Author: Alaa Elassar and Nadeem Muaddi / Source: CNN
(CNN)An online retailer learned this week that there’s nothing sexy about oppressing women.
Yandy on Friday stopped selling a Halloween costume that puts a sexy spin on the outfit worn by concubines in the Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale.
” The decision to pull the costume followed widespread outcry on social media.The lingerie retailer’s website featured a model wearing a “Brave Red Maiden Costume,” consisting of a red skin-tight minidress, long red cape and white bonnet. In the dystopian series, women forced into surrogacy are made to wear a similar outfit — except with much longer hemlines.
In the show, handmaids…
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