'How to wash trousers? Give it to your woman, it's her job!'

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By JILL REILLY
Last updated at 11:04 AM on 7th March 2012


A nationwide discount clothing chain is under fire for producing 'sexist' washing instructions on a label.

On a pair of beige chinos sold by Madhouse, the printed label states the standard washing instructions, which is then followed by 'Or give it to your woman: It's her job.'

The trousers which sparked the fury were purchased in London at Madhouse’s flagship Oxford Street store last month.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2110916/Sexist-washing-label-Madhouse-chinos-causes-Twitter-outrage.html

[Kablooie]

1. Ah those Brits.

They've got their own conservative issues to deal with.

[progressoid]

2. Oh ha ha ha. That's hilarious.

I bet Rush can use that on his next show.

[smirkymonkey]

3. If any man ever gave me his laundry to do,

i would shred it into little pieces and then tell him if he wants something done right, he should do it himself.

Hell, I don't even do my OWN laundry! I live alone and I accumulate very little laundry thoroughout the week so I take it over to this cheap Chinese wash 'n fold (costs about 6 to 10 dollars - which is pretty much almost what I would pay to do it in my apartment building anyway) and it comes back clean, neat and folded. All i have to do is put it away.

[Zalatix]

12. I give my wife laundry to do. She gives me the dishes to do.

We practice the basics of comparative advantage in our household...

[Broderick]

4. LOL

[Fawke Em]

5. My husband does the laundry. It's HIS job.

For the record, I do the dusting and vacuuming.

[madrchsod]

6. about 55 years ago my sisters told me to iron my own clothes

they also refused to wash my clothes. so i had my grandmother teach me how and been doing it since. drives my wife crazy but then she remembers that she has`t done either in 40 yrs...

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. Multiple prior similar posts

Most of them fairly funny too

[longship]

8. By any chance

Was this done by one of those insidious laundry instruction generators that are so prevalent on the Intertubes? You know like the famous Church Sign Generators whose output seems to crop up every now and again.

Just asking'

on edit: After all, this Is the Daily Mail. Hardly the most rigorously researched source.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. Peggy Bundy managed to train Al's underwear to walk into the washer all by themselves

He'd worn them so long, they'd taken on a life of their own.

[SoCalDem]

10. As soon as my sons could reach the knobs on the washer & dryer

they did their own laundry

they each had their very own iron too

[mythology]

11. I'm pretty sure if I tried that with any sincerity on any of the women in my life

I'd be left bloodied with just on pant leg sticking out of my mouth after the rest was shoved down my throat.

[jmowreader]

13. Yeah, give it to your woman...

and when you find your pants wadded up in the corner with large brown streaks down both legs and all her stuff has been removed from your apartment, you will reassess what her "job" is.