Scottish Parliament Bans ‘Gingerbread Men’ in Coffee Shop Due to Sexism Concerns

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2018-12-19 22:59

Article here. Excerpt:

'Scotland’s Parliament has made the decision to ban “gingerbread men” from a coffee shop at its capitol over concerns that the name of the cookie perpetuates sexism.

Each of these cookies will now instead be called a “gingerbread person,” according to an article in Express.

According to the news source, the change was made after it was discovered that more than 30 percent of female ministers in Holyrood said that they had suffered some sort of sexual harassment.'

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My guess is at year's end, there wasn't much to do. So they said, sod it all, let's just have some fun.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2018-12-20 03:42

Are we supposed to believe that gingerbread men lead to sexual assault? Any study out there to back up that claim?

Good grief.

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Submitted by el cid on Thu, 2018-12-20 13:14

from now on I will be referring to stupid, dumb arsed, affirmative action f*ups as halfwit persons. its more 'gender inclusive', and as all the g_ds know, they are legion.

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Submitted by daveinga on Mon, 2018-12-24 04:14