Gingerbread men banned at Scottish Parliament as part of a new drive to 'stamp out sexism'

The Daily Mail ^ | 12/14/18

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Gingerbread men have been replaced by gingerbread persons in the Scottish Parliament’s coffee shop in case the traditional name causes offence.

The move comes as a strategy aimed at stamping out sexual harassment and sexism was introduced at Holyrood this week after a survey found 30 per cent of women working there believed they had been sexually harassed.

But the decision to rename the sweet treat has not gone down well with everyone.

Scottish Conservative equalities spokesman Annie Wells said: ‘Surely the Scottish Parliament has got better things to do than worry about what to call gingerbread men? This is an utterly pointless gesture which simply trivialises the real issues of gender equality.’

[mass55th]

Don’t men in Scotland wear skirts?

[Chode]

100%

[Retvet]

Another attempt to divide us and create hatred.

[Hodar]

Men who wear kilts are threatened by man shaped pasteries?

But donuts are fine?

[QBFimi]

Ha’ ya gone daft, the lot a ya?

[rlmorel]

Run, Run your distance will worsen
You can’t catch me,
I’m the gingerbread person.

Dang, that is a hard word to rhyme!

[Beowulf9]

Wait! Are we talking about THESE guys?!!!

[atc23]

The gongerbreadwomen are marginalized. There has to be gingerbreadwomen somewhere - they reproduce, don’t they?

[Songcraft]

Hey, maybe that guy could enter the "Miss Universe" contest, like that guy in Spain did!

[jonrick46]

I noticed that bulge too! I think the icing artist was trying to embellish the G-string with some extra icing as a cherry on top. The Scots will love that! LOL!

[Rurudyne]

Went the previous Doctor had learned he’d gone Scottish his first comment was that he could complain about stuff.

And then he proceeded to complain about nada.

But the ask of complaining, especially socialist complaining, which amounts to nothing but flapdoodlery can sap the character out of a man or a nation as fast as a social justice warrior can crap all over a glorious history.

[stanne]

King of the stupids!!

[stanne]

Ugh.

So funny.

[stanne]

Lolll

[CottonBall]

Lol. Man hands just doesn’t sound good in my tiramisu.

[CottonBall]

Lol, awesome job!

[sockmonkey]

[Beowulf9]

He just might win.

[Secret Agent Man]

I never want these people to use the term Mother Nature ever, ever again.

[tbw2]

I’m surprised that hasn’t been renamed yet, though anything called “man-” would have been renamed by now.