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A cartoon decal of environmentalist Greta Thunberg, which includes the logo of a Red Deer oil service company, has been widely condemned.

The decal depicts the 17-year-old Swedish activist in a sexually submissive position.

It乌鸦传媒檚 an image that is clearly rape, said Patricia Arango, executive director of the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre.

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She said no matter how old a person is, or who they are, this behaviour is never OK.

The decal features the logo of X-Site Energy Services, which has an office in Red Deer, and also works in northern Alberta and B.C.

A spokesman for X-Site Energy Services has told other sources that no one from the company had anything to do with the decal, and that an unknown third party posted it to Facebook. General manager Doug Sparrow declined comment on the matter when contact by the Advocate on Thursday.

Arango said she was alerted about the post Wednesday night, adding it shows the lack of respect in social media and the rape culture that exists in many big industries. When not much is done to stop it, it becomes normalized.

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Red Deer County resident Clayton MacIntyre, who contacted the newspaper about the Facebook post, called the image disgusting.

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He said the reaction to environmentalists is getting progressively worse, with some people in the oil industry taking a more aggressive stance.

MacIntyre said he used to work in the industry up north and is aware of the atmosphere, but not all workers condone such behaviour.

乌鸦传媒淪ome of my friends have seen it, and said it was not OK, and they乌鸦传媒檙e going to be rig pigs until the day they die. That乌鸦传媒檚 why people don乌鸦传媒檛 take Alberta seriously. They think we乌鸦传媒檙e a bunch of hillbilly rednecks running around with pipe wrenches. It乌鸦传媒檚 because people post stuff like that.乌鸦传媒�

Michelle Narang, of Rocky Mountain House, said she called the RCMP to report the decal as child pornography, after seeing it.

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Narang, who has two teenage daughters, said as soon as she saw the image, she sat down and cried.

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Alberta乌鸦传媒檚 minister for the status of women, Leela Aheer, called the graphic 乌鸦传媒渃ompletely deplorable, unacceptable and degrading.乌鸦传媒�

乌鸦传媒淭his is not what our province stands for. Whoever is responsible should be ashamed and apologize immediately. I stand with Albertans against this horrendous image,乌鸦传媒� she wrote on Twitter.

Premier Jason Kenney tweeted in response: 乌鸦传媒淭hank-you for denouncing this odious image and the message it sends.乌鸦传媒�

乌鸦传媒� with files from The Canadian Press

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