Too silly

Yes, I know I’ve already had one turn today but some things just have to be said. What’s wrong with this sign in Hamley’s toy store?

It is ‘guilty of gender-apartheid’, allegedly.  Which means you can’t identify a toy as suitable for or likely to appeal to a boy or a girl! So Hamleys, bless their unisex cotton socks, have changed their signs (oh, sorry ‘signage’, woo-oo) to categorise toys by type only.

Personally I’d be happy if they’d changed them to say ‘ boys and junior dykes’ and ‘girls and latent poofters’. How about you?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8952627/Toy-signs-changed-after-Hamleys-accused-of-sexism.html

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Author: Janus

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3 thoughts on “Too silly”

  1. Oh dear, I’ve just been buying baby presents in John Lewis and they too have this Boy/Girl split. Why shouldn’t the little fellows have frilly dresses and sparkly cardigans? Could be because someone with a modicum of common sense refused to let the “equality commissar” in to the store?

  2. I haven’t visited Hamley’s since I was nine. I loved it, but I didn’t notice any pink stuff. Of course I may just have been taken to the appropriate department, probably boys, thinking about my choices, but how sad.

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