Showing posts with label Sexism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sexism. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

USA: airline pornography suit settled

An attorney for a former United Airlines pilot says her client's lawsuit against the U.S. airline over pornographic items found on flights has been settled, preventing it from going to U.S. District Court. Due to a related nondisclosure agreement no specifics were given.

The lawsuit alleged the former United Airlines pilot routinely found pornographic photographs in airplane cockpits during domestic airline flights. She sued the airline for not taking appropriate measures to catch the individuals leaving the photographs behind.

Source: UPI.com; find article here>>.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Iberia cuts Cuba ad after sexism complaint

Spanish airline Iberia has cut an advertisement showing black Cuban women in bikinis bottle feeding a baby tourist as he sings "feed me mulattas ... come on little mamas, take me to my cot" after complaints it was sexist. A consumer rights group demanded Iberia, Spain's national flag carrier, pull the ad for online sales as it was offensive to Cuban women and could encourage sex tourism.

Source: scotsman.com, read whole article here.