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26th August 2021
07:00am BST

Fortunately, the day takes an interesting turn when a hungry tiger turns up at the door and asks if he can join Sophie and her mother for tea.
Spoiler alert: he ends up eating far more than his fair share. And if my own children are anything to go by, little people find the cheeky tiger's antics hilariously funny and want to read the story over and over and over again.
However, now a women's rights campaigner has shocked us all by saying the classic book really sends a message to children that could cause “domestic abuse, rape and sexual harassment."
Yikes.
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, Adamson said:
"We know that gender stereotypes are harmful and they reinforce gender inequality, and that gender inequality is the cause of violence against women and girls, such as domestic abuse, rape and sexual harassment.'
Adamson also questioned the tiger's gender and why he was not female or gender-neutral, and highlighted the 'old fashioned, stereotypical' ending in which the father comes home from work and 'saves the day' by taking his family to a cafe.
She added:
"We need to recognise these aren't just stories… I know this will make a lot of people unhappy, but one of the books is The Tiger Who Came to Tea... Judith Kerr is a wonderful author."
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