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SEAN CARNEY/ With 5 B&W Fotos/ After recent national elections added the most women to the legislature in the nation's history, the Public Affairs Party is pushing a 2011 calendar that features somewhat racy photos of its leading female members and is stirring controversy. There are 44 female members in the 200-person lower house of the parliament. "Women's political influence is growing. Why not show we are women who aren't afraid of being sexy?" says Marketa Reedova, a 42-year-old Prague city councilwoman now running for mayor who also appears in the calendar. "Czechs are open-minded." But human resource manager Zuzana Graczova believes the calendar women "should be presenting themselves by showing what they want to achieve, not by showing off their looks." (Foto of Katerina Klasnova)
