Card retailer pulls novelty condom after Twitter users accuse them of body-shaming
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Version 0 of 1. A greetings card retailer has pulled a novelty condom after being criticised for sexism and body-shaming. The condom, on sale in high street card shop Cards Galore, featured an image resembling a toilet door sign on its packaging. The sign showed one female figure with the word ‘enter’ underneath it, and another fuller figure with the caption ‘do not enter’. Charlotte Marshall tweeted a photo of the condom to Cards Galore on Friday, who replied last night promising not to restock the product, and apologising for any offence caused. Hey @CardsGaloreUK, I know there are bigger issues going on today but how about stopping selling this? #bodyshaming pic.twitter.com/TqbSW3eHBq @CVMarsh Thank you for raising this. We are sorry to have offended so many. We take this VERY seriously & will not be restocking this item. Hundreds of Twitter users re-tweeted the picture and demanded that the card company stop selling the product. Cashing in on the 'lad' culture? A problem that has led to increased sexual violence against women. #findabetterjoke https://t.co/JqF2G7ETpK I donk think we will 'enter' your shop, website etc !! https://t.co/sEvxVuwtJr Eugh @CardsGaloreUK - offensive to overweight, slim...ALL women (enter?) & men who presumable u're targeting them at https://t.co/oVaFqeEwJZ One Twitter user also tweeted a picture of a card from the same shop which read ‘Even sluts deserve a nice birthday’ but Cards Galore said that this card had already been dropped from stores. @CardsGaloreUK @CVMarsh while you are at it Cards Galore, what about this one? pic.twitter.com/9V4NoeaE1N @sarahholstead @CVMarsh Old photo.Not reordered. |