Oxford University apologies after viral photo of female workers cleaning Women’s Day sign irk Netizens

March 10. 2018:

Someone caught the ‘shameful’ act on camera and posted it on Social Media.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, while big corporate giants like McDonalds and KFC were flipping and swapping the logos, and law enforcement groups were pledging not to ‘Let it Go’ if women were harassed.

At Oxford University, a woman staffer was made to clean a sign that read ‘Happy International Women’s Day’.

Thanks to social media, someone caught the ‘shameful’ act on camera and posted it on Twitter that led to a huge furore online.

Image, which is now going viral across the social media platform garnered over 22,000 retweets, at the time of writing.

Captured by Associate Professor Dr Sophie Smith, who works at University, shows female worker using a mop to erase the chalk message as a group of male security guards stand idly by.

Pointing out the irony, she wrote, “Oxford security makes a woman cleaner scrub out “Happy International Women’s Day” on the Clarendon steps. What an image for #IWD.”

Very soon the image started doing rounds on the Internet and led to a great debate. “Totally shocked to see 4 men standing around talking while a woman works,” remarked one.

After a huge buzz, Oxford University apologised to Dr Smith and wrote, “We are deeply sorry for this and for offence caused. International Women’s Day is hugely important to Oxford. This should not have happened.”