[Politics] Kleenex

[The Gem]

Simple:

This country has gone to the dogs.

(for equality)

This country has gone to the cats.

I hate this world I live in sometimes. I say to my youngest (15) I would hate to be your age today.

 

[Waynflete]

When will the feminists get their knickers in a twist about Mothercare?

Or, as that's named for women, that's fine?

Spot on! When it suits they'll get all uptight. If we now apply the same logic all us fathers should be enraged and demand they change the name. Outrageous gender stereotyping and perhaps even suggesting that across the board we play a lesser role in parenting and/or maybe we are rubbish at it.

Do you see my point? The above is the nonsense we could spout.

I completely agree. When my kids were young I would often find myself in Mothercare and it wasn't the most male friendly of places. It didn't bother me, I needed nappies and whatnot, not emotional reinforcement. But the logic is fair, if things can't include a suggestion of gender in the name, then they've got a rebranding to do.

Not to mention Personchester United and Personfield Town, among others...

Pretty certain feminists would agree with you on Mothercare, on the grounds that we shouldn't assume the main childcarer is always a woman. So you're feminists. Congratulations!

 

[ozzygull]

maybe they should call them Man Size Issues?

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Loose women have rejected changing their name.

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[Eric Youngs Contact Lense]

I haven't read the whole thread, but for those who think this is just PC gone mad, could it not be a simple re-branding exercise, not linked to political correctness at all? Market research simply might suggest that the brand strength lies in Kleenex, not "man-size" making the "man-size" superfluous, unnecessary in most cases, but a negative in some segments - there is value in changing the name. Simple marketing/branding decision. In Mothercare, the strength of the brand may lie in Mothercare, not because it is aimed at mothers, just that it is recognised as the place to go for baby stuff. That far outweighs the dissatisfaction with the inclusion of the word "mother" in the name. Not sure it is another example of the world gone mad?

 

[£1.99]

https://youtu.be/Doz5w2W-jAY

 

[Gabbafella]

Feminists. Bunch of *****.

 

[ozzygull]

Feminists. Bunch of *****.

And again! Probably nothing to do with feminist, but a marketing department looking to make a lot of people talking about their product. Well done! You have fallen for it.

 

[Sheebo]

When will the feminists get their knickers in a twist about Mothercare?

Or, as that's named for women, that's fine?

Excellent point. One I’m glad to say I hadn’t thought of until now... but excellent point. Aren’t men genetically a bigger build than women anyway - so man sized is fine?!

 

[Commander]

Excellent point. One I’m glad to say I hadn’t thought of until now... but excellent point. Aren’t men genetically a bigger build than women anyway - so man sized is fine?!

Have you seen the size of the average feminist?

 

[Sheebo]

Have you seen the size of the average feminist?

Sexist. Size-ist. And to think you were HCC educated

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I object to Mothering Sunday .. let's call it .... Parenting Sunday then we could call Father's day .... Parenting day.
we would only need one then, think of the saved expense of duplicating cards, There that's just saved 50% of wasted paper and cardboard as well.

You do realise women are also campaigning to get rid of Father's Day? Apparently it's offensive and upsetting for women with no man to have to explain to their children why they have no father around!!

 

[Westdene Wonder]

Oh FFS. Who are these people that complain about such things? Get a ****ing life.

And the meal is burning!!!!!

 

[METALMICKY]

Pretty certain feminists would agree with you on Mothercare, on the grounds that we shouldn't assume the main childcarer is always a woman. So you're feminists. Congratulations![/QUOTE

Can I assume you didn't carefully read my second paragraph?

 

[pastafarian]

You do realise women are also campaigning to get rid of Father's Day? Apparently it's offensive and upsetting for women with no man to have to explain to their children why they have no father around!!

You do realise the word womxn should be spelt womxn now.......get with the programme

"The museum was promoting a four-day event called Daylighting, which featured women's writing, art and ideas. In a tweet, the museum said it was using the spelling womxn because "we feel that it is important to create a space/venue that includes diverse perspectives".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45810709