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I’m trying to understand why someone would make or wear these.

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OnlyJoking1 · 07/11/2020 12:56

YABU because, Yes Daddy is a catch phrase or something that I’ve missed? And not at all offensive.

YANBU
To complain to amazon to get rid of the whole yes daddy range.

I’m trying to understand why someone would make or wear these.
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Italiangreyhound · 07/11/2020 19:59

Sorry nicegerbil I think I misunderstood your post.

Any way, I do think whatever womem are telling eachother on an anonymous forum is nothing like the power men are exercising over womem and girls.

NiceGerbil · 07/11/2020 20:04

No but it backs it up.

The men and boys can say well look all those other women and girls it's completely standard so why are you making a fuss etc

And the women and girls consume a message that while they're feeling is no thanks, lots of other women and girls say it's aok, lots of fun, and if you're not keen you essentially don't like sex/ aren't sexy/are v old fashioned etc

So it all adds together really.

MrsMariaReynolds · 07/11/2020 20:06

It’s an American thing, isn’t it? V common to call your husband, etc Daddy.

Oh, ffs. Not everything unsavoury can be blamed as "American"

switswooo · 07/11/2020 20:10

Who said it’s unsavoury in the US? In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, even the wife calls the husband ‘Big Daddy’. Not remotely unsavoury in that film/play.

Italiangreyhound · 07/11/2020 20:20

NiceGerbil

"No but it backs it up.

The men and boys can say well look all those other women and girls it's completely standard so why are you making a fuss etc

And the women and girls consume a message that while they're feeling is no thanks, lots of other women and girls say it's aok, lots of fun, and if you're not keen you essentially don't like sex/ aren't sexy/are v old fashioned etc

So it all adds together really."

Oh OK, I totally see what you mean and totally agree. Sorry, I was confused!

Yes, women can't coerce via the internet but they can normalize things which I feel are not helpful or healthy.

So yes I agree. Sorry I think I am being a bit slow tonight!

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LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 07/11/2020 21:26

Proper creepy. It's a no from me.

Maduixa · 07/11/2020 22:27

I don’t think it’s primarily or predominantly American - wasn’t one of the leaders of the Rochdale child grooming/rape gang called Daddy?

More generally, various forms of “father” (and somehow far less frequently “mother”) are used to indicate someone who is in charge or has power - like boss, chief, captain, etc. IME, Mami and Papi are used in (US) Spanish speaking communities but it’s not specifically sexual - more the way people address unrelated adults as aunt or uncle in many cultures. Not surprising that all of this spills over into sex lives, as many things do.

I don’t think the OP or anyone else here is suggesting getting a court order to obtain sales records and publicly shame the buyers of Yes Daddy products, nor to show up at their doors and confiscate their undergarments. The issue is with the ad campaign, and that’s fair game.

If someone were running a campaign on Amazon using cultural tropes to denigrate a systemically disadvantaged racial or ethnic or religious group rather than a systemically marginalized and exploited sex, I suspect there would be less resistance to the idea of raising a concern/making a complaint.

OnlyJoking1 · 08/11/2020 01:06

Sorry I did mean to come back sooner.
The fact that they were women’s sizes seems gross to me, it’s looks like They are Glorifying incest to me.
I won’t be bothering signing up to fetlife.

This stuff should be stopped and challenged, obviously only if you feel safe doing so.

These tee shirts start at age three
www.amazon.co.uk/Hippowarehouse-Childrens-Short-Sleeve-t-Shirt/dp/B075VBJ8YG/ref=cs_sr_dp_3?tag=mumsnetforu03-21[dchild=1&keywords=Suck%2Bit%2Band%2Bsee%2Btee%2Bshirt&qid=1604796510&refinements=p_n_target_audience_browse-bin%3A1836995031&rnid=1836992031&s=clothing&sr=1-1&th=1&psc=1]

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NiceGerbil · 08/11/2020 03:03

I just maybe remembered something but it was a long time ago so may be iffy.

Probably not a post to read for the posters on the thread who have said they experienced incest.

When I was young I watched... Mona Lisa? Or a TV series with a similar theme. And the woman agreed against her better judgement to do an s& m thing because she needed the money. He said the safe word was daddy.

And he totally brutalised her and she was desperately saying daddy daddy. Please stop. Daddy. Please don't. Daddy daddy etc.

That would have been in the 80s maybe but I still remember it, it was so upsetting.

That was the first time as a ? teen girl I had heard of safe words etc. It was clear that was the reason he chose that safe word. It wasn't too explicit as things weren't back then but I remember her looking in the mirror after at her beaten face etc.

I could be misremembering. But I think that seeing that young maybe has effected how I view this in terms of harmlessness etc.

I still don't think that anyone has really engaged with the two women who were sexually abused and said this, fashion? Affected them quite badly.

NiceGerbil · 08/11/2020 03:04

What does that t-shirt even mean op? I don't get it on any level.

OnlyJoking1 · 08/11/2020 11:41

I’m glad to see that others find it disgusting too.

This tee shirt is from age 3 up, I find this offensive too.

I’m trying to understand why someone would make or wear these.
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DrCoconut · 08/11/2020 15:06

I actually think baby in a sex/partner context is at best cringey and at worst a bit creepy.

Historydweeb · 08/11/2020 15:08

Normalizing incest. Each day we stray further and further from the light 🤢

BubblyBarbara · 08/11/2020 17:49

You’re ridiculous. Next you’ll be arguing if you were called “duck” or referred to as a bird during sex it’s normalising bestiality Grin

donquixotedelamancha · 08/11/2020 18:25

Next you’ll be arguing if you were called “duck” or referred to as a bird during sex it’s normalising bestiality

My best mate calls me petal. I've just gone NC- thank goodness MN made me realise it was normalising dendrophilia.

NiceGerbil · 08/11/2020 22:01

Do people say in breathless excitement 'fuck me, duck' in any kind of significant numbers Grin

NiceGerbil · 08/11/2020 22:02

If so. You could make lots of money making pants with the slogan on, sounds like an opportunity!

Ducks are really awful when it comes to sex iirc so on the other hand, yerk Shock

ReneeRol · 08/11/2020 23:43

They look tacky and you don't like them so don't buy them. I'll never understand this puritanical obsession some people have with trying to ban everybody else from things they don't like.

OnlyJoking1 · 11/11/2020 18:49

Funnily enough we could sell some in our online shop
—there— —seem— —to— —be— —enough— —weirdos— —who—
—want— —to— —buy—, along with all our 50 shades tee shirts.

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