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Are Man sized tissues really sexist?

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Ilikeknitting · 18/10/2018 18:34

Or is the news that Kleenex, who have made ‘man sized’ tissues for 60 years bloody ridiculous?

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HappyPunky · 19/10/2018 06:55

Some men like that. Original source have three different types of mint shower gel.

AspieAndProud · 19/10/2018 00:17

Not sure about the wanking. Wouldn’t the menthol sting?

GulagsMyArse · 18/10/2018 23:59

yep, defo for wanking,

silentcrow · 18/10/2018 23:22

I'm not sure about sexist; it is rather silly and old-fashioned (and dear lord I'd never picked up the additional meaning!). Probably just needs an update to "extra-large" or something.

However, I think there are grounds to discuss pointlessly gendered products - we've all moaned about the price difference between men's and women's razors, you've no doubt laughed at Bic pens "for her", and of course there's Let Toys Be Toys. There's a good board on Pinterest that collates this sort of thing, it's morbidly fascinating and displays really good examples of the macho vs girly culture that's so prevalent now. pin.it/3gouwoxi4onsto

TheHarpySings · 18/10/2018 23:08

I thought they were for wanking too.

MagicMix · 18/10/2018 22:43

The snottiest member of our household is also the smallest - my 1 year old son. In my experience a baby can outdo any adult when it comes to mucous production. Though I see that 'baby size' would give quite the wrong impression.

borntobequiet · 18/10/2018 21:31

Lass! Some of those thoughts are not very (ahem) delicate!
But I like them.

LassWiADelicateAir · 18/10/2018 20:53

mobile.twitter.com/LisaMHancox/status/1049986428107726848

twattymctwatterson · 18/10/2018 20:46

I bet not one person has complained about "man sized" tissues

EggysMom · 18/10/2018 20:32

Who wastes 'half a tissue' if they buy the man-sized ones? I use an entire tissue ... perhaps I have a man-sized nose or get man-sized colds or have man-sized bogeys .... I'm not bothered, I'll just buy their extra large ones in future!

borntobequiet · 18/10/2018 20:04

Some years ago I thought - well what does fun size actually mean? (In the context of I think Mars bars.). That led me on to “man size” and the wanking realisation. I avoided further thoughts along these lines until now. Still confused by the fun bit.

Doobigetta · 18/10/2018 19:54

I can do more snot than any man, I guarantee it.

ChiaraRimini · 18/10/2018 19:51

JM&J I consider myself to have seen most thIngs but I had never thought man size= wanking tissue 

ferrier · 18/10/2018 19:51

I'm so innocent!

AssassinatedBeauty · 18/10/2018 19:39

"This sort of shit is why many people still don't identify with feminism. They don't want to be associated with the kind of person who complains about a bloody box of tissues"

I mean, do you have to drop all your affiliations and beliefs if one person who says they hold the same beliefs/affiliations does something you disagree with? It's a bit of a weird world view.

Women and feminists get judged extremely harshly for the actions of one individual women. It's obvious why. Don't fall for that kind of nonsense.

NothingOnTellyAgain · 18/10/2018 19:38

I also thought it was about wanking Grin

And have done for at least 30 years!

WomaninBoots · 18/10/2018 19:36

I, also, assumed they were for wanking. I still remember the dawning realisation mid-rant to a couple of male friends about how men don't have bigger noses do they? Grin

sar302 · 18/10/2018 19:35

Nope - my husband can produce more snot than any woman I've ever seen 😂

Micaela64 · 18/10/2018 19:35

This sort of shit is why many people still don't identify with feminism. They don't want to be associated with the kind of person who complains about a bloody box of tissues.

greyspottedgoose · 18/10/2018 19:34

It's absolutely stupid, are we renaming manhole covers next? When my contracts renewed will I be classed as a department womanager?

Shampaincharly · 18/10/2018 19:30

😁trading standards should have been involved years ago . They are definitely not the size or shape of a man ! Haha.

LassWiADelicateAir · 18/10/2018 19:27

Quite a few people were sceptical about the reading and analytical skils of the 4 year old.

AspieAndProud · 18/10/2018 19:23

Surely a 4 year old isn’t grown up enough to handle man sized tissues anyway?

This sounds like irresponsible parenting to me. Does she let him drink and smoke too?

AspieAndProud · 18/10/2018 19:20

If there were no man sized tissues what would they sneeze into when they have man flu?

LassWiADelicateAir · 18/10/2018 19:17

It is idiotic. Someone called Lisa Hancox seems to be claiming to have complained on the basis of conversation with her 4 year old son. She works for an ad agency but says it does not represent Kleenex.

Albeit it is a daft and pointless thing to say she is getting more of a hard time than she deserves on Twitter.

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