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ismnotwasm

(41,998 posts)
Mon May 6, 2013, 04:22 PM May 2013

Here’s “The Ex” shooting target that Zombie Industries sells (trigger warning)





At the National Rifle Association convention this past weekend, vendor Zombie Industries was asked to remove a shooting target that looks like President Obama. The company sells more than a dozen mannequins that “bleed” when shot, and as it states on its website, “to discriminate against Women by not having them represented in our product selection would be just plain sexist.” So here’s the the one female mannequin they sell: It is called “The Ex.”


Between 30 and 40 percent of women murdered in the US each year are killed by a current or former intimate partner. In over half of these cases, the perpetrator used a gun. Put another way: Of women killed with guns, almost two-thirds are killed by their intimate partners.

Given that they are apparently so concerned with “sexism,” I wonder if Zombie Industries knows just how closely their product mirrors this reality. You can ask them here.

http://feministing.com/2013/05/06/heres-the-ex-shooting-target-that-zombie-industries-sells/
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Here’s “The Ex” shooting target that Zombie Industries sells (trigger warning) (Original Post) ismnotwasm May 2013 OP
OMG BainsBane May 2013 #1
There are no words ismnotwasm May 2013 #2
Misogyny American style BainsBane May 2013 #3
That is just sick! Demented! Fucked Up! nt boston bean May 2013 #4
That may be the most misogynistic product I have seen in years Bjorn Against May 2013 #5
Excellent point ismnotwasm May 2013 #6
notice that her bra is exposed Shivering Jemmy May 2013 #7
Ugly isn't it? ismnotwasm May 2013 #8

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)
5. That may be the most misogynistic product I have seen in years
Mon May 6, 2013, 08:30 PM
May 2013

It is quite frightening to see the racism and misogyny that exists among the "gun rights" crowd. Anyone who would buy something like this is not someone who I would trust with a gun.

Shivering Jemmy

(900 posts)
7. notice that her bra is exposed
Tue May 7, 2013, 11:20 PM
May 2013

and that she's not wearing pants.

Am I to infer from this that she was sexually assaulted prior to be her execution?

This is the work of someone seriously mentally ill.

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