Fired up Swedish feminists burn cash over pay gap

　　本周二，瑞典女权主义党派在瑞典东南海岸的哥得兰岛上焚烧了十万瑞典克朗的纸币，以此对本国男女同工不同酬的问题表示抗议。该党派领袖表示，十万克朗是瑞典女性每分钟比男性少得的报酬总数。这堆纸币全部燃尽大概用了25分钟的时间。据悉，此次焚烧的纸币是由一家广告公司捐赠的，而选择在这个时间“烧钱”是因为瑞典的各大政党正聚集哥得兰岛为9月份的选举造势，他们可以得到更多的关注。该女权主义党派成立于2005年，曾得到简•方达及ABBA组合本尼•安德森等名人的资助和支持。在2006年的瑞典国内选举中因得票数不到百分之一而未能进入议会，他们希望在9月的选举中能够实现这一目标。

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　　Sweden's Feminist party roasted a pile of bank notes worth 100,000 Swedish crowns ($13,010) on Tuesday in a stunt designed to highlight wage disparities between men and women ahead of a national election.

　　Sweden's Feminist party roasted a pile of bank notes worth 100,000 Swedish crowns ($13,010) on Tuesday in a stunt designed to highlight wage disparities between men and women ahead of a national election.

　　Feminist party leader Gudrun Schyman pulled handfuls of cash from a plastic bag and threw them onto a smoking barbeque as a small crowd leaned in to take pictures. It took about 25 minutes to burn the bag's contents.

　　"We are doing this for fair wages," she told a crowd of some 75 people on the island of Gotland, off the southeast coast of Sweden, where political parties are gathered for a week of campaigning.

　　The stunt, using money donated by an advertising agency, was designed to illustrate how women in Sweden "lose" 100,000 crowns every minute because their wages are lower than men's, she said.

　　"This is a lot of money for a lot of people and it is a lot of money for me but in a political campaign it is a drop in the ocean," Schyman added.

　　Swedes go to the polls on September 19 and the feminist party -- backed by celebrity supporters including Jane Fonda and ABBA's Benny Andersson -- hopes to win its first seat in parliament since it was founded in 2005.

　　Andersson donated 1 million crowns to the party last year to fund its campaign for election to the European parliament.

　　In Sweden's national election in 2006, the feminist party won less than one percent of the vote. Parties need at least four percent to earn a seat in the national assembly.