What does Femen mean?

The Ukrainian feminist group "FEMEN" is well-known in the capital Kiev. Members of the group protest in various ways, either sending beautiful representatives to confront the police in the streets, or wearing minimal clothing to show their dissatisfaction. In Ukraine "FEMEN" has become a role model for demonstrators.

Representative event

Since July 30, 2008, "FEMEN", a group that has gathered many young beauties, has attracted the attention of the world. In order to attract the government's attention to banning the sex industry, they did not hesitate to dress themselves up as prostitutes. On October 19, 2008, members of "FEMEN" smeared their bodies with mud in Freedom Square to protest against Ukraine's "dirty politics." On May 22, 2009, members of "FEMEN" held a demonstration called "Ukraine is not a brothel" to demonstrate against the "Femen" group

, aiming to demand an end to "sex tourism" in Ukraine. industry.

History of demonstrations

Since July 30, 2008, "Femen", a group that has gathered many young girls, has attracted the attention of the world. In order to attract the government's attention to banning the sex industry, they did not hesitate to dress themselves up as "prostitutes." On October 19, 2008, members of "Femen" covered themselves with mud in Freedom Square to protest against Ukraine's "dirty politics." On May 22, 2009, members of "Femen" held a demonstration called "Ukraine is not a brothel", aiming to demand that Ukraine end the "sex tourism" industry. "Femen" during demonstrations

On November 16, 2009, members of "Femen" held a demonstration in front of the Ukrainian education department, accusing some university professors of sexually harassing students. On January 14, several beautiful members from "Femen" stood at the gate of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine in Kiev, posing like prostitutes, and called for the election to be fair. On January 17, "Femen" members held a demonstration wearing thin clothes in the cold winter. One of the members dressed up as a prostitute and held a large sign with the words "Don't be a prostitute! Don't sell your vote." In October 2010, when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited Kiev, Ukraine, he was protested by a group of members of the Ukrainian women's organization "Femen" who often held strip demonstrations. A demonstration team consisting of blond female college students in their 20s took off their shirts to demonstrate in the city center. The Russian Foreign Ministry publicly expressed dissatisfaction with this, embarrassing the Ukrainian government. Previously, in order to protest against the Iranian government’s sentencing of a woman suspected of adultery to stoning, the organization held a strip demonstration in front of the Iranian Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall in Kiev last week. On May 23, 2012, because they were dissatisfied with their country hosting the European Cup, an even more shocking scene occurred when the Champions League trophy was on public display in southern Ukraine. , a topless member of a Ukrainian women's rights group tried to steal the Delaunay Cup, but was caught by security guards at the exhibition center. The following is the logo of the FEMEN group. Anyone can design such a logo, but few have enough courage to go to the city center to expose their breasts and challenge the government. Anna and Sasha are leaders of the Ukrainian radical women's organization FEMEN. Under their leadership, the girls organized to protest social injustice or ugliness, such as running naked in the square and shouting "Ukraine is not a brothel" (Ukraine has become an international sex trade center in recent years), and opposed in this natural way Women engaged in prostitution; or bathed in fountains to protest against the discontinuation of hot water supply in college student dormitories.

Sasha is a FEMEN activist. If other girls often take off their clothes after being persuaded, Sasha is ready to take them off at any time, whenever needed. FEMEN rented a room for her on the first floor, with almost no heating or hot water, and the rent was very low. “This alone cost us almost all our money,” Anna said. “I also rented a room and used a small amount of the money to buy food for myself.

"Although there are rumors that people generously donate money to these girls every time they appear, in fact, FEMEN's budget is very simple, only 600 to 700 euros per month. Anna came up with the name FEMEN. In Kiev, every day At rallies, there are always people shouting with loudspeakers, and there are always people waving flags, organizing protests of various sizes. However, an accident made Anna stand out: During a protest against the interruption of hot water supply, the strap of Anna's shirt accidentally slipped. , exposing her breasts. If photographers had been indifferent to the noisy mass gatherings and were not very interested in Anna and her companions, then FEMEN's photos appeared in almost all media. I finally understood how to make myself and the activities I organized attract attention. Now, they are exposed more than any social organization. They often appear on the covers of magazines and are always the center of attention. The whole Ukraine wants to know about them. Who. Someone said: "They are Tymoshenko's people. "Some people also speculate that they are Putin's spokespersons, and their mission is to undermine and ridicule Ukrainian politics.