‘Control Your Woman’ remote control slammed
December 5th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI ( 1 comment )London, December 05 (ANI): A remote control, which blasts out orders to women, has come under fire for its sexist undertone.
The Control Your Woman remote can voice orders like “get me a beer.”
Moreover, it has functions that demand and control aspects like cleaning, spending and sex.
The 8-pound gadget is being sold by Debenhams as a novelty gift for Christmas.
David Philpot, a manager at the st Giles Trust Domestic abuse Programme, has slammed the item after he saw it at his local Debenhams, in Ashford, Kent.
“It is totally inappropriate,” the Daily Star quoted him as saying.
Even though it has been removed from its online store after complaints, Debenhams said the item would be available in markets nationwide. (ANI)
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February 24th, 2010 at 4:00 am
But… there’s a Control you Man equivalent too! My girlfriend has one!
Why aren’t people up in arms about it? It’s meant to be a tongue-in-cheek joke isn’t it?
Good lord companies need to stop caving in to whiny people who had no intention of buying the product anyway.