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"Ikea Saudi Arabia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFamily in Bathroom\nPhoto courtesy of IKEA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIKEA Designers\nPhoto courtesy of IKEA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWoman with Beds\nPhoto courtesy of IKEA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWomen at Dinner Table\nPhoto courtesy of IKEA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIKEA made women disappear from its furniture catalog in Saudi Arabia. Looking at the Swedish and the Saudi versions of the catalog, the Swedish free newspaper Metro noticed that IKEA photoshopped women out of identical pictures showcasing its furniture. \nIn the picture showing a family preparing in the bathroom, in which a woman is brushing her teeth along with her son, the woman was completely removed for the Saudi version. In another example, an IKEA woman designer appears with three other furniture designers \u2014 all male. In the Saudi version only the male ones are present. (You can see both pictures, and more, in the gallery above.)\nThese decisions were probably made to appease Saudi laws which prohibit woman from showing too much of their body in public. \nAfter facing criticism for the photoshopping, IKEA Group \u2014 a separate branch of the company, which manages the catalog \u2014 issued an apology. \"We should have reacted and realized that excluding women from the Saudi Arabian version of the catalog is in conflict with the IKEA Group values,\" said the statement. \nCheck out the gallery above to see some pictures where IKEA made women disappear. \nPhoto by Wikimedia Commons"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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