The venue has been forced to apologise after issuing a tongue-in-cheek “permission slip” for male patrons that prompted outrage from women.
Town Square Belfast posted the note to its Instagram, with it mockingly stating male pub-goers needed to seek permission from their female partners to watch a series of Rugby games “with the lads”.
It ended with an option for women to sign their ‘permission’ or signal that they “do not give consent” for their male partner to attend. In response to the backlash, the pub deleted the post and replaced it with another “permission slip” with gender-neutral pronouns.Kat Freeman said the note was ‘alienating and disparaging’. Picture: Kennedy News
Belfast local Kat Freeman tweeted that the note was “alienating and disparaging literally half the population”.
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