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Sex discrimination in advertising — A summary of the situation in Sweden

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Gegenstand dieses Berichts ist das Problem der Diskriminierung der Frau in der Werbung und insbesondere, wie dieses Problem in Schweden vomVerbraucherombudsmann und vomMarktgericht behandelt wird. Die Möglichkeiten rechtlichen Eingreifens sind gegenwärtig offenbar gering, sie könnten sich jedoch als Ergebnis laufender Untersuchungen von Regierung und Parlament verbessern. Eine vomVerbraucherombudsmann eingesetzte Arbeitsgruppe hat versucht, das Konzept der Geschlechtsdiskriminierung zu präzisieren; ihre Klassifizierung verschiedener Formen solcher Diskriminierung wird in diesem Bericht vorgestellt und durch eine Reihe von Beispielen illustriert.

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This report treats the way in which Sweden looks upon the phenomenon of sex discrimination, and how it has been handled by theConsumer Ombudsman and theMarket Court. The possibilities of legal intervention in such discrimination seem small at present, but may be increased as a result of current governmental and parliamentary enquiries. A Working Party appointed by the Consumer Ombudsman has tried to delineate the concept of sex discrimination in advertising, and the Working Party's classification of such discrimination into several distinct categories is presented in the paper, together with a series of examples of advertising regarded as discriminatory by this Party.

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Thomas Utterström is a member of the staff of the Consumer Ombudsman, Konsumentverket, Fack, S-1621 Vällingby, Sweden.

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Utterström, T. Sex discrimination in advertising — A summary of the situation in Sweden. J Consum Policy 1, 359–372 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02179637

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