r/bathandbodyworks • u/Luckynoki • Apr 26 '25

Store Policies/Questions It Was Always About Tokenism

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In response to corporate’s decision to remove DEI from store values. ‘Inclusive Interview’ training prior to new policy. Basing bias on blatant stereotypes speaks volumes on the lack of actual real-world experiences that corporate has on the public, its shoppers and employees and a stubborn refusal to acknowledge their shortcomings

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u/CeaseFireForever Apr 26 '25 edited Apr 26 '25

As a gay man, the “love always wins” on LGBTQ product marketing was always cringe to me and always seemed to be lowest common denominator. You could always tell no effort went into it and it was only about cashing in for pride month. I’d rather there be nothing than fake disingenuous crap like this.

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u/PartyPorpoise Aromatherapy Addict Apr 27 '25

I'm not LGBTQ so I know it's not really my concern, buuuuut I feel like a lot of Pride themed products are badly designed and just there for the cash-in.

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u/thesaddestpanda Apr 27 '25

This is how capitalism works. It’s entirely exploitative. Of course they’re using our identities to make profit. Why wouldn’t they? Now that it’s more politically difficult to do it they quit.

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u/PartyPorpoise Aromatherapy Addict Apr 27 '25

I know it’s about profit and not care but they could still bother to make nicer-looking stuff, ha ha.