Femina’s Women’s Day Post Receives Online Backlash. Disrespectful Or Not, You Decide For Yourself

Femina Believe—a personality development offshoot of the popular publication by the same name—drew the ire of the Twitterati today after it tweeted a controversial post for Women’s Day.

The post, which includes a picture of a deserted shopping mall, a messy room, and a lonely man, asks, “Can you imagine a world without women?”

The Website for Femina Believe Personality Development Workshops—to whom the aforementioned handle belongs—claims to offer an “unrivalled curriculum” in make-up & skin care, styling, dining etiquette, and communication skills & body language. Femina Believe was, however, quick to apologise for the post.

At a time when the people of India are fighting hard to break away from parochial stereotypes, Femina could have given their Women’s Day post another review, or three. Perhaps, a stint at a development workshop for social media appropriateness might help.