Procter & Gamble apologizes for the official WeChat public account that “women’s feet are 5 times more smelly than men’s”

On March 24, Procter & Gamble apologized for the inappropriate content posted on its official account. Currently, the topic of the keyword #Procter & GambleApologise# is trending on Weibo.

It is understood that on March 13, Procter & Gamble published an article titled “Women’s foot odor is a man’s The article said, “Women’s feet smell 5 times more than men’s”, “Women also have body odor, and their breasts are the most smelly”, “No matter how clean a woman is, her underwear is dirtier than men’s”, “Women’s hair is dirtier than men’s.” At the end of the article, a girl with the words “Procter & Gamble” on her head recommended her own product saying “We have a 5-piece body fragrance set”. Under the article “Women’s foot odor is 5 times that of men’s”, the article said “Bacterial reproduction rate of men’s feet is 400%, women’s is 2300%”. At present, the tweet is no longer visible on the public account of “P&G Member Center”.

March 24, “Procter & Gamble China Weibo responded, “We solemnly apologize for the disrespect to women caused by the inappropriate content of a recent article on the P&G Member Center account.” Procter & Gamble has always promoted the values ​​of equality, inclusion and respect. We have removed this article and seriously overhauled the operation of the account. We will definitely reflect deeply and prevent similar situations from happening again. ”

Procter & Gamble occupies a large market in the field of daily chemicals in China, and its brands include Rejoice, Head & Shoulders, Shufujia, Tide, Crest, Aberdeen, Pantene and other products. Although Procter & Gamble is an American company However, the P&G China branch, which entered the Chinese market in 1988, is the largest domestic consumer goods giant with a wide range of product audiences.

Xiaoxiang Morning Post reporter Shen Xiaoyi

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