Sainsbury's greeting cards - tits and bitch

[Albuqwerty]

Long time lurker on the feminism board.

Saw these cards for sale in Sainsbury's today. I complained in store and they said they would escalate it, although I'm not holding out much hope. But I despair at how the use of offensive terms and objectification of women is mainstream - we are going backwards. I don't think this is funny or banter. It is normalising insulting language and objectification of women and girls.

How did anyone at Sainsbury's okay this?

@OldTinHat

A male friend sent me a Christmas card once which said 'to you and your beautiful minge' - I've kept it, it's the best card I've ever received! But then I do have a sense of humour and am not precious!

@OldTinHat What a complement 🤣🤣 I’d have kept that one too! That’s funny 😁

It's a free country, some women use these terms to each other. Vote with your money and don't buy them. They will drop such ranges if they don't sell

I'm guessing they don't have a Mother's Day range yet?

Is this the influence of Drag Race and drag queens?

Where on earth do you get this from?

Bitch, please.

I mean if a man bought me this I'd be taken aback but lots of women speak to each other this way. I don't find it aggressive or offensive at all, and it's clearly in good humour. It's not like it's a card depicting domestic abuse or belittling behaviour. There are friends I would buy this for and friends I absolutely would not.

Lighten up 🤷‍♀️

Everyone who thinks these are funny, I don't, but that's fine, we all have a different sense of humour.

But if this is humour, it is adult humour.

Should adult humour cards be sold in a supermarket? Is it okay for cards with the words bitch, tits, bastard to be available at kids' eye level?

I was thinking what about the children. Derogatory terms indeed. It is spreading, the use and normalisation of disrespectful terms. I’ve seen what happens in a world where it is acceptable to see women and girls as things and I reject it.

The funniest tits one I've seen had a bloke saying 'show us your tits' and an old woman lifting up the very bottom of her jumper.

I don't like these cards.

I wouldn't try to ban everything I don't like.

These people are paid a lot of money to get the right words on cards. Have they not heard about how its not clever to use rude language?

@Muddydoor

These people are paid a lot of money to get the right words on cards. Have they not heard about how its not clever to use rude language?

It's not stupid to produce something that people buy.

thats a bit snowflakey to get offended by that to be honest

@DeeKavCoffee no it's not. Anyone with self respect would be offended.

Think those cards are disgusting.

[quote faithfulbird20]@DeeKavCoffee no it's not. Anyone with self respect would be offended.

Think those cards are disgusting.[/quote]
@faitfulbird20 i have lots of self-respect thank you

unless you are being forced to buy it then its snowflakey to try and 'cancel' it

maybe you need one with a basket of flowers on it eh?

These types of cards with this wording have been around for years. And honestly, there are many which are far ruder and far worse.

It's just humour. Adult humour cards of various types have always been displayed in supermarkets, shops etc.

You don't have to like it or buy it for yourself. It's fair enough if it's not for you. It's certainly not everyone's humour - but equally there's nothing wrong if you DO like it.

I don't see the misogynism because there are plenty of equivalent versions for men, and this is genuinely how some women talk to close friends.

Sometimes humour is just humour. Nothing more.

I don’t mind ‘bitch’ being used as a term of endearment between women.