Kleenex Mansize is sexist. FFS

emeldc

Ah lads, when will all this sh1t end.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/kleenex-drops-mansize-branding-from-tissue-boxes-after-complaints-sexism

emeldc

emeldc wrote: »

Ah lads, when will all this sh1t end.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/kleenex-drops-mansize-branding-from-tissue-boxes-after-complaints-sexism

Ban 'queen size' beds, we're being subjugated on a daily basis by Lizzy.

jacksie66

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alchemist33

On average, men are bigger than women. Which suggests that on average they produce more snot. I'm not seeing a problem with "mansize" tissues

DEFTLEFTHAND

Why don't they go after Insurance4Women.ie?

major bill

Getting the impression companies are doing this for the free publicity!! why else would a company the size of Kleenex listen to this drivel!

Inviere

jacksie66 wrote: »

Soon Man trucks will be sexist. Man United will be sexist. The city of Manchester will be sexist. **** it, even Neil Armstrongs speech on the moon will be regarded as sexist. Its all a big cluster fcuk..

I heard they're taking the 'men' out of the word menstrual soon too...

ancapailldorcha

emeldc wrote: »

Ah lads, when will all this sh1t end.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/kleenex-drops-mansize-branding-from-tissue-boxes-after-complaints-sexism

When people stop starting daft threads and reacting to it?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Inviere wrote: »

I heard they're taking the 'men' out of the word menstrual soon too...

Isn't the men part a variation of the Greek word for month.

Honestly I know you're only joking but nothing would surprise me these days. :P

Try_harder

Kleenex see opportunity for free publicity

orourkeda1977

Wy dont we call it "moany feministex".

At least that would make it accurate.

On a serious note. This sh1t needs to end

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KTImxLnffY

-Look, people will think we spend the whole time ****.
-Don't be ridiculous, they're for wiping up mess.
-Yeah, man mess.
-That's why they're mansize.
-They're for men - men's noses, big manly snot.

Shenshen

I agree, I always felt it offensive that Kleenex suggests men would be such snotty monsters that they'd require massively outsized tissues just to keep up. Highly insulting thing to suggest about men.

SharpshooterTom

The world is increasingly becoming left wing, and business are reacting accordingly.

Colin Kaepernick being the main face of Nike is proof of where companies know where the money is being made.

I do think a far left style revolution is coming, right wing politics is dying out, Trump and Brexit being the last gasps of it. Businesses long term know whats coming and they have to move left.

Harry Palmr

My Mansize is sexy.

emeldc

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

When people stop starting daft threads and reacting to it?

You're right. Don't forget to turn off the lights on your way out so.

B0jangles

Getting into a horrendous tizzy because a tissue is being rebranded?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6N5lv3SJMA

Cat = AH regular
Cucumber = anything which could possibly be considered left-wing, feminist or PEECEEE

megaten

emeldc wrote: »

Ah lads, when will all this sh1t end.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/kleenex-drops-mansize-branding-from-tissue-boxes-after-complaints-sexism

When you stop making crap threads about it.

Yer Da sells Avon

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

I do think a far left style revolution is coming, right wing politics is dying out, Trump and Brexit being the last gasps of it.

Pass me the Kleenex, I've just come.

Women’s own magazine is going to change??

Yer Da sells Avon

Zander Happy Fencing wrote: »

Women’s own magazine is going to change??

Yes, and apparently the town of Scunthorpe in England is changing its name to 'Shorpe'.

0cp71eyxkb94qf

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wexie

Guess we better start stocking up on Yorkies and McCoys before they're gone as well.

Scott Tenorman

I'm off to protest outside Mothercare, who's with me? :pac:

Outlaw Pete

They only hire female lapdancers in Lapellos. 17 CVs I've had sent back.

wexie

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

They only hire female lapdancers in Lapellos. 17 CVs I've had sent back.

that's outrageous, you should start a hashtag campaign

Can we man king size bedding also

But FFS this has gone to far now

Hotblack Desiato

alchemist33 wrote: »

On average, men are bigger than women. Which suggests that on average they produce more snot.

That's not what they're really for. I'll tell you when you're older.

AudreyHepburn

Maybe we should just ban any words at all that have remotely male connotation?

Complete madness to be honest. When will women that not every man related phrase/saying/word etc is an attempt to be sexist?

wexie

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Maybe we should just ban any words at all that have remotely male connotation?

Complete madness to be honest. When will women womxn that not every man related phrase/saying/word etc is an attempt to be sexist?

FYP, please mind your privilege (or whatever the loonies say these days)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=womxn

:rolleyes:

AudreyHepburn

wexie wrote: »

FYP, please mind your privilege (or whatever the loonies say these days)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=womxn

:rolleyes:

Oh dear god no - I might have offended the Feminazis! 😉

Sometimes I worry for my gender.

wexie

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Sometimes I worry for my gender.

Can't say that either cause it's offensive to transgender, intersex and non binary people

RWCNT

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

The world is increasingly becoming left wing, and business are reacting accordingly.

Colin Kaepernick being the main face of Nike is proof of where companies know where the money is being made.

I do think a far left style revolution is coming, right wing politics is dying out, Trump and Brexit being the last gasps of it. Businesses long term know whats coming and they have to move left.

