The fiercest debate in Denmark at the moment is over John Dillermand, the protagonist of a children's TV show, which airs on DR, the Danish public service radio and television company.
John Dillermand has a giant penis. In fact, he is so extraordinary that he can carry out rescue operations, paint, raise a flag or steal ice cream for children. The program targets 4-8 year olds and the fact that at the center is a man with the longest penis in the world who exhibits the challenges of living with such a genital organ, is debatable.
John Dillermand has tried to debate what a children's show should and should not contain. Critics say such a show has no message for children. "Is this really the message we want to send to children as we are in the middle of a big #MeToo wave?" Wrote Danish writer Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensen.
The product came just months after TV presenter Sofie Linde launched the #MeToo movement in Denmark.
Erla Heinesen Højsted, a clinical psychologist who works with families and children, said she believes opponents of the show are thinking too much of it. "John Dillermand talks to children and shares their way of thinking - and for children they see the genitals as something hilarious. The play depicts an impulsive and not always in control person who makes mistakes - as children do, but what most importantly, Dillermand always does the right thing in the end.He is responsible for his actions.When a woman on the show tells him he should keep his penis in his pants, for example, he listens.He is responsible. "
DR responded to recent criticism by saying that he could just as easily have made a program "for a woman out of control over her vagina" and that the most important thing was for the children to enjoy John Dillermand.
