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List of businesses throwing women under the bus

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Porseb · 12/06/2020 07:31

I couldn't find a thread but seeing that BodyShop tweet to JK Rowling has me incensed and I'm fairly new to this so please can you list any other business that has thrown women under the bus in this whole TWAW issue.

I want to support businesses that recognise that women want to and can have safe spaces, they want their identity to remain (ie they continue to use the words girl, woman in their literature).

So far, from reading posts, I can see:
BodyShop
M&S
John Lewis
Waitrose

Thanks

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Lordfrontpaw · 12/06/2020 18:20

Its a list compilation - discussions are elsewhere i think.

Burgundy1844 · 12/06/2020 18:18

**That's women told. Again. Tedious.

Whataboutery 101.2**

No, just hoping you’d respond to the point and we could have a discussion, but that’s ok. I’ll leave you to compiling the list. Have a nice evening all Smile

Lordfrontpaw · 12/06/2020 18:17

I boycotted a store near to DS school because the woman told DS to 'give the change to your granny'. Now i know i was looking a bit ought that day!

PheasantPlucker1 · 12/06/2020 18:16

Primark.
Have male and female signs up but let anyone in.

PronounssheRa · 12/06/2020 18:16

Lordfrontpaw

Sounds like my mum, local spar circa 1985

Ninkanink · 12/06/2020 18:15

I boycott many companies. For many different reasons.

Lordfrontpaw · 12/06/2020 18:14

My mum had a row with the man who ran the local hardware store around 1974. She died in 2004 and refused to shop there ever again. None of us were allowed to shop there.

PurpleHoodie · 12/06/2020 18:12

That's women told. Again. Tedious.

Whataboutery 101.2

So. Back to the list.

Lordfrontpaw · 12/06/2020 18:11

@Burgundy1844

Will you be adding the hoards of companies with atrocious records on human rights, unsafe manufacturing practices, exploitation of vulnerable people, appalling environmental records etc too? No, thought not. I wonder how many of you are contributing to this thread using your smart phone, whilst intermittently ducking out to order something on Amazon Hmm
Ive been boycotting companies since the 80s. (those were the days). I am a right pain in the arse when it comes to this. You cant avoid them all but you can avoid a lot.
Burgundy1844 · 12/06/2020 18:10

@PurpleHoodie it’s not whataboutery it’s hypocrisy.

PurpleHoodie · 12/06/2020 18:10

The UK economy is down over 20% according to the ONS.

Businesses/producers NEED us women to spend money with them, now more than ever.

AbsintheFriends · 12/06/2020 18:09

Burgundy we do what we can to shop with businesses that don't shit on women.

You're right, misogyny runs deep and big companies can have shitty environmental credentials etc so it's not always a perfect science. But swerving the ones who actually advertise their loathing for women is pretty simple and a no-brainer for me.

It's good to know which brands those are so we can make informed choices.

Burgundy1844 · 12/06/2020 18:09

@bananbixfloof Just be careful that by selecting shops or suppliers with a particular record on trans matters doesn’t mean you inadvertently support businesses with questionable records on other matters. But it sounds like you do your research Smile

PheasantPlucker1 · 12/06/2020 18:09

Asda, making workers declare their pronouns on badges.

I dont want your life history. I want to know if you have flour.

PurpleHoodie · 12/06/2020 18:08

Banana Ssshhhh. Don't let the women near the computers. They might get ideas.

PronounssheRa · 12/06/2020 18:06

No need to worry on my behalf, I'm on sound ground.

PurpleHoodie · 12/06/2020 18:06

Good thing women hold the purse strings then, eh? Burgundy.

We get to choose which products to buy. I know.

Nice bit of 'whataboutery' from you there, too.

Bananabixfloof · 12/06/2020 18:05

@Burgundy1844

It’s amazing how many businesses you’re having to boycott. You’ll be running out of places to shop Grin
Uh no theres plenty of other places, even if every single big supermarket went woke, there are millions of small shops and farm shops that would enjoy our custom. Clothes can be bought from etsy/Ebay and the like. Other items like white goods and cars and furniture from many unwoke retailers. Houses well theres always a different estate agent should they also go woke. This is 2020 not 1950. The internet is a thing, we can research to our hearts content for non woke companies, or better still woman centric companies. Generally women do the buying of stuff cos its put on us as womens work. Therefore we can choose where to spend the money.
Burgundy1844 · 12/06/2020 18:03

Pronouns - local businesses are a sound bet as long as you can be sure where the products have come from. There are often horrors in the supply chain.

Burgundy1844 · 12/06/2020 18:01

@purplehoodie You’re right and with so much choice there are bound to be a few shops that are morally sound. Not really the ones you mention though.

PronounssheRa · 12/06/2020 18:01

Burgundy1844

Not really. It's been an interesting experience for me. I have been shopping more locally and using smaller independent businesses.

PurpleHoodie · 12/06/2020 17:55

Not really Burgundy. We live in Capitalist countries with lots of choice; not a North Korean rural Communist state with two shops.

Women overall mostly hold the financial purses (literally) when it comes to purchasing domestic goods. Food/clothes/furniture.

Women (due to Wifework) decide whether to shop at Sainsbury's or Tescos.

Burgundy1844 · 12/06/2020 17:55

Will you be adding the hoards of companies with atrocious records on human rights, unsafe manufacturing practices, exploitation of vulnerable people, appalling environmental records etc too? No, thought not. I wonder how many of you are contributing to this thread using your smart phone, whilst intermittently ducking out to order something on Amazon Hmm

Lordfrontpaw · 12/06/2020 17:54

@Burgundy1844

It’s amazing how many businesses you’re having to boycott. You’ll be running out of places to shop Grin
Nope - there are plenty places out there who don't shit on women.
Userzzz · 12/06/2020 17:51

**Claires - they have a little boy dressed up as a drag queen on their latest ad compaign which is awful for all sorts of reasons
Oh god, this gives me the rage! I'll never shop at Claire's again.

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