I'm a proud regressive leftist myself, and we are definitely entering the era of "woke capitalism" with corporate giants paying lip service to leftist ideals for that $$$. Maybe I'm a bit cynical but I can't imagine a company like Nike with its vast amounts of sweatshop labour really giving a **** about the struggles of people of colour.

Im not sure if I agree with you about the world becoming more left wing, I can see where you're coming from but there's been a surge in popularity for a lot of wing right parties across Europe and parts of South America in recent years.

wexie

RWCNT wrote: »

Maybe I'm a bit cynical but I can't imagine a company like Nike with its vast amounts of sweatshop labour really giving a **** about the struggles of people of colour.

course they bloody don't.

But, that doesn't mean they don't know very well which demographics they need to rub the right way to keep the turnovers healthy.

(you're not cynical, well you may be but not in thinking this)

pickarooney

Mrs. Hancox complaining about Kleenex for men.

Because Hancox sounds like hand and cock and because Kleenex is somewhat synonymous with masturbation.

RWCNT

pickarooney wrote: »

Because Hancox sounds like hand and cock and because Kleenex is somewhat synonymous with masturbation.

Thats why they're called Mansize right?

MetzgerMeister

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Isn't the men part a variation of the Greek word for month.

In that case couldn't "mansize" mean there's enough tissue in the box to last a month? :pac:

Grayson

wexie wrote: »

Can't say that either cause it's offensive to transgender, intersex and non binary people

I googled it and pretty much the only reference material for it is urban dictionary.

I did find this though
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/10/wellcome-collection-excoriated-over-term-womxn-promotional-material

And it's the "lefties" who were complaining about it because it's stupid.

This is my favourite bit

The Twitter user Sam Baxter asked: “Who exactly is this meant to include? Trans women call themselves women, non-binary people don’t call themselves women at all. The only thing that comes to mind is that this could be to include both ‘woman’ and ‘women’, which implies there are women who identify as plurals.”

ok, so I went to page 2 of the google search (that's how dedicated I am ) and found this.

https://medium.com/@knottyvibescompany/intersectional-feminism-101-what-is-womxn-36c0a3140126

wexie

Grayson wrote: »

ok, so I went to page 2 of the google search (that's how dedicated I am ) and found this.

https://medium.com/@knottyvibescompany/intersectional-feminism-101-what-is-womxn-36c0a3140126

Oh god.....micro aggressions.....:(

however even as micro-aggressions work to subtly enforce racist ideals and tendencies among individuals, the word ‘women’ subtly enforces the concept that womxn are second to men. because it could be a new word, transfer it up in conversation can even result in opportunities to open a discourse concerning the barriers womxn face and have encountered globally for years.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

It’s ridiculous but at the same time, the name ‘mansize’ always perplexed me.

Vincent Vega

jacksie66 wrote: »

Soon Man trucks will be sexist. Man United will be sexist. The city of Manchester will be sexist. **** it, even Neil Armstrongs speech on the moon will be regarded as sexist. Its all a big cluster fcuk..

'Manchester to be renamed Personchester after sexism complaints'

wexie

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

It’s ridiculous but at the same time, the name ‘mansize’ always perplexed me.

I can only imagine that McCoys are going to have to change their marketing....

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=man+crisps

EDIT : looks like somebody has already started a petition.....

https://www.change.org/p/mccoy-s-kp-snacks-remove-their-label-of-man-crisp-and-also-all-advertising-behind-it

Pac1Man

https://twitter.com/LisaMHancox/status/1049986428107726848

Stop talking sh1te Lisa. At 4 years of age I was finding out the limit of Stretch Armstrong's flexibility and trying to figure out if I had two or three testicles.

No chance yours is pondering the values of product labelling.

whiskeyman

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

It’s ridiculous but at the same time, the name ‘mansize’ always perplexed me.

Tissues were originally marketed to ladies.
They wanted to expand to selling to men, so sold larger 'man size'.
This was back in the pre snowflake days when men could be men, and women could be women...

AllForIt

Call me cynical but I wouldn't be surprised that this is all self promotion and its' working.

I was in Supervale today and I noticed they have their own brand of mansized tissues not on the shelf but prominently displayed on it's own. I think they are taking advantage of all this promotion.

milehip

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

emeldc wrote: »

Ah lads, when will all this sh1t end.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/kleenex-drops-mansize-branding-from-tissue-boxes-after-complaints-sexism

When people stop starting daft threads and reacting to it?

Yes let's just ignore this nonsense and hope it goes away,good plan.

blinding

I always get an extra twitch masturbating into a Man Sized Kleenex .

Will I be due compensation for the loss of that extra perspiration ?

ConnyMcDavid

This is a marketing ploy by Kleenex. The woman who first brought this issue to light works in marketing. companies don't just reply to one tweet and say they are changing this and that.

blinding

ConnyMcDavid wrote: »

This is a marketing ploy by Kleenex. The woman who first brought this issue to light works in marketing. companies don't just reply to one tweet and say they are changing this and that.

I think they are winding this up but I am still very upset . Pass the Klee.....

Hercule Poirot

I'm campaigning outside Penney's tomorrow, they have a MENSwear and a LADIESwear department - I am offended by these labels! I shouldn't have to go to a ladies department to get my dresses! Blah blah blah, rabble rabble....

Pac1Man

whiskeyman wrote: »

This was back in the pre snowflake days when men could be men, and women could be women...

*staring intensly into the fire*

Ah yes, I remember those days.