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People are slamming this 'sexist' headline from a London newspaper

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The Sutton Guardian wrote this headline. In 2017:

More than half of Londoners admit to dipping their wick in the office goods. Have you?

The headline of the offending article has since been changed, but then URL is still there:

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And of course it's received bit of backlash:

Warning: It's quite a profanity filled backlash.

But the headline ran across other London news websites owned by Newsquest, including the Lewisham News Shopper, Surrey Cometand This is Local Londonbefore also being amended.

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