Greeting card slammed for perpetuating sexist gender roles

A pair of romantic playing cards went viral over the weekend, with folks on Twitter stating that they perpetuated sexist gender stereotypes.

“You’re the sort of lady I’d purchase flowers for,” learn one card. “You’re the sort of boy I’d make a sandwich for,” the opposite mentioned.

When British actor, author and singer Natasha Hodgson tweeted a photograph of the playing cards facet by facet and known as them “the 2 sides of heterosexuality,” folks had been fast to leap in with their very own comparisons.

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Many individuals requested what yr it’s, and identified that plenty of folks get pleasure from each flowers and sandwiches — no matter their gender. 

The playing cards additionally sparked a dialogue about all of the methods objects are unnecessarily gendered, beginning with kids’s books and child bottles.

Customers have pushed again towards shops promoting clothes or different objects that perpetuate antiquated gender roles or sexist beliefs in recent times.

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In 2017, a mom from Arizona, US, went viral for putting a NASA tank high designed for boys within the lady’s part.

Solely final month, a medical and health-related Twitter account posted a photograph of slightly lady in pink scrubs (which learn “nurse in coaching”) holding palms with a boy in inexperienced scrubs (which learn “physician in coaching”) in a hospital hallway.

“The youngsters are cute. The sexism on their backs is NOT,” responded one Twitter person.

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