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Protection advice too focused on bread winners, campaigners say

“We need messages that appeal to all those who would benefit from protection insurance.”

D’Esterre said any dodgy or sexist marketing practices, regardless of industry, needed a rethink because “all it is doing is setting back women’s progress in striving for equality. 

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“As a female consumer I find it a real turn off and I simply wouldn’t buy a product or interact with a company which has sexist overtones, or any other discriminatory overtones for that matter.”

carmen.reichman@ft.com