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https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/target-u...35802.html

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This “Trophy” T-shirt, on sale at Target, has sparked an online backlash against the retailer. (Photo: Target)

A T-shirt being sold at Target’s stores and on its website has sparked a backlash online, as many customers are claiming the top is offensive to women.

The black shirt, which has the word “trophy” in bold white letters across the front and costs $12.99, has many slamming the retailer for treating women and girls as objects. A number of customers have been posting photos of the T-shirt, which some say they spotted in the junior’s section, on social media, publicly criticizing what they say is a sexist move on Target’s part. While the shirt has reportedly been on sale since June, it’s only recently gained steam on social media.

“Dear Target, why are you selling shirts that describe women as obtainable objects such as trophies?” wrote one user on Target’s Facebook page. “It’s honestly appalling. I’m nobody’s trophy, and I sincerely hope that in your eyes, women are more than something to be won.”
samsamsam comment - this crypt keeper that wrote this Facebook comment - looks like this - chick on left. Hopefully, every white knight competing for her is losing



Plenty of women echoed those sentiments. “Losing outdated, ridiculous attitudes toward women could be helped if everyone, Target included, chose to stop marketing to women as though they were objects. When was the last time you saw a men’s shirt that said ‘provider’ across the chest? Let’s all do what we can to lose the stereotypes,” wrote one Facebook user. And in a tweet accompanying a photo of the shirt on display, one user added [email protected] under what circumstances should any human being wear a T-shirt that indicates that they are a ‘trophy’?”

In a statement sent Tuesday to Yahoo Parenting, Target said the shirt is part of a collection for brides, despite the claim by many customers that it’s being marketed to teen girls. “It is never our intention to offend anyone, and we always appreciate receiving feedback from our guests,” wrote a spokesperson. “The [‘Trophy’ shirt] is part of a collection of engagement and wedding shirts that are available in our women’s and plus size departments. The collection also included shirts that say ‘Team Bride,’ ‘Mrs.,’ and ‘Bride.’ These shirts are intended as a fun wink and we have received an overwhelmingly positive response from our guests.”

One woman has even started a petition on Change.org demanding that Target stop selling the shirt. “The truth is that millions of women and young girls are taken as ‘trophies’ every year in war, sex trafficking, slavery, and rape,” writes Amanda R., the author of the petition. “The perpetrators see women as ‘things’ that are bought, sold, traded, and ‘won’ through force where they are then beaten, abused, tortured, raped, and murdered for the sole purpose of ‘victory.’ The word trophy should not refer to any person, man, or woman because we are not THINGS — we are human beings. 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.” The petition, which was posted online in June, has received more than 700 signatures so far.

In response to the individual Facebook posts, Target expressed appreciation to users for sharing their opinions. “Thanks for reaching out to us! It’s never our intention to offend guests with our merchandise. This has been shared with the appropriate teams,” it wrote in response to one of the photos.

Some of those customers have posted online defending the shirt. Wrote one fan of the shirt on Twitter: “There’s nothing wrong with selling a ‘trophy’ shirt. That’s just letting people know, if you get me you’ve won.” Another added, “I would honestly buy the trophy shirt from @target. I think I’m great, and I want people to know how great I am.”

But child development specialist and body image expert Dr. Robyn Silverman says that while many customers may be able to laugh it off, the shirt sends the wrong message. “Some may say this shirt is all done in fun, but many women want to see themselves, and want to be seen, as more than just a prize someone wins and shows off to others,” she tells Yahoo Parenting. “‘Trophy wife’ typically suggests that a woman does nothing more than look pretty for the man who ‘scored’ her.”

And to the chorus of online commenters who say those who have a problem with the shirt just shouldn’t buy it, she says that isn’t a solution. “The problem can go deeper than the surface, and the solution may be more than just avoidance,” she says. “The more our young girls and boys see these messages, and there are so many each day, the more they internalize them as truth and expectation. The media does enough to demean women and box them in — I’d rather see positive words on tees that show what’s so amazing about the women wearing them rather than a label that tells them that they are simply a prize to be won.”

