Kleenex mansize tissues renamed for being sexist.

[sheffbag 227]

Now is the time to get rid of Midwives and replace them with birthing delivery technicians

Agreed, lets have it t'other way as well

[whiteowl 54]

Good piece of marketing if you ask me. Got a lot of people talking about their brand.

[Guest makapaka]

That’s probably why they removed “Man”. I guess no one buys tissues on the basis of the box discription/title.

Those that see it as a “it’s bin like dat for decades” seem to think it is something to worry about. Your snot or nose is probably no bigger than yer missus’s.

 

Yes funnily enough I was aware men didn’t need bigger tissues - I didn’t realise others understood they couldn’t use them if they weren’t a man.

[Guest]

Now is the time to get rid of Midwives and replace them with birthing delivery technicians

 

Midwives are apparently so called because the term means ‘with woman’ rather than anything to do with the gender of the widwife.

[Guest makapaka]

Midwives are apparently so called because the term means ‘with woman’ rather than anything to do with the gender of the widwife.

 

But how would someone giving birth who was born a woman - but who now identifies as a man - feel about being referred to as a woman by having a midwife look after them?

 

It’s no good unfortunate they will have to change it to something else.

[Mandem 13]

If this carries on the word "man" will be obliterated from our vocabulary, unless of course it has "wo" in front of it.

[alchresearch 214]

I call BS on this story, instead:

 

"Flagging tissue company needs to revive interest in its brand and uses media for lots of free publicity."

 

No doubt in a week or two the company will announce that due to strong public support it will retain the name.

[Padders 2,850]

If this carries on the word "man" will be obliterated from our vocabulary, unless of course it has "wo" in front of it.

 

Or in your case, remove the N from your monikar.

[Waldo 96]

I call BS on this story, instead:

 

"Flagging tissue company needs to revive interest in its brand and uses media for lots of free publicity."

 

No doubt in a week or two the company will announce that due to strong public support it will retain the name.

 

That would be a genius idea, in fact, I'm surprised other companies aren't already doing that!...

[lil-minx92 10]

What about 'fun size' choc bars? Can they substantiate the suggestion they are fun?

 

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If this carries on the word "man" will be obliterated from our vocabulary, unless of course it has "wo" in front of it.

 

No- I saw in another thread there is already a campaign to use 'womxn' instead of 'woman'

 

"Dr Clara Bradbury-Rance, fellow at King's College London, said the spelling "stems from a longstanding objection to the word woman as it comes from man, and the linguistic roots of the word mean that it really does come from the word man".

 

The word is also supposed to be inclusive of trans women, and some non-binary people." (BBC)

[alchresearch 214]

That would be a genius idea, in fact, I'm surprised other companies aren't already doing that!...

 

Interesting how one of the Tweets complaining to Kleenex was from someone who is a "Marketing Genius"....

[Dromedary 166]

Dam..

 

I'm now worried that I should not buy baby wipes as I dont have a baby! Maybe they should just name them wipes and save my confusion.