- Title: French satire magazine targets women's soccer during World Cup
- Date: 13th June 2019
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 13, 2019) (REUTERS) (MUTE) ****WARNING: CONTAINS NUDITY*** VARIOUS OF FRONT PAGE OF FRENCH SATIRICAL WEEKLY MAGAZINE "CHARLIE HEBDO" SHOWING A DRAWING OF FEMALE GENITALIA WITH A FOOTBALL ENTERING IT, WITH HEADLINE READING (French): "Women's World Cup : we're going to eat it up this month" PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 13, 2019) (REUTERS) CHARLIE HEBDO BEING HELD IN STREET
- Embargoed: 27th June 2019 16:15
- Keywords: Charlie Hebdo controversial cartoon vagina women's world cup
- Location: PARIS AND CLAIREFONTAINE, FRANCE
- City: PARIS AND CLAIREFONTAINE, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Sport,World Cup
- Reuters ID: LVA001AJ6B6MF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS NUDITY
Taking aim at women's soccer and gender equality, France's best known satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has caused a social media storm with its latest provocative cover cartoon, which depicts the female genitalia with a football in it.
Captioned "we're going to eat it up this month," some branded the cover insulting to women just as France hosts the World Cup and women's soccer strives to put an end to gender discrimination in the sport. Others defended freedom of expression.
The magazine regularly divides opinion in France and beyond. In January 2015, a cover featuring a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad was hailed as art by defenders and a provocation by critics. Another cover in 2016 depicting an earthquake in Italy and a plate of lasagna was criticized by some as tasteless.
Charlie Hebdo tends to target soccer as a whole. Last year for the 2018 men's World Cup, one cover of the magazine depicted French striker Antoine Griezmann in the shape of a sex toy.
The Charlie Hebdo front page recalls the painting of French artist Gustave Courbet "The Origin of the World".
The latest edition hit newspaper kiosks on Wednesday. In an editorial disparaging of the modern game and the culture surrounding soccer, the magazine said: "Equality has become the religion of modern time", before adding: "But there is a multitude of people advocating the right to "differences". How can we claim to live in an absolutely egalitarian world and at the same time defend our "differences?"
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