Puffed Up Advertising

Would drinking this coconut milk make your chest look like theirs?

On the eve of International Women's Day, many Chinese companies still don't get how sexist they are in 2019 when it comes to their marketing slogans. But at least consumers are speaking up and shaming these companies into correcting their puffed up claims.

Wahaha said the "testimonial" was taken off the packaging

Case in point -- Chinese beverage giant Wahaha removed a "consumer quote" that claimed drinking a package of milk regularly would increase a woman's breast cup size from A to D.

The drink, called Vitamin A&D Calcium Milk, which is a popular drink for children, has a so-called testimony that reads: "When I was in high school, someone in my class said drinking Vitamin A&D Calcium Milk can help [your cup size] grow from A to D. That started a craze in our class and all the girls started drinking it."

Maybe it did increase their chest sizes from all the hormones injected into the dairy cows, but I digress...

Consumers complained, saying the so-called testimony was misleading and inappropriate for a product targeting children to carry a message about breast enhancement.

This milk product is actually geared towards children

Wahaha apologized on Tuesday and said it had stopped producing the packaging. It tried to explain that the testimonial was from actual consumers and got their permission to use the quotes.

But really? A story claiming apparent breast enhancement printed on a drink for kids?

Meanwhile another drinks company, Hainan Coconut Palm Group was also criticized for claiming that if women drank its coconut milk, then their breasts would get bigger.

The ads featured women frolicking on the beach with large chests with slogans like: "drink one can ever day, [your] curves will excite people, whiter and more plump", or "I drink from small to big", or "drinking more coconut milk every day can make [your] breasts fuller".

That's not the first time Hainan Coconut Palm Group got into trouble about unverified claims about its drinks. In 2017, it released an advertisement for its papaya juice, with large-chested women in bikinis on the beach with the slogan: "when I'm full of papaya, I'm ample-chested".

Claims of big chests after drinking coconut milk are false

It's quite obvious these companies don't have women in senior positions otherwise they would never have gotten into trouble with these silly marketing slogans in the first place. Do they really think women are gullible enough to consume these products to get a bigger chest?

How about just focusing on promoting how good it tastes instead of making such puffed up claims...

Saga of Assault using a Breast Continues

Ng Lai-ying (left) expresses relief after emerging from court today

Last March in Yuen Long, at a protest against parallel traders who snap up goods in Hong Kong to sell across the border, a woman was charged for assaulting a police officer with her breast.

How one does that was hard to fathom and the story grabbed headlines around the world for such a bizarre charge. And women's rights protesters expressed bewilderment at how a breast could be a weapon.

Last March she was charged with assault using her breast

But Ng Lai-ying, 30, was actually convicted of this charge and today was able to appeal against going to jail, but was unable to overturn her conviction.

Mrs Justice Judianna Barnes wrote in her judgment that it appeared Ng was trying to get her boyfriend Kwong Chun-lung off the hook when she bumped into Inspector Chan Ka-po with her breast and yelled "indecent assault".

"Although her action could not be said to be excusable, the court should consider it was under this circumstance that she committed the offence," Justice Barnes said.

But the judge noted the offence remained serious in that she falsely accused Chan of indecent assault, which could have incited the crowd. She warned Ng that if she failed to display remorse, she could still face a jail term.

Last year protesters made fun of breasts being used as weapons

Kwong, 20 also managed to overturn his original sentence of time at a training centre, but was unable to overturn his conviction as well.

Outside the court, Ng gasped, "I was relieved", and added she and Kwong respected the court's decision.

The pair and two others will be sentenced on September 26, with the expectation of time doing community service.

Falsely claiming indecent assault is definitely wrong, but it's still interesting that a breast could be considered a weapon...

Defending the Breast(s)

Protesters came out showing off their bras, including some men!

If there was a protest march I should have checked out, it was yesterday's in Hong Kong.

A group of people, about 200 of them gathered in front of the police headquarters in Wan Chai to protest the sentence of Ng Lai-ying, 30, who was jailed for three months and 15 days for assaulting a police officer with her breast.

She was arrested back on March 1, when she took part in a protest against parallel tradeing in Yuen Long, and when she said that during scuffles with police, chief inspector Chan Ka-po tried to grab her bag, but instead grabbed her breast.

Ng Lai-ying was arrested for assault using her breast

Ng accused him of indecent assault, but instead Chan accused her of assaulting him with her breast.

When the case went to court in July, magistrate Michael Chan Pik-kiu said Ng tried to damage the policeman's reputation, even though he suffered no injury.

Protesters who came out yesterday were outraged.

"Breast is not a weapon," they chanted. There were many liberal men who wore bras, while some women wore them on top of T-shirts or waved bras around.

"The way I dress today looks quite ugly as a male, but it is not as ugly as the judgement, which is like pointing at a deer and calling it a horse, and the police's decision to prosecute Ng without following guidelines," said social worker Jordi Tsang Sing-cheung, wearing a coconut bra.

Someone should have taken an informal survey to see how the men felt about wearing the bras...

Anyway, the magistrate later admitted he was threatened and feared for his safety since the verdict, but that didn't stop some protesters from carrying signs that read: "God will punish".

Protesters mock police by pretending to grab a man's breasts!

"It is very shocking and regrettable when a woman who says she's been molested is interpreted as causing chaos. It will deter women from taking part in social movements and deprive them of the right to take part in political activities," said Luk Kit-ting, a spokeswoman for the group.

While the protest gathering was not legal since the group had not given advance notice to the police, the authorities raised a yellow flag to warn them that this was an unlawful assembly and they could be prosecuted.

However, the warning was ignored and the protesters left peacefully after they handed a petition to a police representative.

Perhaps the authorities were amused by the unusual protest, as summed up by retired teacher James Hon, who was also sporting a bra for the first time: "We have come to this rather odd method to tell the world how ridiculous it is."

Ng is going to appeal the sentence. We wonder if Lady Justice will put her blindfold back on to ensure a fair trial...