Hershey’s Faces Backlash After Featuring Biological Male in Ad Honoring International Women’s Day
Weird how @Hersheys couldn’t find real women to sell their herSHE product
American chocolate company Hershey’s is facing severe backlash online after they included a transgender woman named Fae Johnstone in their promotional video for International Women’s Day in Canada.
The chocolate manufacturing company brought back its SHE bar for the third time “to teach young girls that anything is possible.” Hershey’s SHE bar, has come under fire after the inclusion of having a biological male the face of a trans-“woman” on chocolate bar wrappers with “HerShe” highlighted.
However, Johnstone’s feature in the International Women’s Day campaign was not liked by many, which led to #BoycottHersheys, “Hershey’s is erasing women,” being trended on Twitter.
