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Web Wednesday – Target Wins the Trophy, errrr… Prize

Yahoo, ABC, Jezebel and many other news sources, and oh yeah, also the bad entertainment site ironically called, “Fox News” are all reporting on Target stores selling a shirt emblazoned with the word “Trophy.”  They are selling it in their Junior section oriented toward brides.

The retailer has received a firestorm of grief about it being demeaning to women. You would think that they would insist on a much nicer looking shirt or a much funnier design if they are going to get so much grief (add ironic wink…)

The person that put up a petition on change.org has a point saying, “Labeling any person as a ‘Trophy’ is demeaning their humanity and objectifying them as a tangible object that can be bought, used, and disposed of.”

Target responded by saying it was a “fun wink.”

The Jezebel reporter said, “So the ugly shirt isn’t sexist, it’s just a fun wink! Kind of like how catcalls are just friendly observations.”

Personally as a human rights activist and a guy that raised five daughters I thought this Target Canada pajama was worse. Dumb stuff all around.

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