Listing for Ex-Girlfriend Shooting Target Removed from Amazon
A listing for a bloody mannequin has disappeared from Amazon after feminists complained it was promoting violence against women. The activist group UltraViolet collected 63,000 signatures on a petition to get rid of the shooting target designed by Zombie Industries that bled when shot and was chillingly called "The Ex." The first 10,000 signatures appeared within the first 30 minutes of the campaign, the organizers said.
A listing for a bloody mannequin has disappeared from Amazon after feminists complained it was promoting violence against women.
The activist group UltraViolet collected 63,000 signatures on a petition to get rid of the shooting target designed by Zombie Industries that bled when shot and was chillingly called “The Ex.” The first 10,000 signatures appeared within the first 30 minutes of the campaign, the organizers said.
“It’s obvious why that struck a nerve with people,” UltraViolet co-founder Nita Chaudhary told SocialTimes.
The petition stated, “Zombie Industries ‘The Ex’ shooting target–a large-breasted woman who bleeds when shot–promotes domestic violence and partner homicide and should not be sold on your website.
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