To be offended by these stickers on the back of a van?

[RosaMoline]

So I was on a day trip with a friend yesterday and this van was up ahead of us in the traffic.
I’m no prude, but I think these are really offensive (you may need to zoom in)
Is it even legal to drive around like this?

It's bad enough being out in public as a women a lot of the time, but now we have misogynists wallpapering their cars with messages telling us how little they respect us.

Porn has seeped into every day culture. I mean there's even a porn star martini on cocktails in bars. So I don't watch it but even I have heard of it.

Aren’t we supposed to be able to see out of our rear window.
So many stickers could be seen to be obstructing the drivers view.

As an aside we used to have an old jeep with a wheel on the back.
The wheel cover was of two bonking rhinos ( ps it was there when we bought it and someone knocked it on a day trip to Cheltenham😔)

Like this v

I just had to Google fake taxi

I thought it was a parent declaring they are like a taxi 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Vile. And for those playing it down, this is where it starts. The normalisation of misogyny, I mean. It ends in violence against women. That’s how rape culture works.

He could have saved a lot of space by just rolling them all into one sticker that said "Massive Bellend on Board".

Hard disagree there. I'm glad the OP posted this as there absolutely is a debate to be had about this and the trend towards men's becoming more and more comfortable with their misogyny, and mistreatment of women in general.

So yes, it really does offend me, especially as the mother of daughters. Sure, you could say at least he's showing us who he is, but how have we got to a place where he can be so bold and open about it? Women's safety relies a lot on the social contract, things like this erode/blur the lines of what is acceptable treatment. It's abhorrent and we should loudly repudiate and reject it, not because we're 'morally superior', but because of basic decency. Do you not see that?

On the other side of the coin, once saw a bumper sticker saying 'If you're riding me this hard, at least pull my hair' right next to one saying 'My kid is a Terrific Turtle at Local Elementary School'...

Many drivers can't see through their vehicles. It isn't a legal requirement.

I for one am not going to deny watching from time to time but with that said I do find this overt public signage unpleasant, unwanted and clearly offensive for some. If this is tolerated, where is the limit point? There's a time and place for everything which doesn't cause offence to others. lol :)

Same here.

The filthy minger has failed to maintain his brake lights.

After John Worboys why in the everloving fuck would you want that on your vehicle?! It's beyond tasteless. Sure, all the stickers are gross & I'd be livid if it were my son driving that van, but anything relating to dodgy taxis is beyond the pale for me.

As a thought experiment, how would any of the 'it's just bantz' feel if this van pulled up alongside you whilst you were walking alone at night? Or somewhere remote?

Why a middle aged man ? You get these types of misogynists in every age group!!

They look very vintage - Fat Willys and Fido Dido looks like 1995 down Newquay!

I can just imagine being stuck in traffic behind him and can almost hear my 6 yr old dd proudly reading out aloud all the stickers from the middle of the back seat 😂

At leat he’s very up front about being a dickhead and women will know to avoid.

Not much you can do about it other than ignore though.

Hilarious! That van makes me physically cringe, good god I pity that guy 🤣

Be grateful for the signal. You may have actually found a real life incel out in the wild.

This. Any female getting into that car must be blind.

Honestly I feel more pity than offence. The man who owns that vehicle is so steeped in toxic masculinity he has no idea who he is or what his potential is. He is so consumed by overwhelming feelings of inadequacy that he can only cope by putting on the kind of performative displays of "lad" culture that these stickers will be just a small part of. He will probably never have a genuinely fulfilled life because all the barriers between himself and honest existence will get in the way.

I don't know why he didn't just have a single sticker with "My penis is 2cm fully erect and I haven't got laid since 1995". Exactly the same message and wouldn't clog up so much of his rear windscreen.

a lot of these stickers date back from the 90s. pretty nostalgic to be honest - especially those of us who was partying in newquay as teenagers

That's a VW T4, an awesome van.

Owned by an utter weapon clearly.

@LuluBlakey1

because I'm an adult, I don't get upset by stickers.

bigger  to fry in the the 'upset' stakes than by some twat putting stickers in his car rear window.

@gould I didn't know it was a company. I thought it meant worse than that (hinting at pretending to be a taxi to pick up women & assaulting/raping them) so I'm somewhat relieved it's 'just' a porn site. Though maybe the content is about what I thought? I don't know & im not going to look to find out.