What was topman thinking with these shirts

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Topman forced to pull 'offensive' t-shirts Two t-shirts have been pulled from its stores after the retailer was accused of comparing women to animals and of glamourising domestic violence.

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Access to the comments facility has been disabled for this user View our policy. The group quickly picked up members before, just a few hours after the backlash began, Topman announced their decision to stop selling the T-shirts. A spokeswoman said in a statement: "We have received some negative feedback regarding two of our printed T-shirts. While we would like to stress that these T-shirts were meant to be lighthearted and carried no serious meaning, we have made the decision to remove these sic from store and on-line as soon as possible.

We would like to apologise to those who may have been offended by these designs. But how on earth can T-shirts as offensive as these have been designed, manufactured and sold by one of Britain's biggest and most mainstream stores? Unfortunately, the store has refused to expand on the statement, to say when T-shirts first went on sale or how many have been sold. Doireann Larkin, campaigns manager at Tender, is all too familiar with the sentiments expressed by both shirts. And as for the 'breed' shirt — that's a classic case of objectifying women; of comparing women to dogs.