Have I hit peak feminist or am I reading too much into this

[NothingOnTellyAgain]

In paperchase today I was browsing with DD (8) who liked some notepads (obviously aimed to appeal to the girl / teen girl market).

I looked at the display and as a bit .

There were 3 designs,
1 an avocado (ok - unless I am missing something)
1 an aubergine (widely accepted text speak for penis)
1 a peach (widely accepted to refer to bums, and drawn like a bum really, and with a heart stamped on one cheek so it looked like an arse tattoed with a heart)

Are they doing this on purpose? It seems really odd. Lots of people (mums and kids) might not realise especially with the dick one.

Someone did a thread the other day about girls tshirts with cherries on as well.

It's deliberate isn't it. Why do they do this? Any ideas?

They gave a very non response:

"Thank you for contacting Paperchase Customer Services.

Please accept our sincerest apologies for the delay in getting back to you on your query. We are currently experiencing increased volumes in customer messages, which have unfortunately affected our response times, but please be assured that your query is no less important to us.

Firstly, we would like to extend our sincere apologies to you for the negative experience your daughter and yourself had when you visited one of our stores.

We would like to assure you we never wish to cause any offence or concern with any of our products. Emoji icons are a popular trend at the moment and something that has resonated with a lot of our customers, therefore we felt that the range was a fun addition to our collection but we hope there is plenty of variety on offer should these not be to everyone’s tastes. We will certainly pass your comments to our buyers as they are always eager to hear any feedback on the popularity and performance of our products whether it be good or bad.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to give us feedback on the matter which of course has been passed to our buyers however if you do wish to discuss the matter further, please do not hesitate to get back in touch with us and we will be happy to help. "

At least they replied?
I wasn't so much offended as totally flummoxed! And thanking god that I knew aubergine meant Cock (DH might have bought it for her, he had no idea!).

Oh for goodness sake!
Talk about failing to process your concern.

The avocado isn't sexual it's just trendy as it's a millennial 'thing'. The other two are sexual, last time I checked paperchase isn't strictly a children's store so some cheeky innuendo is ok

And yes they're just emojis

Yes we've covered all that earlier in teh thread lemony!

So you'd send your 12yo DD off to the library with a pencil case with an aubergine on it no worries? You don't think that would potentially invite some erm interesting approaches?

Avocado emoji does mean fanny. I see the offending article is now half price.

OR a massive amount of piss taking at school? With all the boys laughing in her face because her pencil case says "Dick" on it?
(Is aubergine representative of an erect penis? O just a penis?)

Erect I think it means.

yes definitely some interesting approaches at the library