Fashion retailer Peacocks has enraged its customers for selling an inflatable “perfect woman” that’s been lambasted as misogynistic.
The plastic blow-up doll, which the site describes as a “fun gag gift”, depicts a white, blonde woman wearing a black crop top with denim shorts and knee-high black boots.
The packaging states that this supposed ideal woman is “nag free”, “sexy” and “loves footie”, which several consumers have taken umbrage with.
Annie Wyatt, a woman from Cardiff who has a 12-year-old daughter, described the product as “shocking.”
“They shouldn’t be selling that,” she told Wales Online. “‘Nag-free’, what does that even mean?
“That’s not okay, they shouldn’t have that.”
20-year-old Harry Prichard also strongly opposes the message that the doll is spreading, saying: “It’s very misogynistic, it shouldn’t say ‘perfect woman’. I can see how that would be offensive to women.”
People online have also been airing their grievances over the “offensive” nature of the doll and its packaging.
“Avoid @peacocks at all costs, not only have they exceedingly bad taste but everything they sell is tat anyway!” one person wrote on Twitter.
Another individual tweeted: “What the actual… @peacocks ??? This is disgusting! Sort it out! #misogyny #everydaysexism.”
The recommended products that appear underneath the inflatable “perfect woman” on the Peacocks site are also questionable, including “novelty boobie handwarmers” and a “novelty boobs pillow.”
These products have been on sale at the retailer for a number of years, with one shopper tweeting about coming across them in 2012.
“Found myself in Peacocks this morning complaining about their novelty item ‘stress boobs’ am I the only one to find this gift offensive?” she wrote.
The Independent has contacted Peacocks for comment.
