London Marathon under pressure to make T-shirts for women as design branded 'sexist'

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Far from leaving female participants with a sense of pride after completing the event, many discarded the garments or refused to pick them up at last year's event because they assumed they wouldn't be the correct shape.

The London Marathon is facing pressure to make separate ‘finisher T-shirts’ for male and female runners following complaints that their current unisex design is “sexist” to female participants.

 

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They're just going to up the entrance fee to cover the costs... Another option would be to charge extra for a fitted T-shirt, but that would satisfy the complainers...

I thought we were all the same gender now? 🤷🏻‍♂️

What about brexit? How about hatching yet another plot to oust May and instate BoJo as PM?

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