PlayStation Head Circumvents Abortion Talk With Cat Birthdays in Bizarre Company Email
In an internal Sony email first acquired by Bloomberg, PlayStation President and CEO Jim Ryan refused to take a position on the topic of abortion in light of the leaked Supreme Court draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade in the United States. Mentioning that he hopes that employees “respect differences of opinion,” Ryan then goes on to detail the birthday celebrations of his two pet cats in the following five paragraphs, resulting in a bizarre email that reportedly angered people within the company.
Instead of taking a firm stance on the upsetting political issue of the moment (or simply staying silent as many company heads have since the leak), Ryan urged Sony workers to consider the many different viewpoints of PlayStation customers and how fundamental that respect is to Sony’s global branding. Then in an attempt to make a tough pivot and bring up something lighthearted, he also spoke at length about how he perceived dogs as useful for keeping burglars away and chasing balls in the yard. For the record, Ryan hopes to own a dog one day, but he does not have one currently.
Jim Ryan's email, seen by Bloomberg News, does not take a stance on Roe v. Wade or abortion rights but does declare «that dogs really are man’s best friend, they know their place, and perform useful functions like biting burglars and chasing balls that you throw for them.»
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Sony staffers are reportedly furious at the email, with one quoted as saying that they’d “never been so mad about a cat birthday before.” Other female employees felt as if their rights were disrespected or trivialized by an email
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