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Filed under: Pregnancy & birth, In the news, Shopping & recallsI had to re-read this story twice to make sure I didn't miss something, but sadly I didn't. UK Shop-owner Amanda Bere really did remove a pregnant mannequin from the window of her lingerie store because some people found it offensive.Bere opened her store, which specializes in lingerie for pregnant women, in Selby, North Yorkshire about eight weeks ago. She dressed her shop window with a mannequin she calls Emily in a black nursing bra and panties. She says it didn't take long for the mannequin, which is actually just a headless torso with a distinctly round belly, to become the target of complaints."It started with people looking in the window and making comments outside and they told me their points of view that they found it offensive," she says. "Other shop traders also told me that people were saying to them that it was offensive and that I should cover her up or move her. So I put a camisole on Emily and someone else made another comment, saying that they could still see the bump, so I put her in the corner of the shop away from the window." Bere is trying to run a business, so I can understand why she wouldn't want to offend the locals. What I can't understand is just what is so offensive about a pregnant mannequin. Bere says the complaints came from the town's older residents. In fact, the video accompanying this story has an elderly woman expressing her opinion that the mannequin's large belly is "not pleasant look at." I hope Bere returns Emily in all her pregnant glory to the front window. The people who are offended by it are probably not people who would shop there anyway. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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