A childcare centre has removed a ‘sexist’ sign from the boys bathroom after a complaint from a parent, but the manager insists it was just a ‘bit of fun’ and kids wouldn’t understand it.
Tiddlywinks Dance and Play centre in Brisbane took down what some parents considered to be a ‘very inappropriate’ sign from the boys toilets on Thursday.
Someone who was at the centre for his niece’s birthday party noticed the sign which gave tips on how to ‘please a woman’ and a much smaller section on pleasing men.
The sign said that women needed men to ‘love’, ‘die for’, and ‘be interested in’ them while men were simply pleased by women if they ‘show up naked’ and ‘bring beer’.
The disgruntled uncle sent an email to management demanding the sign be removed from a bathroom that was primarily used by ‘five-to-12-year-old boys’.
After other parents sent follow-up emails of their own, the centre’s manager said they were the first complaints he’d received in the 15 years it had been in there.
An angry uncle complained to the management of Tiddlywinks Dance and Play centre in Brisbane over a sign he found sexist in the boys bathroom
The business owner explained that the centre opened for adult functions at night and that children would not comprehend the context of the poster.
‘A kid may be able to read it, however would have no concept of the meaning,’ a screenshot seen by Yahoo News read from the manager.
‘I’m aware of the sign — consider it gone. We open at night for adults and it’s just a bit of fun, we didn’t mean to offend anyone.’
Photos of the sign eventually made their way online where it received even more backlash from other parents who said they found it ‘gross’, ‘creepy’ and inappropriate.
Some complained it was sending the wrong message to impressionable boys that women were objects.
‘This is bulls**t messaging for young men. Pull it down and put it in the bin where it belongs,’ one person said.
‘Creepily inappropriate for any bathroom to be honest. This type of backwards ass thinking really can’t be considered acceptable anymore,’ another added.
The manager of Tiddlywinks took the sign down on Thursday after a wave of complaints but insisted that it was just a ‘bit of fun’ for the adults who could understand it
Others however claimed that the only offensive thing about the sign were it’s numerous fonts, especially the last line in the woman’s section which is inexplicably different to the rest.
‘Whoever thought those three different fonts were a good idea…you’re wrong! Bad choice,’ one man wrote.
Others, however, saw the joke and even agreed with the stereotyping.
‘[I don’t know] man I think DYING for her is a bit above the average. The rest of it is just kinda basic stuff though,’ another added.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Tiddlywinks Dance and Play centre for comment.
