Full Text of SR0517 94th General Assembly
SR0517 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Abercrombie & Fitch ("ANF") has been a sporting | 3 |
| goods clothing retailer since 1892; and
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| WHEREAS, 14 of ANF's 363 retail stores are in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, ANF's target groups are youths as young as seven | 6 |
| years old, teens, and college-age young adults; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, ANF markets itself as a "lifestyle brand" | 8 |
| allegedly embodying the values and appeal of a desirable way of | 9 |
| living; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Since the late 1990's, ANF has produced and | 11 |
| marketed several lines of merchandise and catalogues that they | 12 |
| have ultimately pulled from the market in response to public | 13 |
| disgust and pressure; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, ANF has recently introduced lines of girls and | 15 |
| boys T-shirts with overt and obscene sexual messages that | 16 |
| degrade and objectify women in particular; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, The girls T-shirts contain messages like "With | 18 |
| these who needs brains", "Blondes are adored, brunettes are | 19 |
| ignored", "Anatomy Tutor", and "Muck Fe"; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, The boys T-shirts contain messages like "You blow | 21 |
| I'll pop", "Bitches love me", and "The Island of Lesbos, every | 22 |
| man's dream"; and
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| WHEREAS, These T-shirts are available for purchase at ANF's | 24 |
| Illinois store locations and on ANF's website; and
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| WHEREAS, A group of teenage girls in Allegheny County, | 26 |
| Pennsylvania, have initiated a "girlcott" of the company in |
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| response to these T-shirts; and
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| WHEREAS, ANF has repeatedly mocked the values of Illinois | 3 |
| families with their merchandise and marketing tactics aimed at | 4 |
| children; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Abercrombie & | 7 |
| Fitch to remove the aforementioned T-shirts from their stores | 8 |
| or we otherwise urge the public, and parents especially, to | 9 |
| boycott Abercrombie & Fitch, and urge stockholders to demand a | 10 |
| public stand against their merchandise and marketing | 11 |
| techniques promoting an obscene and degrading lifestyle, until | 12 |
| these products are removed from their stores and advertising of | 13 |
| this nature ceases.
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