“It caused a storm on Twitter, didn’t it?” said Dicky Harrison, owner of the Tors pub in Bellstone, Devon. “It was a little fun. We are in Dartmoor and we have a lot of farmer friends – ladies and gentlemen – who all work the land. It was a nod to the ladies, without being too political. It was not done to cause insult, but women are also plowing. “I’m not really sure what to do now, to be honest – whether to change it or not. “It just seemed the right thing to do at the time.” After an image of the menu went viral, critics accused the pub of “waking up”. “I will not visit this alarm clock,” said one. “Most people are sick to death of this ridiculous culture of canceling awakenings, please do not justify that it was a bit of fun obviously and it was not.” Another said: “Sorry guys, I will not visit a pub” woke up “for my meal. “Yes, there are many women farmers today and I greet them, but stop changing the past.” A third challenged why the pub menu offered “mom’s chocolate mousse”, arguing that all items should be gender neutral. Harrison explained that it was so named because it was his mom’s recipe. The plow (which costs 12.50 £) includes cheese from Devon, roasted ham with molasses and English mustard, picked onions, chutney and sourdough bread. It has been on the menu for a few years now and occasionally elicits a smile or has caused a conversation – but there has been no outcry so far. On Monday, local farmers jumped into the pub’s defense, with one, Michaela Reddaway, posing for a photo with a fork and chickens in front of the pub. She raises sheep and cattle and has been working in agriculture since she was a child, when she helped her grandparents. “I do not think the name is really a problem,” said Reddaway, who was cut short when she spoke to the Guardian “because I was chasing sheep around.” He found it a bit amusing. “It’s something that is not heard at all, but the role of women in agriculture must definitely be emphasized. It is still considered a male-dominated role, but there are many women – and more and more. It is not just men who drive the tractor. they are also women “. Kelly Gilbert, a bar manager in Tors and a smallholder in Dartmoor who keeps chickens and sheep, said she was surprised the series had exploded. “Men and women do the same work here, there is no discrimination,” he said. “When I saw ploughperson’s on the menu, he tickled me – it was not political. When you walk in Belstone, you could walk 100 years back, but everyone, men and women, work in the relic. “Women are not snubbed just because they are women and men are not snubbed because they are men.”
