What do you think?
In an age where gender stereotypes are constantly being disproven, we were surprised to see this bathroom door sign get it so wrong.
Penta Hotel in the UK has recently come under fire for his presumptuous bathroom signs which people feel are narrow-minded and dated.
Twitter user Cassie Chadderton shared an image of the two bathroom doors, one of which has a figure with a thought cloud who is thinking about football and the other door features a figure with a thought cloud who is thinking about shopping.
Hi @pentahotels, just wondering if you know that we're in the 21st century now? pic.twitter.com/sDSTa2DHJN
— Cassie Chadderton (@cassiechaddrton) September 26, 2016
She captioned the image “Just wondering if you know that we’re in the 21st century now?”
Pentahotels later responded with a somewhat sarcastic reply:
https://twitter.com/pentahotels/status/780456727338770433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Before adding:
“One a serious note; We’re a modern and open-minded family who believes in equality.”
Other Twitter users soon backed up Cassie’s original tweet.
https://twitter.com/paul_clarke/status/780492866368012288
amen, doesn't take much to paint over that kind of sexist twaddle
— Hannah Rutherford (she/her) 🌱 (@lomadia) September 27, 2016
There are many female sports fans nowadays & some men LIKE shopping. The hotel only loses w/this.
— Rogue1-the Jeff Faria Project (@PatriotsOfMars) September 26, 2016
@andypiper @pentahotels I hate shopping and football, where can o pee? #everydaysexism
— Ricardo Sueiras 🇺🇦💙💛 (@[email protected]) (@094459) September 26, 2016
Other Twitter users said that it was only a bit of fun and that people were overreacting.
What do you think? Is it just light-hearted banter or is it wrong to assume what people think about solely based on their gender?
