Just when you think you’ve heard and see it all, the Brits come up with something as lame as this. A bakery in the UK called The Cottage Bakeryn has decided to rename gingerbread men to ‘Non-Binary Gingerbread People’.
Frankly, I’m kind of surprised we haven’t heard of any American bakeries doing the exact same thing.
Most of us have grown up enjoying gingerbread biscuits and what are affectionately known as ‘gingerbread men’.
However, like many jobs and items previously referred to as male-dominated such as firemen, policemen etc, gender-neutral terms are being opted for.
So, why not opt for a neutral term for gingerbread people?
Well, The Cottage Bakery in the seaside town of Blackpool in England’s North-West opted to rename their gingerbread biscuits to ‘Non-binary gingerbread people’.
The move landed the bakery in a bit of scrutiny, as some users online referred to the name as ‘woke agenda gone mad’ when one man shared a photo of the biscuits on Facebook.