WTF? Construction Workers Should Eat a Snickers to Properly Fuel Their Misogynistic Catcalls?

An ad that shows construction workers yelling empowering, kind, pro-equality encouragement at women? What could possibly be bad about that — it’s clever, cute, and progressive, right? Well, this Snickers ad could have been those things, but ends up sending a message that is anything but.

The Australian spot shows builders calling out to women, saying things like: “Wanna hear a dirty word? Gender bias!” and “You know what I’d like to see? A society in which the objectification of women makes way for gender-neutral interaction free from assumptions and expectations.”

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