{"id":205403,"date":"2021-03-09T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=205403"},"modified":"2021-03-09T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:00:11","slug":"burger-king-u-k-tries-to-celebrate-women-in-tweet-ends-up-apologizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burger-king-u-k-tries-to-celebrate-women-in-tweet-ends-up-apologizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Burger King U.K. Tries To Celebrate Women In Tweet, Ends Up Apologizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fburger-king-u-k-tries-to-celebrate-women-in-tweet-ends-up-apologizing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=205403&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/097C560A-A95E-48F4-85F1-36E36CF87095_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Burger King U.K. has deleted a tweet the company put out on Monday after it received criticism from the Twitter community. While the original post was seemingly an attempt to encourage more women to pursue work in culinary fields \u2014 if that is their desire \u2014 users on Twitter deemed it misogynistic, leading to the fast food chain apologizing.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, the majority of the culinary workforce is occupied by men. This led Burger King U.K. to tweet in support of more women entering the field in a celebration of International Women\u2019s Day. The fast food chain also used the day in order to announce a scholarship program, called H.E.R. (Helping Equalize Restaurants), but the initial tweet was enough to upset users on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/burger-king-uks-tweet-women-belonging-kitchen-backlash-social-media-users\">post<\/a> was a series of tweets, beginning with \u201cwomen belong in the kitchen,\u201d followed up with \u201cif they want to, or course.\u201d Another tweet continued, \u201cYet only 20% of chefs are women. We\u2019re on a mission to change the gender ratio in the restaurant industry by empowering female employees with the opportunity to pursue a culinary career.\u201d The series ended with the announcement of the scholarship program \u201c which will help female Burger king employees pursue their culinary dreams!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/burger-king-uks-tweet-women-belonging-kitchen-backlash-social-media-users\">Fox News<\/a> reports that many Twitter users found the tweets offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Shameful Burger King absolutely bang out of order,\u201d one user posted.\u201dOn Women\u2019s Day no less!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shameful Burger King absolutely bang out of order. On Women&#8217;s Day no less!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dell \ud83d\udca6 #BruceOut (@agbnufc_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/agbnufc_\/status\/1368852836314984457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another accused the chain of using specific language to garner attention, writing, \u201cI get that you were using this comment as bait for a larger conversation to actually empower women. But listen to all the women telling you that using a sexist comment as bait isn\u2019t cool. This was the first tweet I saw on international woman\u2019s day.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I get that you were using this comment as bait for a larger conversation to actually empower women. But listen to all the women telling you that using a sexist comment as bait isn\u2019t cool. This was the first tweet I saw on international woman\u2019s day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michelle Guido (@heyyguido) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heyyguido\/status\/1368942581825044485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>KFC\u2019s U.K. account joined in, telling Burger King U.K. to delete the tweet, stating, \u201cThe best time to delete this post was immediately after posting it. The second best time is now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QmJiwOGgZZ\">pic.twitter.com\/QmJiwOGgZZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KFC Gaming (@kfcgaming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kfcgaming\/status\/1368865374096228356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Burger King U.K. reportedly responded to KFC\u2019s post, but the tweet has since been deleted. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/burger-king-uks-tweet-women-belonging-kitchen-backlash-social-media-users\">Fox News<\/a> reported that the company\u2019s response read, \u201cWhy would we delete a tweet that\u2019s drawing attention to a huge lack of female representation in our industry, we thought you\u2019d be on board with this as well? We\u2019ve launched a scholarship to help give more of our female employees the chance to pursue a culinary career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the company had originally stood up for its choice of words in the promotion of its scholarship, it changed its tune on Tuesday and issued an apology.<\/p>\n<p>Burger King U.K. posted a statement in response to the backlash, stating, \u201cWe hear you. We got our initial tweet wrong and we\u2019re sorry. Our aim was to draw attention to the fact that only 20% of professional chefs in U.K. kitchens are women and to help change that by awarding culinary scholarships. We will do better next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a second tweet, the company explained its decision to delete the initial tweet. \u201cWe decided to delete the original tweet after our apology. It was brought to our attention that there were abusive comments in the thread and we don\u2019t want to leave the space open for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We decided to delete the original tweet after our apology. It was brought to our attention that there were abusive comments in the thread and we don&#8217;t want to leave the space open for that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burger King (@BurgerKingUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurgerKingUK\/status\/1369055736756600834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement to&nbsp;Fox News before the company deleted the tweet, a spokesperson for Burger King stated that the brand is \u201ccommitted to helping women break through a male-dominated culinary culture in the world\u2019s fine dining restaurants \u2013 and sometimes that requires drawing attention to the problem we\u2019re trying to help fix.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued: \u201cOur tweet in the UK today was designed to draw attention to the fact that only a small percentage of chefs and head chefs are women. It was our mistake to not include the full explanation in our initial tweet and have adjusted our activity moving forward because we\u2019re sure that when people read the entirety of our commitment, they will share our belief in this important opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burger King also told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/burger-king-uks-tweet-women-belonging-kitchen-backlash-social-media-users\">Fox News<\/a> on Monday that the H.E.R. program is a section of the broader Burger King Foundation Scholars Program and has already given out \u201cmore than $3 million in scholarships to support female team members in achieving their educational goals in North America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burger King U.K. has deleted a tweet the company put out on Monday after it received criticism from the Twitter community. 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