Is There No End To This Ridiculous Political Correctness?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6288461/Kleenex-renames-Mansize-tissues-brand-extra-large-sexism-complaints.html

[fender62]

are we going down the road with anything in the title man or woman will be altered, as not to offend gender fluid, transgender. and the i'm not sure what i am crowd, all this political correctness nonsense..
god forbid there's ever a real war and the country needs soldiers.

[Adfa]

I don’t suppose they will want to change “man eating shark”

[wolf63]

It could get worse - "Good Girl" treats are for Cats but "Good Boy" treats are for Dogs.

I am sure that somebody could overthink the naming of the treats.

[AuntLydia]

I think 'Good Pussy' treats may offend the transgender community

[Rockrose]

At the end of the day product names change, marathon to snickers is a prime example.
Is there really any need to get your knickers in a twist.

[wolf63]

I got mine in a twist this morning - they were on inside out and back to front, very uncomfortable.

[jno]

saw that and knew someone with a lot of time on his/her hands would start an outraged thread about it.

But as the tissues are not 6 foot tall and can't change fuses, the name obviously needed to be altered.

[ichkeria]

I wouldn’t personally have complained myself, but if you are going to change anything along those lines that that one seems more understandable.

[Spicerack]

I don't know why women think it's alright to laugh at man flu. It's the worst illness in the world.

[jno]

ichkeria, if they think a product is failing to sell to women because it's got the wrong name, they'll change the name. (Easier than changing the product.)

[Cloverjo]

I thought they were 'Man-sized because men tend to have bigger noses than women.

[SurreyGuy]

Well I hope that the complainers will also support the renaming of Woman and Woman's Weekly magazines plus Woman's Hour on Radio 4!

RIDICULOUS!!

[SurreyGuy]

Rockrose - The reason people are moaning about the change is because it's pathetic! I'm sure that Marathon didn't become Snickers because it was seen as sexist!

[Deskdiary]

I love Gentleman's Relish (no jokes please) on toast - will this blatant and overt sexism be next?

If it is I'll still buy it - but I'll have a wry smile on my face when doing so.

In the scheme of things I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about changing the name of the tissues - I think it is bedwettingly pathetic to do so, and the small number of complainants deserve our ridicule - but ultimately I don't really care.

[max137]

I said many years ago that it would never end if you let the lunatics run the asylum.

[youngmafbog]

That's twitter for you. Couple with the media and their "twitter meltdown" and "Twitter users go wild" headlines the minority now rule the majority.

One day hopefully someone will stand up to them

For my part I will never buy Kleenex products again.

[emmie]

atishoo we all fall down.. this is an absurdity too far..
you know tissues should be man sized because when men get a cold all hell breaks loose.... lol

[geevo]

Avatar Image rowanwitch Never understood why they were called man size anyway 11:27 Thu 18th Oct 2018

Because they were used by onanists?

[pixie374]

I just googled that, geevo. Many thanks lol.

[Mamyalynne]

Has it gone viral yet?