"Hot girls eat free!" Aussie pub sparks outrage for sexist advertisement

[davidn3600]

A pub has been slammed for a 'sexist' advertising poster that is offering free meals for 'hot' women.

Petersham Inn in Sydney's inner west launched the 'hot girls eat free' promotion in an attempt to attract more female customers to the pub.

But the 'light-hearted' advertising poster plastered on the outside of the pub has since faced public backlash with some labelling it 'sexist' and 'misogynistic'.

The poster features a woman seductively eating a slice of pizza with the slogan 'hot girls eat free'.

'Totally appalled! That is absolutely outrageous in this day and age,' one woman wrote on Facebook.

'It's offensive and wrong. How do I explain it to my two daughters?' another said.

One mum wrote: 'Both my teenage sons pass this sign while walking to school... what kind of message is this sending?'

Petersham Inn was formerly a family-friendly pub but recently transformed into an American-style sports bar with a 'gentleman's club' complete with topless waitresses and strip shows.

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Bianca McDonald, who took over as the venue's licensee in June, defended the promotion and said it was meant to be a 'creative and funny' way to attract women into the bar.

'The sign was meant to be lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek and to create a spirit of fun for the patrons, as well to bring local women into the pub,' Ms McDonald told the Inner West Courier.

'There are so many boring signs out there, why not have a bit of fun with it all?'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3720961/Petersham-Inn-pub-causes-outrage-sexist-advertisement-offering-free-meals-hot-girls.html

[Brickbat]

1. Gross.

[malthaussen]

2. What's the ambient temp in Sydney right now?

This has potential.

-- Mal

[Orrex]

3. I believe it's 12 Kangaroos

[pinboy3niner]

4. I was expecting a higher koalaty response

[Orrex]

6. Wallaby damned!

[The2ndWheel]

5. Every side has their "won't someone think of the children" moments

Some people get upset about sex, others get upset about sex.

[snooper2]

7. Well, that picture WOULD be sexy if she wasn't

Running the second piece of pizza through her wet hair

[treestar]

8. are they treating all girls generally as "hot"?

As long as they aren't humiliating anyone by deeming them not hot enough.

Discriminates against male customers too. While treating the women as a commodity. Yeah I can eat free but I have this feeling that I couldn't do it in peace.