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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Looking for kids letter to Santa and found this

89 replies

ExchangedCat · 23/11/2019 11:51

I'm not going mad, am I? This isn't ok, is it?

Amidst the list of Santa letter kits on Amazon this appeared. Either I need to give my head a wobble or things are just continuing to get worse for women. The suggested recipient list included wife, girlfriend, sister, aunt, cousin.

Help me make sense of why I feel so angry about this

Looking for kids letter to Santa and found this
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ExchangedCat · 24/11/2019 13:36

I have no idea why it came up - one reason why I was so shocked. It was on the first page of results. I think I typed 'Letter to Santa' and the other results I got were all kits with two letters/stickers/multiples of Santa paper all for kids and just this in the middle

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ShesDressedInBlackAgain · 24/11/2019 14:14

Yeah it's not funny. You'd have to seriously contort yourself to find it so.

TooLateThePhalarope · 24/11/2019 14:20

I didn't find any of their cards funny. They are aggressive and crude.

CFlemingSmith · 24/11/2019 14:21

Oh for gods sake, i find it funny, and know a few friends who I would buy it for who would find it funny. Just because it's not your sense of humour. Stop looking for things to be so sensitive about

user1480880826 · 24/11/2019 14:24

Why is it funny @Hopingtobeamum?

It’s vile.

Helmetbymidnight · 24/11/2019 14:26

urgh, its a stupid card for stupid people.

CFlemingSmith · 24/11/2019 14:58

It's funny...
Along the same lines that cards joking about bald men are funny. The same way there are lots of cards relating to men drinking beer. Cards of women shopping. Cards of men in sheds. Cards of babies crying. Pink cards for girls. Blue cards for boys.

These are all stereotypes, but don't see you moaning about those?

Fraggling · 24/11/2019 15:00

Blue cards for boys
Cards about drinking for men
Cards telling girls and women they are bad if they don't remove all the hair from their pubic region

Yep that's the same alright

Fraggling · 24/11/2019 15:01

2 people think op lying

Interesting

CFlemingSmith · 24/11/2019 15:08

Curious to see whether the people who find this offensive are also offended by the aftershave/gym adverts with perfectly groomed men who have no hair in sight/perfect body etc?

Fraggling · 24/11/2019 15:10

Do they show men with no pubes on aftershave adverts ?

That's going to smart Shock

HorseWithNoFucksToGive · 24/11/2019 15:11

...Pink cards for girls. Blue cards for boys.* These are all stereotypes, but don't see you moaning about those?*

(Duelling banjos background music):

I'm a-guessin' you ain't from round these parts?

Stick around a bit and you'll find out exactly what the folk here think of them thar stereo-types.

ExchangedCat · 24/11/2019 15:13

Fraggling it's the internet and none of us can prove anything. At the end if the day though their lack of belief doesn't change what happened and thus my posting about it

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Fraggling · 24/11/2019 15:15

It's a bit weird though

To imagine that someone would make something so trivial up is bizarre

I mean yes some people are weird but it does seem excessively paranoid to think oh yes this is obvious bollocks!

ExchangedCat · 24/11/2019 15:19

I know. I genuinely wish I had the sort of time on my hands that I could devote to writing fiction.

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TooLateThePhalarope · 24/11/2019 15:19

What is your point Fraggling?

I didn't say the OP is lying. I said the search results were extremely surprising.

There are a couple of posts expressing concern that children might see this on Amazon. I don't know what algorithms the OP's search used but none of the searches I used brought up anything like this card. Try a search yourself on Amazon using "Letter to Santa" and see what you find.

Fraggling · 24/11/2019 15:22

Ah ok cool you don't think she's lying.

BrandNewFather · 24/11/2019 15:30

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CFlemingSmith · 24/11/2019 15:31

BrandNewFather
If that's the case then that's crazy!

Fraggling · 24/11/2019 15:33

Ah another one who thinks the op is a liar

And why the weird reference to op dying? I assume you didn't mean that to sound like a threat but it does, can you see that? What prompted that? It's not a standard turn off phrase.

Women saying things are sexist really brings out the worst in some people doesn't it Confused

Fraggling · 24/11/2019 15:33

Turn of phrase

Fraggling · 24/11/2019 15:34

Ah now there is agreement that op is probably lying,

Is crazy,

And doesn't have much time left on this earth

GrinGrinGrin

You lot are really over reacting, why has this made you so emotional? It's very odd.

NotTonightJosepheen · 24/11/2019 15:36

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TooLateThePhalarope · 24/11/2019 15:38

Fraggling

Ah another one who thinks the op is a liar

I haven't said she is a liar. I said the search result was extremely surprising but I don't think the posters who were worried their children might find this material have much to worry about.

Try the Amazon search yourself. The OP might need to clear out cookies and browsing history to avoid what should be an innocent search term generating this result in the future.

CFlemingSmith · 24/11/2019 15:38

NotTonightJosepheen
Please can you direct me to that thread? Sounds a good read