Stereotypes

There were plenty of stereotypes (that didn't need much deconstructing) on display in yesterday's traditional Boxing Day pantomime. "Peter Pan" was great fun, even if there would have been a lot more boos at a London theatre.

The Boxing Day edition of The Sunday Times contained an interesting quote, worth a little deeper deconstruction, in an article by Marie Colvin.

Who is the Australian who regards himself as a 'victim of radicalism'? What is his (as-quoted) comment on Saudi Arabia and Sweden?

Quote: "Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism...I fell into a hornets' nest of revolutionary feminism."

As an admirer of both Sweden and Australia (I've never been to Saudi Arabia), I find that hard to take, Julian.

More on country stereotypes here.

Stereotypes of Sweden here.

Sweden (IKEA) in Russia

And to finish, a disarming video about stereotypes of Greece! 

Better than the lame Jeremy Clarkson effort at stereotype humour.