Cookie outrage: Croatian biscuit's name change sparks a 'new wave of misogyny'


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A customer holds a pack of "Domacica" (housewife in Croatian) brand biscuits of a supermarket aisle in Zagreb. Photo: AFP

Household chores should be divided equally: that's what a Croatian company said it was promoting by adding job titles to the name of a popular biscuit.

Instead, it sparked outrage among women. Zagreb-based Kras has produced the biscuit with a chocolate topping since 1957. Popular in the Balkans, its name never upset anyone – until now.

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