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4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Conservative men flummoxed by International Women's Day
On the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, author Goran Vojnović writes in the daily Dnevnik that conservative men are baffled by the date every time it rolls around: "They see no reason for making such a big thing about the situation of women in our society. True, Slovakian women can't become (Catholic) priests, but it doesn't strike conservative men as particularly feasible that women should have their own holiday just because they want to be religious leaders. But above all the whole thing is a mystery to such men because, bearing in mind years of research on modern women by the most diverse women's magazines, they are convinced that what women really want is Manolo Blahnik shoes, Louis Vuitton bags, skin-and-bone models' figures, Pilates training and romantic comedies with Hugh Grant. ... In my male, and for that reason irrelevant opinion, it would be better for such men to start by appreciating that women know better what's good for them. And at the same time they should at least entertain the possibility that women have a far more realistic idea of their own position in society."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Gender equality, » Slovenia
Goran Vojnovič on Slovenia's worship of pseudo idols
On the occasion of the second visit to Slovenia by former US president Bill Clinton today the public television station will broadcast 90 minutes of Clinton's appearance at an economic forum. Goran Vojnovič writes in the online edition of the daily Dnevnik that enough is enough: "All of this only deepens the feeling that our society is lost in time and space, no longer able to differentiate between important and unimportant events, and glorifies former presidents from foreign states instead of our own heroes. Third-grade starlets are fawned over instead of women biologists, painters and doctors. Our society trembles for 'stars donig farm work' in a reality show instead of concerning itself with real farmers and workers. We're now so spiritually debilitated that it's no surprise at all that the same narrow minds have been leading us for years, blinded by their own narrow-mindedness. A nation that is collectively dumbstruck every time Bill Clinton comes to town has no need of a visionary to lead it."
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More from the press review on the subject » Public Culture, » Audiovisual Media, » Slovenia, » U.S.
There are alternatives to cars
In the daily Dnevnik Goran Vojnović compares the relationship between Slovenians and their cars and Danes and their cars, saying that Slovenians should follow the Danes' example and start using other means of transport: "In Copenhagen it is not uncommon to see successful entrepreneurs wearing a suit and tie cycle around the city on their bikes. Meanwhile we go on building motorways, access roads, tunnels and car parks. While our state has lent its benevolent support to the road construction lobby for twenty years now we citizens of Slovenia have been generously financing the foreign car industry and ensuring that oil companies get richer even quicker. Every morning we drive in our polished and carefully maintained cars on our roads and move at a snail's pace towards our destinations. … Our love of our cars is in reality much greater than our need for true democracy, better living standards, jobs, social prosperity or a better school or health system - and of course greater than our need for fresh air."
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More from the press review on the subject » Infrastructure / Travel and Transport, » Public Culture, » Slovenia, » Denmark
Concealed intolerance in Ljubljana
Opponents of the building of a mosque in Ljubljana have cited aesthetic reasons for their rejection of this place of worship, but their true motivation is intolerance, writes the daily Dnevnik. "The debate about the aesthetics of the minaret in Ljubljana is nothing more than small-minded intolerance, wrapped up in politically correct cellophane. ... In this case political correctness is simply eyewash for all the tolerant and cultivated people who talk about these things in a civilised manner and would be willing to conduct a respectful intercultural dialogue with representatives of the Islamic faith. ... We must gradually realise that nowadays intolerance does not manifest itself in physical violence. The communication of intolerance in the public sphere has adapted to the demands of modern society; a society that extols the virtues of intercultural dialogue and the democratic spirit."
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More from the press review on the subject » Architecture / Cities, » Religion, » Integration, » Slovenia
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