
At a drinks reception not long ago I referred nonchalantly to the fact
that Sweden is supposedly the world’s most gender-equal state. A
shiver was felt; eyes rolled. Had I said supposedly? Was I actually
questioning Sweden’s version of Gender Equality, jämställdhet? That, it
seems, is practically taboo in Sweden….
Her other writings are available at:
Border Thinking
Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry