Off Topic & EFL
A Dunedin bar is under fire for its "wifebeater Wednesday" theme night aimed at attracting students.
You wanna start’um young. Break’em in.
The promotion is based around a kiwiana slang term for an item of clothing - the black shearers’ singlet. Over several weeks the singlets will be given to students every "wife-beater Wednesday".
All that build up for that. Some Kiwi sheep lovin shirt?
But police and women’s groups say the theme is highly offensive. The Women’s Refuge has called it an insult.
Cheeze! Man can’t have a tall frosty and sport his wifbeater without women getting all in a froth!
"It minimises the family violence, it minimises the impact on victims, it says it’s ok," says Annette Gillespie.
But the pub owner said it was a sheep thing little lassie.
The pub’s manager Mat Hilton says it’s just a bit of fun. "It’s not about wifebeating, it’s a wifebeater, the name of a singlet. We do not encourage domestic violence at all," says Hilton.
Then his testosterone shot through the roof and sheep all over New Zeland could be heard being sheared. |