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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:43 PM Mar 2015

Salvo Sports, Indonesian Clothing Company, Apologizes For Ridiculously Sexist Shirt Label

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/11/salvo-sports-sexist-shirt-label-apology_n_6846856.html

"Washing instructions: Give this jersey to your woman. It's her job."

Twitter user Viola | भिओला spotted this sexist label on a shirt made by Indonesian clothing company Salvo Sports Apparel on March 5. She tweeted this image of the shirt's washing instructions:...

Tweeted in Indonesian, the translation of the apology reads, "The message is simply, instead of washing it in the wrong way, you might as well give it to a lady because they are more capable."

"There is no intention to humiliate women. In contrast (we want to tell the men) learn from women how to take care of clothes," Salvo wrote, adding that they "apologize profusely" for any misinterpretations.

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Salvo Sports, Indonesian Clothing Company, Apologizes For Ridiculously Sexist Shirt Label (Original Post) KamaAina Mar 2015 OP

no. it was about being macho, manly, so the boys would feel good about themselves buying the seabeyond Mar 2015 #1

Running neck and neck with the Baton Rouge public transit CEO for worst bullwinkle428 Mar 2015 #2

At least they don't test on animals... Glassunion Mar 2015 #3

Or tell you what to do... Glassunion Mar 2015 #4

Or judge me... Glassunion Mar 2015 #5

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

1. no. it was about being macho, manly, so the boys would feel good about themselves buying the

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:47 PM

Mar 2015

product, at the expense of women. the company really meant nothing to the women. because this was not about women. it was about a chuckle for the men and boys, to better feel about their own masculinity.