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Amid #MeToo and Time's Up, Doritos Announces New, More Ladylike Chip
Of course, social media skewered the idea of making a smaller, less crunchy chip for women.Â
February 05 2018 7:12 PM EST
July 11 2018 11:59 PM EST
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Of course, social media skewered the idea of making a smaller, less crunchy chip for women.Â
At this point in history when women en masse are standing up and fighting back against the very real threat sexual harassment and abuse, marching in the streets at the Women's March, and running for elected office in record numbers, Doritos announced its contribution to women's causes-- a new, more ladylike Dorito chip.
Women who've been craving a smaller chip that makes less of a crunching sound and creates fewer crumbs and not as much of a desire to finger-lick after consuming will have their needs met with the "lady-friendly" chip, Doritos' parent company PepsiCo announced on Freakanomics radio.
Men "lick their fingers with great glee, and when they reach the bottom of the bag they pour the little broken pieces into their mouth, because they don't want to lose that taste of the flavor, and the broken chips in the bottom," Pepsi's chief executive officer, Indra Nooyi, explained of the freedom men have been allowed to be less couth than women out in the world.
"Women would love to do the same, but they don't," Nooyi said, according to NPR. "They don't like to crunch too loudly in public. And they don't lick their fingers generously, and they don't like to pour the little broken pieces and the flavor into their mouth."
Like other pointlessly women-specific products that have come before, like the Bic for Her, which was a line of pink or purple pens that boasted a narrower barrel than regular pens in order to accommodate women's diminutive fingers, the "lady-friendly" Doritos will come in smaller triangular shapes for women. Although whether or not the smaller shape is to accommodate what Doritos must perceive as women's tiny hands or miniature mouths (or both) is not clear. But beyond the size of the chip, the packaging will also be smaller in order to fit more snugly in a purse, according to U.K. newspaper The Sun.
The idea for gender-specific Doritos arrives at a time when women across industries are fighting for respect and equal pay, and so, like Ellen DeGeneres skewering the Bic for Her on her show when that tone-deaf product dropped six years ago, the "lady-friendly" chip has been dragged mercilessly and hilariously on social media.
Here are a few tweets that hilariously nail the sexism inherent in developing a chip designed expressly to support stereotypes about women.
\u201cQuestions I have about the forthcoming lady Doritos:\n1. May I request they be salted with the tears of our enemies?\n2. Will they be priced to align with the gender pay gap?\n3. If a lady is OK with crunching, crumbs and public eating, is she banned from purchasing them?\u201d— Kim Bongiorno (@Kim Bongiorno) 1517851979
\u201cWe already have Lady Doritos. Maybe you damn men could start putting the chip clip on?\u201d— Colleen \ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89 (@Colleen \ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89) 1517864982
\u201cWe don't support Lady Doritos, but we do support the development of chips that leave less residue on your fingers. THINK OF THE BOOKS!\u201d— Random House Group (@Random House Group) 1517866562
\u201cOnly interested in these "Lady Doritos" if they have the same exact chips but cost 76 cents on the dollar as compared to regular bags of Doritos.\u201d— actually, the floor is lava (@actually, the floor is lava) 1517857954
\u201cCheer up, gals! We may not get a lady president, but we do get lady Doritos!\u201d— summer goth \ud83e\udd87 (@summer goth \ud83e\udd87) 1517849655
\u201cLady Doritos is a start, but really excited for Gentleman Cheetos, the less-qualified, over-confident snack that crunches loudly over you every time you try to speak your mind in a meeting\u201d— Icon Undies (@Icon Undies) 1517870752
\u201cBreaking news: Mike Pence not allowed to be in the same room as Lady Doritos unless he is accompanied by \u201cMother.\u201d\u201d— Linda Childers (@Linda Childers) 1517865684
\u201cI love lady doritos\u201d— tori (@tori) 1517868620
\u201ci make full eye contact with ur girlfriend as I open a bag of Lady Doritos. She\u2019s mine now. I know it. She now knows it. You\u2019ll learn soon.\u201d— Sophia Benoit (@Sophia Benoit) 1517873359
\u201c.@Doritos If you're doing "lady-chips," I would love some Cool Ranch infused with Plan B\u201d— Lauren Duca (@Lauren Duca) 1517849945
\u201cMake them Midol flavor or get the fuck out of my face https://t.co/eRHwhPqmqe\u201d— Lauren Duca (@Lauren Duca) 1517849303