A technical glitch on Barclaycard’s website meant that a “sexist” error message was displayed to a user.
Nikki, a Twitter user who was trying to fill out a form on the banking company’s website, found that she was not able to tick “Dr” as her title at the same time as ticking “female” for her gender.
The message received more than 11,000 likes on the website, however Nikki later clarified that the error was caused by a website glitch.
She then got in touch with Barclaycard, who helped her successfully submit her application form.
A Barclaycard spokesperson said: “We apologise to Nicola for the technical error she encountered when applying for a credit card. Applicants are usually able to select ‘Dr’ as their title and then enter their gender as either female or male.
“Applicants are able to complete the form successfully when entering their details in a linear manner by selecting ‘Dr’ as their title, entering their name and then selecting female or male as their gender.