Nike under fire for sexist women's t-shirt

[terry78]

http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/nike-8217-sexist-8220-gold-digging-8221-shirt-163800666.html

Well, if she is one....

 

[BattleCat]

http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/nike-8217-sexist-8220-gold-digging-8221-shirt-163800666.html

Well, if she is one....

Gold digging....Just Do It.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Come on now, women have as just as much right to be part of the precious metals extraction industry as men, I don't see the problem.

 

[Duke]

As the saying goes, "if the shoe fits".....

 

[knowsbleed]

People without a sense of humor... don't buy this shirt.

There, I fixed everything.

 

[mrvlknight21]

People without a sense of humor... don't buy this shirt.

There, I fixed everything.

^^ This.

 

[Spuzz]

It'sn ot like it says "****E" or something. Get over yourselves.

 

[knowsbleed]

It'sn ot like it says "****E" or something. Get over yourselves.

I know a few guys who would be proud to wear that shirt.

 

[Erzengel]

Well she ain't messing with no broke.....

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

How is this any different from the ones that read ****, or ho. Seriously people need to stop crying foul over every little thing

When something really offencive comes along stuff like this just causes people not to care

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Nike's been looking to break into the competitive nose-picking apparel industry for a while now, good on them.

 

[Victarion]

The mining industry was originally male dominated.

 

[chamber-music]

18 years, 18 years
She got one of your kids got you for 18 years
I know somebody paying child support for one of his kids
His baby mamma's car and crib is bigger than his

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

It's supposed to be taken as a joke. "Gold digger" as in digging deep for a gold medal. So it's basically supposed to be a negative label applied in a positive sense. It seems like the shirt understated the in-joke too much.

 

[The Guard]

What Optimus said.

I found it rather obvious, seeing as how its Nike, a sports apparel company.

Digging deep...for the gold.

 

[Schlosser85]

How is it sexist?

It's not saying all women are gold-diggers.

 

[bullets]

I've seen plenty of shirts like this before.

 

[Kable24]

People without a sense of humor... don't buy this shirt.

There, I fixed everything.

I'm liking you more and more everyday.

 

[Pink Ranger]

The funny thing is, this shirt is clearly meant solely for women to purchase and wear.

It would be a different thing if Nike made a man's T-shirt saying "Women are nothing but gold diggers," but this is clearly a different scenario. If this is truly offensive to women, as some claim, then the free market will certainly bear that out.

 

[Manic]

Someone needs to tell certain women rallying against this t-shirt that it's meant to be an ironic statement of athleticism, not the scarlet letter they always knew would come...

 

[Coca Cola Duracell Franklin.]

This is why nobody likes humorless feminists.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Sexist? Sister, if you don't dig gold, don't complain

People without a sense of humor... don't buy this shirt.

There, I fixed everything.

Hero of the day

 

[Project862006]

is it any worse than this lol

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Coca Cola ripoff
If I was a Lawyer and worked for them on this case, I'll make a $#%^load of cash
Even if I worked for Nike and defended the right for this Gold Digger T-Shirt, and won of course

Problem is, law isn't my thing

 

[Asteroid-Man]

That really is the only problem, because if law really was your thing, Nike and Cocacola would be winning a lawsuit they would never have won.

How are any of us ever gonna win any cases!? Go to Law School Spider-Aziz, you're our only hope.