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August 28th, 2009 at 10:45 am

My Friend Went to Thailand and All I Got Was This Lousy Prostitute

Appalling t-shirts go global:

New on the Onion website is this gem of a t-shirt:

My Friend Went to Thailand and All I Got Was This Lousy Prostitute

The ad notes “Prostitute Not Included.”

Are you kidding me?

Note the shirt itself says “kiddnapped prostitute,” even though the description omits the word kidnapped. Almost as if they knew how wrong it is…It’s bad enough without the kiddnapping addition, highlighting the commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls in South East Asia, but to add sex trafficking to the joke is completely outrageous.

I know some people are calling the Onion to express their outrage, I hope you will too: 1-800-280-1791.

PS A quick perusal of the men’s shirts found this other lovely item: “I Sexually Harassed The Employee Of The Month,” encouraging men to “Make Light of Your Horrendous Workplace Conduct”

(from a thread on Prevention Connection)

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