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NY Times mocked for ‘women poop’ at work story

by Joe Concha - 09/17/19 5:51 PM ET

The New York Times was mocked on social media on Tuesday for a story on women’s bathroom habits in the workplace in a piece titled, “Women Poop. At Work. Get It Over.”

“Poop shame is real — and it disproportionately affects women, who suffer from higher rates of irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. In other words, the patriarchy has seeped into women’s intestinal tracts. Let’s call it the pootriarchy,” one paragraph of the story reads.

The reaction to the story’s premise, along with an illustration used that includes one woman in a stall with no shoes on and another stall being shared by a man and woman, was swift on social media, mostly from conservatives.

New York Times be like “Quick, think of something to get folks to stop focusing on our botched Kavanaugh debacle! I got it, run this piece.” https://t.co/WgDivSRt4N

— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) September 17, 2019

Absolutely no one, anywhere, in human history:

NY Times: pic.twitter.com/UxjH19BuyQ

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 17, 2019

we regret to inform you the NYT is at it again pic.twitter.com/WGlH3iKdy0

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) September 17, 2019

An actual line from the Paper of Record, ladies and gents pic.twitter.com/rpshcd6Iy3

— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) September 17, 2019

Er, what’s happening in this illustration? Did the woman in the stall to the far left need help or something?

And who took their shoes off?

New York Times, are you feeling okay?https://t.co/3r8knbxsUX pic.twitter.com/290YTfw9jH

— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 17, 2019

Wait what https://t.co/lJilGNpL8o

— andy lassner (@andylassner) September 17, 2019

Look, the first and second stalls are concerning in their own right, but I’m most bothered by the third stall: Only a monsterwould use a public restroom barefoot. https://t.co/hiLIxMdSlH

— Natalie Johnson (@nataliejohnsonn) September 17, 2019