Sexist slogan? "I check the breasts of my employees myself."

[Liberal_in_LA]

Polish feminists criticize breast cancer slogan

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

(03-23) 06:24 PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) --

Polish feminists are criticizing a slogan used in a hospital campaign promoting mammograms, saying it is sexist and encourages molestation.

The Opole cancer hospital sent letters in recent months to company directors in southwestern Poland asking them to encourage female employees to have breast cancer checks. The letters contained the campaign slogan: "I check the breasts of my employees myself."

Joanna Piotrowska of the feminist Feminoteka group said Tuesday the slogan is sexist — and that it encourages molestation and treating employees like property. The group criticized the slogan on its Web site.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/23/international/i062441D34.DTL#ixzz0j1q2XUq1

[GodlessBiker]

1. Yes, unless the same hospital runs an ad: "I check the testicles of my employees myself" ...

for a testicular cancer screening program.

But, for some reason, I don't think the hospital will find checking testicles quite as "clever."

[MineralMan]

2. Sounds like a bad translation to me.

Polish is another language that often translates poorly into English, especially when the translator is not a native speaker of English.

[provis99]

3. its Polish feminists that are complaining.

I think they understand Polish, and they were offended by it.

[omega minimo]

4. The Polish feminists protesting the slogan speak Polish

In Polish or bad translation, it's objectionable.

"Joanna Piotrowska of the feminist Feminoteka group said Tuesday the slogan is sexist — and that it encourages molestation and treating employees like property. The group criticized the slogan on its Web site."

[GodlessBiker]

5. Are you suggesting that Polish woman can't understand Polish? ;-)