A new advertising campaign put out by the Governor’s Highway Safety Office has stirred up controversy, as some have said the campaign takes a sexist approach to encouraging young men not to drive under the influence.
The campaign boasts slogans that refer to girls looking “hotter” when guys are under the influence and finding out “a marginally good-looking girl” later is “chatty,” “clingy” or “your boss’s daughter” as signs that maybe a man has had too much to drink.
Despite what some are calling a sexist message, Charlie Bob’s waitress Tiffany Cannon, who recently found the campaign’s coasters and fliers at the Dickerson Pike bar Saturday, said the most offensive words were written below the slogan, “Paid for by the TN Governor’s Highway Safety Office.”
“My first reaction was cool, we got free coasters,” said the 25-year-old, who also works as a bartender at the restaurant. “But then one of my customers pointed out what was on them, and my jaw dropped.” (continue reading at the Tennessean)