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Why, in this day and age...

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Guildenstern · 31/03/2011 18:18

...are David and Goliath selling a pink mobile phone cover emblazoned with the words 'I'm too pretty to do Maths'?

Here

My kids are too young for shopping as yet, which has probably made me totally oblivious to the amount of rubbish out there for girls. Is this sort of thing typical? Because if it is I am going to spend a lot of their childhood feeling very angry!

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yama · 31/03/2011 22:25

Have had a return email stating that I will get a response within 24 hours.

yama · 31/03/2011 22:21

I don't have a Littlewoods account but have emailed to complain anyway.

tribpot · 31/03/2011 22:17

I've emailed Littlewoods to ask how this is in line with their equality policy.

madwomanintheattic · 31/03/2011 22:15

[email protected]

on your marks - let's get this mysogynistic tat removed from sale.

EllieG · 31/03/2011 22:14

Just emailed Littlewoods - good idea AyeRobot. Am going to email David and Goliath tomorrow too.

LynetteScavo · 31/03/2011 22:12

Too pretty to do maths? You won't be able to get a job then will you love, and you'll have to spend the rest of your life shagging an ugly bloke to be able to afford your nail extensions.

everyspring · 31/03/2011 22:10

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EllieG · 31/03/2011 22:06

Oh. My. Fucking. God. Sorry for swearing but I can't quite believe that. My jaw dropped.

Sign me up for that tiger t-shirt HerbeX.

HerBeX · 31/03/2011 22:03

Listen guys there is a massive market out there for enraged mothers who want to buy their daughters clothes with good messages on them instead of shit messages.

Anyone got a sewing machine and a retail outlet? Or a friend who is good at sewing and needs a business working from home? She would make a fucking fortune.

My DD had a great t-shirt which said "Girls can change the World" I would've paid a couple of quid extra for that. No wonder Johnny Fucking Boden can charge zillions of squids for his clothes, at least his girls t-shirts don't say "I am fucking thick and destined to be a man's servant" on them.

Jeeeeesus H Christ.

tribpot · 31/03/2011 21:32

She also appears to be a cheerleader, suggesting the only maths she will need to know is 2-4-6-8 who do we appreciate? What complete bollocks.

AyeRobot · 31/03/2011 21:29

It actually says "Dumb Blonde" on the back too. Just in case you didn't get the message from the front image.

tribpot · 31/03/2011 21:23

What. The. Fuck.

I mean, really. What. The. Fuck. Born to Shop and all that crapola is one thing but this? Jesus.

AyeRobot · 31/03/2011 21:16

I think I'm approaching burn out with all of this stuff. It's fucking everywhere. Can I go back to just rolling my eyes and tutting?

I'm going to email them tomorrow. There is a contact us link on the page.

tigerchilli · 31/03/2011 20:54

OMFG. The more insidious manifestation of the backlash against women's liberation.

Even more enraged as I come from a family of several female chartered accountants including my aunt who has a 1st class honours in maths from Oxford.

MoChan · 31/03/2011 20:40

When I see stuff like that on sale, I complain to the company selling it. I am sure they write me off as some mentalist or other, but I do it, anyway, in hopes that someone else will complain too, and make them think about it.

And yes, OP, I am continually ENRAGED and my dd is not yet 4. Worried about my blood pressure.

everyspring · 31/03/2011 19:52

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FlamingoBingo · 31/03/2011 19:35

Oh FFS!

OP, as a mum of four girls, I'm afraid I have to break it to you that you indeed spend a lot of their childhood angry because of things like this!

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 31/03/2011 19:28

omfg!

is this sort of thing typical - well, not this exactly, but finding stuff that makes you want to explode is.

yes you will spend a lot of their childhood being angry. Well, I do, anyway.

thanks for the link, I've told dh, he's involved in a committee for getting more women into mathematics, I expect the whole committee will sit around the table and weep.

southeastastra · 31/03/2011 18:30

wow that is shitola