Furore erupts over gender-neutral ‘gingerbread people’ on sale at Parliament House - and they’re vegan, too

It is a sight that has sent a chill down the spine of anti-woke warriors in Parliament House. Barnaby Joyce reckons it explains Donald Trump’s rise.

It is a sight that has sent a chill down the spine of anti-woke warriors in Parliament House.

The humble Gingerbread Man has been sent to the knackery and replaced with a gender-neutral offering more in step with the modern world.

But the appearance of the unisex biscuit has now prompted Barnaby Joyce and his colleague Nationals senator Matt Canavan to urge Parliament’s cafeterias to simply “leave Christmas alone”.

While the brave new world was on one level humorous, it’s also one of the reasons, Mr Joyce believes, why some voters have turned to political leaders like Donald Trump in the era of political correctness.

“It’s just like, all this stuff has been forced on me, just leave it,” he said.

The humble Gingerbread Man sold at Parliament House has been sent to the knackery and replaced with a gender-neutral offering more in step with the modern world. Picture: Supplied

“Just leave Christmas. If you don’t want to buy Gingerbread men, you don’t have to.

“Can I have one for me and one for it on table 3,” he said.

“The more you do this the more you p*ss people off and the more you encourage a Trump type snapback.”

Nationals Senator Matt Canavan said it was another example of the death of fun in the era of political correctness.

“Please tell me they haven’t done this to the muffin man as well?,” he said.

Barnaby Joyce and his colleague Nationals senator Matt Canavan have urged Parliament’s cafeterias to simply “leave Christmas alone”.

The humble Gingerbread Man has been sent to the knackery and replaced with a gender-neutral offering at Parliament House, according to sources.

“Why are woke people no fun? This doesn’t even rhyme! The fox would turn away in disgust and refuse to eat this poetic abomination!”

Speaking on Sunrise, Treasurer Jim Chalmers also weighed in on the gingerbread issue, revealing he was “not really a gingerbread kind of guy”.

“Geez, those blokes are on to the big issues, aren’t they?,” Mr Chalmers said.

“I’m focused on inflation, the cost of living, the budget, they’re focused on gingerbread men in the cafe. I’m not really a gingerbread man kind of guy.”

“Really?,’’ host Monique Wright asked.

“I’ve been smashing the Christmas M&Ms unfortunately, I’m not really into the gingerbread. I’ll let them focus on that stuff.”

Parliament is hardly leading the charge on abandoning the Gingerbread man.

Woolworths has also renamed its Gingerbread Men to Gingerbread People.

Even the revered Women’s Weekly now offers a recipe for Gingerbread people.

“Woolies has decided to start selling — under their own brand — non-binary Gingerbread people,” caller Harry told Melbourne radio station 3AW recently.

Host of the radio program, Tom Elliott, said none of the Gingerbread People “resemble women”.

Senator Matt Canavan is very vocal about the woke shift.

“Apparently Gingerbread ‘man’ isn’t woke enough,” the Reddit user wrote.

Some social media users agreed. Others turned on the original poster.

One said: “At some point soon I’m just not going to care about offending people. If you can’t handle a biscuit with man in the name, simply grab a box of tissues and retreat to your safe space.”

“I’m trying really hard but too busy caring about my electricity bill doubling in the last year to have energy left over for gingerbread people,” one said.

One said: “Jesus Christ. It’s a biscuit vaguely shaped like a human. Do we need to make a biscuit gender neutral so we don’t offend people?”