{"id":4896,"date":"2011-03-25T03:12:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T10:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=4896"},"modified":"2011-03-25T03:12:07","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T10:12:07","slug":"a-different-view-on-pink-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/25\/a-different-view-on-pink-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"A different view on pink guns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though I groused about pink guns<\/a> yesterday, Joel — who disagrees — has a point<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In fact, his view of guns as (gasp) fashion accessories<\/i> in some less hoplophobic and less legislated future evoked an image of the cheerfully armed denizens of L. Neil Smith’s North American Confederacy. Now, I can easily see the ladies of The Probability Broach<\/i><\/a> wearing sidearms in pink or purple or paisley or anything else they wanted. Very large<\/i>, very scary-looking girly guns, but nevertheless, girly. (WolfSong makes a point about the virtue of girly guns, too.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Still, in this<\/i> world I’m not yet ready to change my mind. It’s not the pink guns I object to. Or glittery guns. Or guns with Hello Kitty emblems on them. As commentors pointed out, in a sense “girly guns” are no different than guy guns with fancy engraving or staghorn grips. And they’re definitely not as gross as these<\/a>. Or these<\/a>. Of course, people ought to be able to decorate their guns to their tastes, however good or bad anybody else might judge them.<\/p>\n

It’s the marketing to women as if we were all brainless bimbos that bothers me. In that sense, pushing pink guns at us is a definite step up from the days when marketers expected us to believe our friends would sneer at us because our dishwashers left spots on our stemware. Or that only the right toothpaste could give us sex appeal<\/a>. And a woman without either “sex appeal” or a good shirtwaist dress, pearl necklace, and high-heeled shoes to do her vacuuming and cooking in was a woman whose existence had no point.<\/p>\n

Yes, it’s a step up from all that. But not big step. Not really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though I groused about pink guns yesterday, Joel — who disagrees — has a point. In fact, his view of guns as (gasp) fashion accessories in some less hoplophobic and less legislated future evoked an image of the cheerfully armed denizens of L. Neil Smith’s North American Confederacy. Now, I can easily see the ladies of The Probability Broach wearing sidearms in pink or purple or paisley or anything else they wanted. Very large, very scary-looking girly guns, but nevertheless, girly. (WolfSong makes a point about the virtue of girly guns, too.) Still, in this world I’m not yet ready…<\/p>\n

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