As UEFA Euro 2012 approaches, FEMEN are vehemently making it known that they are against any form of prostitution in Ukraine. Historically, whenever such large events take place, prostitution runs rampant throughout the country leaving behind it a wake of disease. As an example, FEMEN brought up the Summer Olympics held in Greece back in 2004 where the prostitutes couldn’t keep up with demand. Afterwards, the AIDS rate jumped within the country with all the Johns safely back at home.

As usual, FEMEN’s protest centered around Nudity and Shock. Alexandra Shevchenko and Inna Shevchenko staged a mock encounter between a John and a Prostitute, with the photographers and videographers drooling as the shot what they could. Coincidentally, a bit of drool formed in my mouth as well.

With Ukraine’s and Poland’s reputation, there is little doubt that footballers will be visiting the respective countries with more than football on their minds, which is FEMEN’s most militant stance. Ukraine is Not a Brothel was how FEMEN formed. This trumps all their political aspirations.

The ladies made a mockery of the UEFA mascots, Slavek and Slavko, renaming them to Bliadek and Bliadko … Bliad translates to Whore. I will start by showing the mascots themselves, followed by studio like shots that Alexandra and Inna made.

Now, I know what most westerners are thinking … how can two women dressed as whores, putting on a whorish act, possibly protest whoring? That is as counter productive as possible, wreaking of poor taste and bad judgement. My answer, as it always has been … SHOCK VALUE. If it wasn’t for the antics of these two ladies, none of you would be watching this. They have demeaned themselves so that others don’t have to. The fact that these two women are willing to go to such lengths in order to make their point, so that their voice is heard, should be applauded and not booed. Westerners may view this type of action as counterproductive, but take a step back and think about it … if it weren’t for their actions, would anyone pay attention?

As for the event itself, below you will find a short YouTube clip of their performance, followed by pictures of the event. As always, everything has been taken from FEMEN’s Livejournal Site.