Post: #2

Next game step: become the Don Draper of "offensive messages" for companies looking to make profit.

Post: #3

"Crypt keeper"

Post: #4

The typist who churned out this crap has a fat nerd girl's face on a skinny body. Shit is bizarre.

Also, she's just jealous she isn't cute enough to be anyone's trophy. It's the same old song.

Post: #5

These women are correct, they are no trophy.

Post: #6

The funny thing is bitches loooove Target. Great place to game middle and upper-class white girls in the US. They usually go here as they're too embarrassed to be seen at Walmart and Targets are often located in slightly better areas.

I wonder how this will be reconciled.

Post: #7

(07-21-2015 02:30 PM)TheWastelander Wrote:  The typist who churned out this crap has a fat nerd girl's face on a skinny body. Shit is bizarre.

Also, she's just jealous she isn't cute enough to be anyone's trophy. It's the same old song.

My bad, I wasn't clear. She just wrote that Facebook comment.

Post: #8

(07-21-2015 02:31 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:  The funny thing is bitches loooove Target. Great place to game middle and upper-class white girls in the US. They usually go here as they're too embarrassed to be seen at Walmart and Targets are often located in slightly better areas.

I wonder how this will be reconciled.

1. I have to buy that shirt for my wife

2. I heard a comedy routine about this one and it went something like "what the target women in their honda pilots looking down at the minivan walmart mothers don't get is that the woman with fake tits, driving an escalade and shopping at Trader Joes is looking down on them"

Post: #9

So women think this is offensive because women are apart of the spoils of war, but want to be known as a prize that man reluctantly won.

In other news, water is wet.

Seriously you can NEVER win with these people.

Post: #10

It's like we went back in time. Remember decades ago when stuck-up parents used to rage about everything being sold to their kids, played on the radio, and put on MTV? Bands and video games were always being put on blast for being explicit and being a bad influence on young America.

The modern social justice warrior/FB-twitter slacktivist is the equivalent anno 2015. They make a stink about every little thing trying to force people to censor themselves or have big-daddy government censor them to protect their own warped and selfish sensibilities.

Post: #11

If you don't like the shirt, maybe don't buy it?

The difference between normals and SJWs is that normals simply avoid consuming and patronizing businesses and products they don't like. SJWs, on the other hand, want to ban stuff they don't like. If they don't want it or like it, then nobody should be able to have it.

Post: #12

Positive no petition would've been started if these were said shirts.
   

   

Post: #13

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https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/target-u...35802.html

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WB

Post: #14

(07-21-2015 02:24 PM)samsamsam Wrote:  https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/target-u...35802.html

Quote:

This “Trophy” T-shirt, on sale at Target, has sparked an online backlash against the retailer. (Photo: Target)

A T-shirt being sold at Target’s stores and on its website has sparked a backlash online, as many customers are claiming the top is offensive to women.

The black shirt, which has the word “trophy” in bold white letters across the front and costs $12.99, has many slamming the retailer for treating women and girls as objects. A number of customers have been posting photos of the T-shirt, which some say they spotted in the junior’s section, on social media, publicly criticizing what they say is a sexist move on Target’s part. While the shirt has reportedly been on sale since June, it’s only recently gained steam on social media.

“Dear Target, why are you selling shirts that describe women as obtainable objects such as trophies?” wrote one user on Target’s Facebook page. “It’s honestly appalling. I’m nobody’s trophy, and I sincerely hope that in your eyes, women are more than something to be won.”
samsamsam comment - this crypt keeper that wrote this Facebook comment - looks like this - chick on left. Hopefully, every white knight competing for her is losing



Plenty of women echoed those sentiments. “Losing outdated, ridiculous attitudes toward women could be helped if everyone, Target included, chose to stop marketing to women as though they were objects. When was the last time you saw a men’s shirt that said ‘provider’ across the chest? Let’s all do what we can to lose the stereotypes,” wrote one Facebook user. And in a tweet accompanying a photo of the shirt on display, one user added [email protected] under what circumstances should any human being wear a T-shirt that indicates that they are a ‘trophy’?”

