‘Get yourself drunk to give him a chance’: restaurant poster reignites furious debate over extent of casual sexism in China
- Restaurant in northwestern China defends poster pushing booze on women saying it was just ‘a joke’ and should not be taken seriously
- Feminist condemns it as yet another example of the widespread casual sexism which prevails in China
A barbecue restaurant in China has triggered backlash after a poster it displayed featuring a misogynist slogan to sell alcohol to women was exposed online.
A photo taken inside the restaurant in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province shows the problematic poster of the back of a woman in skimpy underwear and fishnet stockings, beside a handwritten slogan which says: “Get yourself drunk to give him a chance”.
A woman who works at the restaurant told the Chinese online media outlet Gongfu Caijing on May 29 that the slogan was just a “joke”, and the poster had been there for years and had never been criticised.
“It depends on how you think about it. You don’t have to take it seriously,” she said.
The poster sparked a furious public debate over sexism in China, one which was fuelled by the woman’s response.
