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Looking for kids letter to Santa and found this

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ExchangedCat · 23/11/2019 11:51

I'm not going mad, am I? This isn't ok, is it?

Amidst the list of Santa letter kits on Amazon this appeared. Either I need to give my head a wobble or things are just continuing to get worse for women. The suggested recipient list included wife, girlfriend, sister, aunt, cousin.

Help me make sense of why I feel so angry about this

Looking for kids letter to Santa and found this
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BernardBlacksWineIceLolly · 23/11/2019 13:54

what the fuck?

why would anyone even think that, let alone put it on a fucking christmas card?

It's not funny, it's not edgy, it's just fucking sexist. the picture may as well be of Jim Davidson giving 2 thumbs up

CupoTeap · 23/11/2019 13:51

🤮😤

TooLateThePhalarope · 23/11/2019 13:49

It's vile, but why do you need a commercially produced letter to send to Santa?

PrettyShiningPeople · 23/11/2019 12:22

I can’t even think who would buy that!

They could have come up with a better illustration at least.

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ExchangedCat · 23/11/2019 12:20

I'm surprised how angry I feel, actually. Probably because I was sat next to DS (thank goodness he's not reading yet) and felt incensed that at some point whomever created that card thought it'd be ok for him to send it to any of the women in his life

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ExchangedCat · 23/11/2019 12:18

Thanks all. Yes, I think the combination of misogyny and mad ideas about policing women's body hair, all turning up in the Santa letter section was just my wtf moment for today

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HorseWithNoFucksToGive · 23/11/2019 12:16

I bet there isn't an equivalent card for men and their pubes where the suggested recipient list included husband, boyfriend, brother, Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

That's how you can be sure it's sexist and that's why OP is right to feel so angry.

PeterRouseTheFleshofMankind · 23/11/2019 12:04

@Hopingtobeamum do you not think it's a tad misogynistic?

Why would one be on the 'naughty list' for having a hairy fanny?

Hopingtobeamum · 23/11/2019 12:02

But agree it's absolutely the wrong place for this to be appearing. It's funny but no way should kids see this. Absolutely wrong. There's a time and a place and that isn't it

LangCleg · 23/11/2019 12:01

JFC.

Hopingtobeamum · 23/11/2019 12:01

😂😂😂 PMSL

CranberriesChoccy · 23/11/2019 11:56

I've encountered so many people over the years across several forums who think hair in genital area = bad hygiene. Ignorance, social conditioning and exposure to porn is probably at the root. I assume they must also shave their head and eyebrows if hair is inherently dirty.

PeterRouseTheFleshofMankind · 23/11/2019 11:54

Oh God that's horrible!

SonEtLumiere · 23/11/2019 11:52

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