People are infuriated at a recent Gap ad from its UK leg, Mashable reports.
Why? It shows a girl with the label "social butterfly" and a boy with the label "the little scholar," as though to suggest that girl should stick to being girly while men can take on the hard science and go to school.
But there's an ironic catch: The boy is wearing a photo with Einstein...and Einstein is spelled incorrectly.
Take a look:
Just...no. @LetToysBeToys @EverydaySexism pic.twitter.com/qWZfYhy6Bg
- Andrew & Sabrina (@PsychScientists) July 31, 2016
Here's how some people are responding:
Dear @UKGap my daughter & son both love to have genius ideas-please don't limit them. Ps you spelt Einstein wrong https://t.co/VyKY6Ju0Xo
- ruth walker-cotton (@walkercotton) July 31, 2016
Very good spot. Hilarious that @UKGap encourages scholars when they can't spell https://t.co/p8IL5htPep
- Louie Waldock (@LouieJW2507) August 1, 2016
the @UKGap are the latest brand to needlessly genderise products (also had typo on top advertised for scholars). ??????https://t.co/JNKRHNvIZi
- exairport (@exairport) August 1, 2016
@Independent @UKGap Can you confirm this line "Presumably it was some (boy) genius who got that wrong." Is your marketing dept all male?
- irfinch (@_afinch) August 1, 2016
Way to go @UKGap. I guess scholar boy wasn't social enough to be part of a study group? https://t.co/rQGdULK2G2
- Catherine (@CathsTake) August 1, 2016
Not only is @UKGap peddling sexism to *kids* but the boy geniuses (??) can't spell Einstein. H/T @LetToysBeToys pic.twitter.com/xDUs0wxSZA
- Clare O'Connor (@Clare_OC) July 31, 2016
Gap UK does sell a shirt for girls that says "Genius," as Mashable points out.
But the ad, amid its gaffe, is resulting in uproar.
This is not the first Gap ad that has drawn fire. This spring, consumers deemed a campaign for its line with Ellen DeGeneres to be racist, as it featured two white girls showing off their acrobatic prowess...while another white girl used a black girl's head as an armrest. The company apologized and pulled the ad following many consumer complaints.
Gap didn't immediately respond to request for comment.