'Boys Are Stupid - Throw Rocks At Them' Clothing Line Under Fire

[matcom]

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NEW YORK -- The T-shirts and pajamas are meant to be funny, with cartoon captions like "Boys Are Stupid -- Throw Rocks At Them." But some protesters, encouraged by a fathers-rights talk show host, are unamused and have pressured three retail chains into dropping the merchandise.

The products in question -- an array of girls' clothes and accessories -- are manufactured or licensed by David & Goliath, a T-shirt company based in Clearwater, Fla.

Its chief designer, Todd Goldman, has created a series of cartoonish graphics used on the merchandise with what he intended to be humorously anti-boy themes. "Boys Are Smelly -- Throw Garbage Cans At Them," says one. "The Stupid Factory -- Where Boys Are Made," says another.

"I have a very quirky, sarcastic sense of humor," Goldman said in a telephone interview. "Most people just love the cartoons. If a few people don't like them, they don't have to buy them."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/01/29/group_smarts_over_boys_are_stupid_gear/

[WillParkinson]

1. Well, it's true...

You don't like it? Don't wear it.

But if you've made it and something happens BECAUSE of it? Well, get ready to take your lumps.

[DarkPhenyx]

2. "Girls are stupid...throw rocks at them"

"The bimbo factory...where girls are made"

"Girls are smelly...throw rotten fish at them"

Unless you find these as equally funny and inoffensive as the "boys" line then, IMHO, you have to agree with the fathers rights groups opinion.

[SmileyBoy]

3. Agreed. What if those cartoons were were joking around about girls???

What would people say then??? I think there would be a hell of a lot more outcry against that.

I'm not saying that I take offence to these cartoons on the merchandise, cause I don't. But imagine if the shoe was on the other foot for a second.

[Loonman]

4. Yeah, doesn't bother me, but if it was the opposite...

Boy, you'd here an outcry.

[Esurientes]

5. I hate all those clothes for teen and preteen girls

that say junk like "You Suck and That's Sad" or "Remember My Name. You'll Be Screaming It Later".x(