Posted on 05/18/2023 2:06:30 AM PDT by Morgana
Adidas has sparked calls for a boycott after launching a new range of women's swimwear using what appears to be a man as the model.
The company was accused of 'erasing women' and is the latest target of conservative anger over 'woke' marketing, after Bud Light saw sales drop last month following outrage over its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
The swimsuit range is part of Adidas's 'Pride 2023' collection, and is for sale on the website in the women's section.
However, the model showing off the swimwear has a hairy chest and a bulge in the crotch area. It's not stated whether the model identifies as a man or as trans.
The swimsuit was created by South African designer Rich Mnisi and released to honour Pride Month. Adidas have said the swim suit is 'a celebration of self-expression, imagination and the unwavering belief that love unites'.
The choice of the model for the swimwear caused outrage on social media.
A 'BoycottAdidas' hashtag has begun trending and high-profile athletes have hit out at the company.
'Women's swimsuits aren't accessorized with a bulge,' U.S. swim star turned women's rights activist Riley Gaines tweeted.
'I don't understand why companies are voluntarily doing this to themselves. They could have at least said the suit is "unisex", but they didn't because it's about erasing women.'
Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene also hit out at Adidas, asking: 'Who is telling these major corporations to alienate women, half the population, in order to market to trans which are less than 1%?
'Businesses are for profit, not for politics. It doesn’t make sense. Who is telling them to do this?'
South Carolina representative Nancy Mace said: 'I'm old enough to remember when women actually modeled women's bathing suits, not men.'
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We are being groomed to deny reality and truth and blindly accept any absurdity without question. Sort of like in Germany circa 1930’s. You know fascist agitprop: Jews are Evil etc.
Now that is ugly...
Adidas is German, but your first point about defining down deviancy is on the money.
God said, (paraphrasing) “do not mutilate your body”.
Back in the day, I thought it referred to pierced ears and tattoos... I was so naive!
“love” them because they are God’s creation. Human.
Shun them for what they have chosen to become.
The liberals can’t identify easily with a face mask anymore so acting trans is the new face mask.emasculating men has been an agenda for a long time.
Western idealism is under attack. While the Germans are doing their damnedest to destroy themselves, their own branding is synonymous with the west nonetheless.
I’d say more similar to 1920’s than 1930’s Germany, this is the work of international finance.
Who’s got the eye bleach?!
Thats a dude. Hurl Alert!!
Passing or pretending to pass is, well, passe.
It's all about aggressive ugliness in your face.
Bttt
That takes balls.
run dmc is not happy.
Absolutely disgusting.
I’ll never buy Addias again - and Bud Lite and Miller Lite - along with all A-B products are banned from my home.
Permanently.
So many stupid education theories start in those same Ivory Towers - from ideal, lefty, educational theorists - who have never taught school - and are sure they know how to run your classroom and how to teach better than YOU, an actual teacher. (Whole Language vs. Phonics, for example which made sure an entire generation of kids couldn’t read).
We were forced to implement many of these stupid ideas - all of which failed (ask Bill Gates about that!) and cost millions, if not billions of dollars, all wasted - and set kids back years.
Of course, today is now all about gay right, trans issues, equity and other leftist ideals - not reading, writing and computing.
And educational test scores reflect exactly that.
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