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In Stavanger Aftenblad on Monday, Tajikistan hits hard on criticism.
“The claim that my cover image makes it difficult for other young women to get involved in politics is, to put it mildly, nonsense from start to finish.”, she writes.
The backdrop is a much-discussed debate post in the same newspaper by Karoline Holmboe Høibo, UiS faculty director. She asks if the Tajikistan cover photo is meant to bring the mind to “50 Shades of Gray” and claims that the use of images destroys both Tajikistan’s political message and the ability of other young women to participate in politics in the future.
“I would have understood if the accusation came from a somewhat conservative Pakistani man,” Tajik writes in his response.
But, according to her, it gets rude when Høiby suggests that Tajiks should dress differently in light of the Labor Party’s meta-problems.
“Honestly. The core of the sexual harassment problem is that men abuse power, not how women dress.”
Tajik further compares the cover of the book to the famous photograph of then-Prime Minister Per Borten (Sp) in his underpants at his farm home in 1969.
“There was a lot of talk about that image. But it wasn’t that she offered her body in a sexual sense.”
