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Sexist Arabic Mother's Day cake rinsed on Twitter for being sexist
As the Arab world celebrated Mother’s Day on Wednesday, social media users were surprised to find that someone thought a cake with cut-outs of detergents and gloves is the best way to express love and appreciation.
Twitter user Rawane Nasser shared a photo with the caption: "Screw the person who made this cake and this way of thinking."
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The picture quickly made the rounds on social media, prompting outrage across the Arab world.
Some had no words.
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Many were quick to call out the sexist undertones to the thought.
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Translation: What a low opinion held for his mother - see the importance he sets on her work?
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Translation: I can't believe some think this way!
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Translation: What a stupid idea
Some Arab mothers weren't having it
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Twitter users also called out a bakery in Ghazieh, Lebanon with a sense of humour that also fell flat.
The cake, similarly decorated with various cleaning products and a washing machine, had comments like "where does all this laundry come from?" and "take your shoes off outside, I just wiped the floor".
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This is not the first time a sexist Mother's Day gift goes viral in the Arab World. In 2015, a recruitment agency sent out a racist message encouraging people to "indulge" their mothers by gifting them a housekeeper for Mother's Day.