To think my local Mumnset site should not be supporting this rubbish?

[TwigTheWonderKid]

Am I suffering a sense of humour failure or is it utterly dispiriting that our local shopping centre (Centre Court in Wimbledon) is celebrating Mother's Day by holding a competition which includes these categories: Baking Mum, Sporty Mum, Beautiful Mum, Fashionable Mum, Glamorous Mum and Stressed Mum, and that the local Mumsnet site is involved and supporting this cliched, unimaginative, sexist rubbish.

Where do you stop op? There could be an endless number of categories for a competition in a friggin shopping centre!

I don't want to be 'functional' on Mother's Day thank you very much. Neither do I want to be 'brave mum' or 'hard-working mum' or 'inspiring mum'.

I work my socks off every day of the year being 'brave, inspiring, supportive, fixer-upper, intelligent, single-mother-of-3-with-no-financial-or-emotional-support'.

For one day, I'd love to be glamorous, sexy, cuddly, super, fashionable, beautiful.... because I'm not any of these things but just for one day I'd like someone to pretend that I am.

It would be a bit cringey to win most beautiful Mum tbh, - I mean, again.

There is an Ann Summers shop in Centre Court.

Sexy mum should be added to the categories then Savage

OP, don't be so miserable.

Hi

The whole idea is that it's a bit of lighthearted fun. We are supporting mums and families' recognition of them rather than gender-stereotypes.

The 'types' say more about the prizes on offer (which are very much the products marketed to celebrate Mother's Day) than anything else.

Kate
Local Editor Mumsnet Merton & Wimbledon

Best Feminist Mum
Best Whiskey Drinking Never Touches Naff Cocktails Mum
Best Doesn't Own A Single Pink Item Mum
Best Engineer (or insert other male dominated occupation) Mum
Best High Octane/Risky Hobby Mum
Best DIY Mum
Best Rejects All Traditional Ideas of Beauty in Order To Smash The Patriarchy Mum

I'd rather have a new vibrator than a bunch of daffs

I agree, it's patronising, cringe-inducing drivel.
You can have a beauty related prize for being a "brave mum" or a "strong mum" or a "DIY mum"
I think it's odd that you've let the prizes determine the categories.

Hhaha it is a bit lame and the categories are slightly odd considering how savvy people generally are on here but I'm not professionally offended by it.
It would be great to run an alternative competition here though, bet anonymous mumsnet could come up with some far more imaginative and realistic titles than this

'DIY Mum' would win the vibrator surely?

Hi

Just to flag up that although Mumsnet Merton & Wimbledon is promoting the campaign, we were not involved in conceptualising it or determining the categories (or prizes).

Kate

I think it's odd that you've let the prizes determine the categories.

Isn't that how these things normally go? You tailor the prizes to the competition, or vice versa, in an attempt to make sure potential entrants think it's worth bothering entering and the eventual winner isn't terribly disappointed.

I think not doing that could be far more offensive, ultimately.

Consider, for example, a Most Well-read Mum category. I read a lot, and I would definitely enter for a laugh if there were Waterstones or Amazon vouchers to be won. Sports gear vouchers? No chance! Make-up? Also no chance.

If I was in a bad mood, not only would I not enter but I'd see the implications of giving the winning voracious reader sportsgear vouchers or a make-up basket as quite poisonous.

Is a silly competition but it is mothers day so I cant see how it is sexiest unless mothers include fathers?

Sign me up for the Bus Nerd Mum category.

Who cares? Seriously moaning about this kind of stuff makes me go

at 'DIY' mum sparkling

Loosen up people. Do we have to be self-righteous and feminist all the time? -Can I have a day-off please?

Demonstrating assertiveness: ON SUNDAY I AM HAVING A DAY OFF FROM EVERYTHING - INCLUDING BEING THE PERFECT PERSON

Oh and before I get picked up on that - I'm not saying feminists are self-righteous...

What other clangers am I going to get picked up on today :(

Mother's Day will be a joy on MN no doubt. Could really do with an AIBU topic of its own.

What about Frugal Mum and her Everlasting Chicken?

Yes op why don't you start a campaign or petition.

frugalmum

I must say I really fancy the food processor and /or the ipod, so i might enter the competition. It is just a bit of fun, and I really don't know why people are getting their knickers in a twist about it

Have a glass of pink champagne and do some hoovering OP. You sound like the type who just suck the joy out of everything.

Twig were you secretly angling for us all to vote you Best Stressed Mum ie I'm so stressed at the stereotypical categories in this competition