Tesco's women's t shirt.

[Beaverhausen]

So doing a shop this morning I was walking past their women's clothing aisle and notice two t shirts prominantly displayed.

Nice material both white on one it said in bold red writing "fearless and feminine" the other it said "grateful".

Now I am no feminist and it takes a lot to offend me but those t shirts were a bit degrading to me, especially the grateful one as if to say the wearer would be grateful for anything.

Or am I over reacting?

I don't get it.

Grateful? That's a weird thing to put on a t shirt but hardly offensive.
Are you sure it wasn't graceful in a really swirly font?!

Nope it was grateful I double checked.

YABU

Grateful? FFS. Sounds horrible to me.

Who the hell would wear that?

They also have "the future is female" on a t-shirt. Looks like the designers were trying to get a feminist vibe with this range, but slightly missed the mark. Not sure what grateful is supposed to imply. Fearless and feminine is cheesy at best.

Maybe someone who counts their blessings?

It’s bizarre but hardly offensive.

Get a fabric felt-tip and add ‘dead’?

Perhaps it would work better in the cheese aisle?

#blessed was probably already out at Asda

Lo @iVampire.

Maybe they are just trying too hard.

What's wrong with being grateful? I think it's a lovely, healthy attitude to have. I'm sure everyone could compile a list of 5 things that they are grateful for. For example - a roof over your head, food in the cupboard, clean water to drink, your health, the health of your loved ones, the fact that you have loved ones, a nice hot bubble bath, a nice cold glass of wine, a brisk walk in the fresh air, cup of tea/coffee maybe with a pastry or slice of cake, getting an hour of peace to chill out with a good book or a favourite TV show ...

Everyone's list would be different of course, these are just examples of some things that some people would be grateful for

I'm not getting the issue with fearless and feminine. Why is that a bad message?

Grateful is weird though. Are you sure there wasn't something else on it, ie on the back or something?

Now, I'm no feminist

Really? You don't believe in equality? How odd.

But, it's irrelevant anyway. Objecting to a t shirt aimed at women that simply says, "Grateful" is not being a feminist...it's being ridiculous.

It might be weird but how on earth can anyone possibly view ‘grateful’ on a t-shirt as degrading?????

You're overreacting.

I think you're over reacting as I can't see anything wrong with either of them.

This one, saw it last week

I saw that too @drinkswineoutofamug, and thought:

"No, the future should be fucking equal."

now I'm no feminist

THIS is the bit that jumps out of your thread. How can you not be a feminist?! I'm intrigued by what people who say that think it means?!

Back to the less interesting point "grateful" is, I think, the softer version of "blessed"

"Fearless and feminine" is just weird

Not seeing the problem

Must be meant among the lines of #blessed. St like the 'the future is female' shirts it reads wrong without a context.

*"The softer version of 'blessed'"

One step away from"blessed fruit"? I bet gilead had a good line in slogan t shirts planned before they hit on the classify women's clothing by their purpose in life idea.