‘Get yourself drunk to give him a chance’: Restaurant poster reignites furious online debate over extent of casual sexism in China

Restaurant in northwestern China defends poster pushing booze on women saying it was just ‘a joke’ and should not be taken seriously. Feminist condemns it as yet another example of the widespread casual sexism which prevails in China. — Photo by Debbie Tea on Unsplash

A barbecue restaurant in China has triggered backlash after a poster it displayed featuring a misogynist slogan to sell alcohol to women was exposed online.

A photo taken inside the restaurant in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province shows the problematic poster of the back of a woman in skimpy underwear and fishnet stockings, beside a handwritten slogan which says: “Get yourself drunk to give him a chance”.