River Island accused of sexism

High street giant River Island has removed a product that was labeled sexist and offensive by Twitter users.

The fashion and accessories company were selling a novelty item on its website with an image to "gag" nagging women with a caption that read "Will you put a sock in it!!!"

The clothing chain has since removed the product from its sales platforms.

Its withdrawal came after the actress and comic, Jenny Bede, shared a photo of the product on Twitter after spotting it in a River Island shop at the weekend.

She tweeted: "Found this in @RiverIslandPR today. Stunned. @EverydaySexism pic.twitter.com/o7puwCH1kC"

The joke gag was on sale for 4 pounds and had been shown surrounded by speech bubbles of a woman calling out phrases including, "Have you put the bins out?" and "Turn the footy off!"

A statement from River Island to the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday said: "As soon as this product was brought to our attention we withdrew it from sale and removed it from our website."