The Finnish premier filmed in the evening suffers a controversy, but women support it on video

Too young and pretty to rule? This is the absurd sexist question that we can ask ourselves in the face of the astonishing controversy currently stirring Finland. The head of the government of the Nordic country, Sanna Marin, is currently facing a lot of criticism following the broadcast of new videos of her drinking, partying and dancing …

Finnish Prime Minister faces drunken night controversy

The sequence was leaked to the media on August 19, 2022. We see the 36-year-old Finnish premier, Sanna Marin, having fun during a private party, clearly watered down. As reported by AFP, relaunched in particular by Publication, critics felt she looked too stunned (according to her dance moves, considered diabolical …) to assume her role as head of government in an emergency. To which she replied: My ability to function was good. I didn’t expect to have a meeting. “

But nothing helps: Her detractors keep discovering that Sanna Marin was having too much fun to be clear. So much so that this leading figure of the Social Democratic Party had to do it deny any drug use illegal and undergo screening. The results will be made public in late August.

Yet another sexist controversy for Sanna Marin, too young and pretty to rule?

The one who was the youngest head of government in the world when she was appointed in 2019 is used to being heavily criticized for her taste for parties and her way of dressing (particularly because she posed in a low-cut jacket for the magazine. Trendy to October 2020). But Would it be the same if he were an older man?

In any case, in the face of this new dancing and watered controversy, many people are making public their support for Sanna Marin.. The Danish women’s magazine Alt for Damerne in particular he published a video montage of women celebrating, accompanied by the hashtag # SolidarityConSanna.

Since then many compatriots of the Finnish Prime Minister, but also of the rest of Scandinavia, they post videos of them having fun in the evening, why not shine and dress as they wish.

Enough to raise questions about the habits of power, representativeness and exemplarity, and sexism in politics.

Front page photo credit: Twitter screenshot; Sanna Marin in 2019 Laura Kotila / Valtioneuvoston kanslia © Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.