Another brand to avoid (sigh)

[AbsintheFriends]

I'm making a big effort to cut down on plastic and use more eco friendly products at home. Bought some Method washing up liquid and really liked the scent (peach) so thought I'd look at their website to see if I could buy a big refill pouch or something.

methodproducts.co.uk

Think I'll look elsewhere.

I know it's ridiculous but I'm really irked by this. Perhaps it's because I've been following the 'is it acceptable to hire a cleaner' debate here and on twitter, and am more acutely aware that cleaning is the shitwork that falls overwhelmingly to women, but here is a company that sells cleaning products bigging up men aping women in the most exaggerated, sexualised way, when the last facet of womanhood that drag queens seek to embrace is the toilet-cleaning, floor-scrubbing part. (And who the fuck is bothered about looking sexy and 'fabulous' while doing those things?) Apparently they want to 'challenge toxic cleaning stereotypes'. I would suggest that showing men, of different ages and ethnicities, from a variety of walks of life, actually - well, cleaning, might be a more effective way of doing this, rather than jumping on the entirely unrelated rainbow glitter 'inclusive' bandwagon.

I'm not articulating it very well, but just thought I'd leave it here. Maybe I'm overreacting and it's time to step away from the internet for a bit (and go and clean the bath.)

Are you sure it's not a charity gesture. At first glance it looks like an offer to clean up some grim smutty acts??

Noted: no more Method. I agree that it's an insult to women. Hate drag.

It's embarrassing isn't it.

I have always wanted to ask: Is there a list somewhere with all the banned/boycotted products from mumsneters? Even better a list with products that are eco and feminist friendly? I swear between protecting the environment and fighting for womens rights there will be no products left to buy!

Bloody hellfire

It feels like they're flipping the finger at their actual customers: the people who must make up by far the biggest section of their market. Real, boring women who do the cleaning wearing jeans and with their hair scraped back? Meh, whatevs. Let's celebrate men in dresses sashaying around wafting feather boas.

Oh FFS! How is that challenging stereotypes?

I'll stick to Ecover

Oh great. I have Method everything :( I’ll look at some of the alternatives from Ecover and the Babipur website.

Actually, this has just given me somewhere new to stick my 'Women don't have penises' stickers. All over Method products.

How do they believe that equates with anyone’s view of their brand?

They are sullying their image.

Oh well Method products don't work. It's all scent over efficacy!

Method products are very overpriced anyway.
We should all go back to hot water and carbolic soap.

Agree about a list somewhere. I was in Boots last week and couldn't remember if Carefree or Always (or both) were on the banned list .

My only concern is that the watchers will then focus on everyone else, the better to enforce compliance.

It would be really interesting to read an analysis of whether or not chasing the women pound actually helps profits. Surely one of the fundamental principles of marketing is to identify who your target customer actually is? I don't know a single woman who will be persuaded to buy cleaning products on the basis of drag queens.

FFS...the WOKE pound, not the woman pound.

I want to switch to more green clothes washing brand.

I was going to try biodegradable.biz/
When my bottle of Evolver runs out, has anyone tried them?

Seems like you can buy their products in some branches of Oxfam.

PenguindreamsofDraco Always are the ones who changed their logo to remove the Venus symbol. I try to avoid p&g in general though (I'm pretty sure always are p&g).

P&G seem (to me) to be unusually invested in the gender stuff.

The bio-D stuff looks good MrsWednesday. Cheaper too. Might give that a try - thanks for the link.

Oh, damn it. Method are what I use. Ah, well.

I was just looking at their other products AbsintheFriends The giant sized 20 litre handwash looks like a sensible buy right now 😆

Ah, fuck . It’s shite anyway...

I hate Method products anyway they smell nice and that's about it. Not all parts were recyclable unless they've changed.

Yeah agree with PP, I too wonder why P&G so invested in this claptrap?

Splosh are a good alternative in my opinion.

I've just looked on twitter. FFS.

from our South Side Chicago factory to the bottle on your sink, there’s good inside. #theresgoodinside

For some reason, I had always assumed they were a small UK brand, and not a multi-national and so I feel let down by that too.

Does Special South Side Chicago Misogyny sound like a pizza to anyone?