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Ben Thompson

Pub apologises for 'sexist' prank permission slips asking wives and girlfriends to let blokes watch the rugby 'with the lads'

A pub has been forced to apologise after being branded 'sexist' for issuing permission slips for 'girlfriends, wives and fiancees' to sign off their blokes so they can go and watch the rugby.

Town Square Belfast shared the cheeky form on Instagram last week, in which women are requested to give their husbands or boyfriends written permission to watch the Six Nations games 'with the lads'.

But the tongue-in-cheek post didn't go down well with some social media users, who took to Twitter to blast it for 'alienating and disparaging half the population', as many deemed it an example of 'everyday sexism'.

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