Look who we've #CrossedOff our shopping list for 2016
It's that time of year again, already! As Christmas approaches, retailers are kicking it up a notch competing for your business, and Collective Shout releases our annual blacklist of corporate offenders who have sexualised girls and objectified women throughout the year. These companies do not respect women, they have not changed their ways, and they don't deserve your money.
You can speak with your wallet and show these companies that sexually exploiting women and girls is bad for business.
Below is our boycott list for 2016:
Read moreAt 18, former Playboy 'playmate' used drugs and alcohol to survive sex with Hugh Hefner
Reported by news.com.au
Read moreFormer Playboy playmate Kendra Wilkinson has revealed that at age 18, she had to be "drunk or stoned" to "survive" sex with Hugh Hefner.
Bras n Things wants you to be a Bunny
Does that include Hef's 9pm curfew?
Read moreAdairs and Bras n Things dodge the issues
We summarise the response received from Adairs and Bras N Things following complaints about Playboy merchandise
"I sincerely apologise for any offence we may have caused you, this of course was never our intention."
It is not about an individual's feelings on the matter, but about the nature of what Adairs is promoting. Playboy is a brand of pornography.
"At Adairs we pride ourselves in creating furnishing options to appeal to all of our customers. We chose our new Mansion collection to cater for our customer who is looking for something a little more fun and glamorous."Read more
Bras n Things and Playboy
Another retailer jumps into bed with Playboy
We wrote last week about how the Playboy brand is now adorning bed sheets from homewares and manchester retailer Adairs and how this is an example of the mainstreaming of Pornography. A Collective Shout supporter has today alerted us to Bras n Things latest promotion.
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