UCC cafe under fire after students brand latest advertising campaign as sexist

A university campus cafe has been forced to remove its latest advertising after students described the signage as sexist.

UCC cafe under fire after students brand latest advertising campaign as sexist

University College Cork, its students’ union, its Feminist Society, and individual students all objected to the pink signs erected in the college’s student centre. The signs bore slogans such as ‘What’s Your Cup Size?’, ‘Cheap looking!!’, and ‘Does my bun look big in this?’, all accompanied by illustrations of women.

Pink coffee cups bearing the slogans were also served to students.

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