This is why people are creeped out by Snag Tights

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Yes I find this amusing too.

In the UK it's cold for about half the year, a lot of tights sales to be made. And demographically, the vast majority of people buying them will be middle aged women purchasing for themselves and/or school-aged daughters. But some twonk in Marketing thinks they'll be tempted by toddler fetish imagery.

According to some people it's THE WORST.

Well, it's certainly got people talking about them, which I guess is the whole point of the exercise.

I am a first generation brown GC immigrant.

Men can wear dresses and tights and celebrate fetishes and big up their birthing bodies. And I can shop at a site that has women who look and dress like me.

Are snag targeting Bronies now?
Weird avenue to go down. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronies:_The_Extremely_Unexpected_Adult_Fans_of_My_Little_Pony

What do they want us to do about it? Or are we just to accept that we’re open to criticism by virtue of our sex and our age?

I think we're just to shut up and smile, tbh. Not sure.

Yep, first thing I thought when I saw the pic and commented upthread. I won't be surprised to see Furries making an appearance before long, either.

Sorry @bellinisurge I think my attempt at satire didn't work and am not sure what you mean about filling my boots (which are definitely not high heeled in any case)? I am in agreement with the majority in that the advert is grim and was just trying to annoy the mighty Adrian. I have no knowledge as to what said teacher does in her own time or her own home - my point was that Adrian was the one who brought in the trans argument and is therefore being transphobic by suggesting that all transwomen are fetishists whereas some are middle-class and middle-aged and even like to wear Boden. As far as I could tell the criticisms on here, all justified imho, were relating to the fetishist nature of the advert. Much to Adrian's dismay, I can cope with men wearing dresses and being GC.

Their advertising just makes me think they're not for people like me, so I don't buy them.

Did you just mis-gender a transwoman?

If you think that's what's going on here then you need to up your mess. They're clearly not working.

They are a hugely successful company. They do not NEED the business of, as PP said, middle age mums buying tights for themselves and their children.

There was an squally vile SNAG thread a few months back because they dared use a fat woman in lingerie.

Cry harder.

Intresting choice.

Did you think of a man who was pushed out of political power, not for allegations of being associated with blowing up people with car bombs, but for being associated with allegations of coveing up for child sex abuse?

PS the T-shirt should be factual and name the correct county, which would be the UK.

Where does their custom come from then? Where have you accessed a breakdown of their sales?

Really odd to see middle aged mum being used as a veiled insult on a parenting site.

I have brought SNAG from the beginning, when it was basically just black tights you could buy. They have expanded massively.

Their custom will come from mainly fat, young women with alternative fashion style who will be much more liberal in their political views.

Who's been using 'middle aged' as an insult? I thought I said 'middle class.' Mumsnet is mostly white, middle class 'mummies,' isn't it?

Much more liberal than who? Middle aged mums? I had no idea we all shared the same politic views by virtue of our age and sex.

More liberal than MOST people.

@HailAdrian oh so it’s just women you don’t like?

So @HailAdrian's inclusiveness just doesn't include middle-class white women. I get it now.

I'm not a mummy, I'm a mammy. Stop with the xenophobia.

I'm not sure what's taken more of a hiding this decade, the word woman or liberal?

I didn’t realise being middle class was something we could be insulted for either.