Teh One Who Knocks
03-14-2022, 03:53 PM
By Adam Cailler - The Daily Star
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The logo for a new Women's network has caused anger after it looks very similar to a penis.
Run by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Cabinet, the Women's Network is supposed to “champion equal opportunity” and promote women's equality.
But some think its dark pink logo, with a curly “w” on the left, looks like a male sex organ – or a version of the aubergine emoji which is a common code for a penis.
The logo was slammed on social media.
One user wrote on Twitter, in reply to the organisation's launch: “Why have the juvenile idiots in your department made male genitalia out of the Women's Network logo?
“How hilarious - let's degrade women, again.
“Anybody who understands graphic design knows this is deliberate.
“Anybody who didn't catch this isn't doing their job.”
And a spokesman for the National Older Women's Network Australia said: “I thought this was satire, but it is either thoughtless or an insult.
“Public money was spent getting a graphic artist, choosing the designing, selecting colours, approving, printing and publishing this logo for the Prime Minister's and Cabinet's Women's Network.
“Poor messaging.”
Australian MP Larissa Waters joined the chorus of those hitting out at the logo.
In a now-viral Instagram post she said: “This is the logo that the PM’s department has designed to promote its so-called 'women’s network', which exists to champion 'equal opportunity' and assist the department in 'enabling cultural change aspirations'.
“Pathetic and juvenile, but completely to be expected from this toxic boys’ club of a government.
“Sure, it’s just a logo, but if you needed a visual representation of just how completely out of touch the PM is with Australian women you honestly couldn’t do any better.
The organisation has yet to officially respond to the uproar of its logo, but an earlier statement did state that the group aims to 'promotes women’s career success by facilitating opportunities for learning, networking and career mobility and encouraging flexible approaches to work'.
https://i.imgur.com/CDcgbTA.jpg
The logo for a new Women's network has caused anger after it looks very similar to a penis.
Run by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Cabinet, the Women's Network is supposed to “champion equal opportunity” and promote women's equality.
But some think its dark pink logo, with a curly “w” on the left, looks like a male sex organ – or a version of the aubergine emoji which is a common code for a penis.
The logo was slammed on social media.
One user wrote on Twitter, in reply to the organisation's launch: “Why have the juvenile idiots in your department made male genitalia out of the Women's Network logo?
“How hilarious - let's degrade women, again.
“Anybody who understands graphic design knows this is deliberate.
“Anybody who didn't catch this isn't doing their job.”
And a spokesman for the National Older Women's Network Australia said: “I thought this was satire, but it is either thoughtless or an insult.
“Public money was spent getting a graphic artist, choosing the designing, selecting colours, approving, printing and publishing this logo for the Prime Minister's and Cabinet's Women's Network.
“Poor messaging.”
Australian MP Larissa Waters joined the chorus of those hitting out at the logo.
In a now-viral Instagram post she said: “This is the logo that the PM’s department has designed to promote its so-called 'women’s network', which exists to champion 'equal opportunity' and assist the department in 'enabling cultural change aspirations'.
“Pathetic and juvenile, but completely to be expected from this toxic boys’ club of a government.
“Sure, it’s just a logo, but if you needed a visual representation of just how completely out of touch the PM is with Australian women you honestly couldn’t do any better.
The organisation has yet to officially respond to the uproar of its logo, but an earlier statement did state that the group aims to 'promotes women’s career success by facilitating opportunities for learning, networking and career mobility and encouraging flexible approaches to work'.