Winery slammed for ‘body-shaming gates’ labelled ‘fit’ or ‘big boned’ which you have to be a certain size to fit through
A WINERY has been slammed for installing ‘body shaming’ gates for guests to walk through, labelled ‘fit’ or ‘plump’.
The Badger's Brook Winery, in Victoria, Australia, installed the gates in the carpark, which were met with horror by visitors.
Called the ‘stature challenge door’, people had a choice of six spaces to walk through, with the slimmest gap labelled ‘congratulations’, while the largest was called ‘big boned’.
Larger shapes were deemed ‘overweight’, ‘chubby’, ‘plump’, with smaller spaces named ‘standard’ and ‘fit-looking’.
Outraged visitors branded the gates ‘disgusting’, and called for them to be removed.
One woman shared an angry snap of the pink gates to Facebook, demanding the winery remove them.
This type of behaviour sets bad body image issues
Shannyn Tucker
Visitor Shannyn Tucker wrote: “I’m sorry but this is actually disgusting. I don’t understand how this acceptable in this era.
“This type of behaviour sets bad body image issues.
“It shouldn’t be okay to make anyone of any age feel uncomfortable for not fitting through an ‘ideal’ space'", reported.
She claimed the couldn’t even fit her leg through the smallest ‘congratulations’ gap, and questioned whether anyone would realistically be able to fit through it.
After receiving the backlash, the winery later confirmed it had removed the gates.
Badgers Brook Estate put out a statement on Facebook, apologising for any offence caused.
They said: “Dear valued customers, we apologise for the offence we caused by displaying the Body Stature Challenge in our car park.
“We did not understand that this would be offensive, however now we understand why it is inappropriate and have removed it.”
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