Johanna Toftby's review – wants Lucia to be a girl

A few weeks ago, Malmö came out and looked for lucia 2018. But unlike in previous years, when it was written that Lucia was to be a girl, they were now looking for "a person".

"Malmö lucia is not chosen according to his appearance or his voice, but it should be something of a person who, during the past year, has come into contact with him. is actively shown as an example and has demonstrated a great commitment to the city and its peers ", wrote the street office on his website.

The blogger Johanna Toftby, 45, known for her involvement in "Lonely Mom Searching", reacted.

"I do not want to be a chicken"

In a blog post, she thinks it's totally wrong that Lucia could become a man.

"Lucia has always been a woman, a symbol based on a true human being declared holy, that Malmö Lucia even lets boys apply, it's a big mistake!", she writes among others.

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Now she is growing.

– I am for gender equality and equal pay for equal work, but I do not want to be a chicken. I think it's crazy actually. It's starting to bounce back, she says.

What are you answering?

– I answer this is a tradition. There has always been a woman, because Lucia was a saint. It will be fierce if an adult man comes as lucia. I may be old-fashioned, but I think so, she says.

She keeps:

"I think it's going to be excessive with this lack of gender, that it can be anybody, a hen … I'm just wondering why should we change it?" Lucia should be a girl, says Johanna Toftby.

"We do not need to renew anything"

She does not agree that it would be about gender equality.

– I do not think it's a tradition and we do not need to change everything and renew everything, "she says.

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The Post has received many reactions, she says. Both positive and negative.

– This is a subject loaded, many have opinions and the majority think that lucia should be a woman. Many also think that it does not matter and that you have to be open to new ideas, but it goes too far when everything will become sexless, "says Johanna Toftby.