In a statement sent Tuesday to Yahoo Parenting, Target said the shirt is part of a collection for brides, despite the claim by many customers that it’s being marketed to teen girls. “It is never our intention to offend anyone, and we always appreciate receiving feedback from our guests,” wrote a spokesperson. “The [‘Trophy’ shirt] is part of a collection of engagement and wedding shirts that are available in our women’s and plus size departments. The collection also included shirts that say ‘Team Bride,’ ‘Mrs.,’ and ‘Bride.’ These shirts are intended as a fun wink and we have received an overwhelmingly positive response from our guests.”

One woman has even started a petition on Change.org demanding that Target stop selling the shirt. “The truth is that millions of women and young girls are taken as ‘trophies’ every year in war, sex trafficking, slavery, and rape,” writes Amanda R., the author of the petition. “The perpetrators see women as ‘things’ that are bought, sold, traded, and ‘won’ through force where they are then beaten, abused, tortured, raped, and murdered for the sole purpose of ‘victory.’ The word trophy should not refer to any person, man, or woman because we are not THINGS — we are human beings. 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.” The petition, which was posted online in June, has received more than 700 signatures so far.

In response to the individual Facebook posts, Target expressed appreciation to users for sharing their opinions. “Thanks for reaching out to us! It’s never our intention to offend guests with our merchandise. This has been shared with the appropriate teams,” it wrote in response to one of the photos.

Some of those customers have posted online defending the shirt. Wrote one fan of the shirt on Twitter: “There’s nothing wrong with selling a ‘trophy’ shirt. That’s just letting people know, if you get me you’ve won.” Another added, “I would honestly buy the trophy shirt from @target. I think I’m great, and I want people to know how great I am.”

But child development specialist and body image expert Dr. Robyn Silverman says that while many customers may be able to laugh it off, the shirt sends the wrong message. “Some may say this shirt is all done in fun, but many women want to see themselves, and want to be seen, as more than just a prize someone wins and shows off to others,” she tells Yahoo Parenting. “‘Trophy wife’ typically suggests that a woman does nothing more than look pretty for the man who ‘scored’ her.”

And to the chorus of online commenters who say those who have a problem with the shirt just shouldn’t buy it, she says that isn’t a solution. “The problem can go deeper than the surface, and the solution may be more than just avoidance,” she says. “The more our young girls and boys see these messages, and there are so many each day, the more they internalize them as truth and expectation. The media does enough to demean women and box them in — I’d rather see positive words on tees that show what’s so amazing about the women wearing them rather than a label that tells them that they are simply a prize to be won.”

They should have a shirt that accurately describes the kind of women many men unfortunately end up with that simply reads PENALTY.

Post: #15

The top rated comments for the article give me hope. Here's a small sampling:

Quote:Simple solution. If you find a shirt or article of clothing that has something offensive to you on it, don't buy it. Problem solved. This is certainly not the first and won't be the last "offensive" shirt. Pick your battles. Let's focus our energy on trying to get more important things changed instead of whining about a random shirt? Like...how about improving our education? Reducing or controlling the costs of higher eduation? Roads? Something... a bit more important to people than a shirt a few people got a bit offended over. Sheesh. Do you really have nothing else to complain about?

Quote:I think it is funny that people are getting so fired up over a shirt that says trophy, but wear and let their teenage daughters wear shorts that "JUICY" across the butt, and many other words that construe a woman as nothing more than a sexual object. I would much rather view my wife as a trophy that I am proud to says she has chosen me and in essence is mine, than to have her walk around in being portrayed as a mere sex object. People need to wake up and start griping about the real problems in this country. America you want to be offended about something, lets focus on the Military being shot and killed on American soil, racial outburts over a flag that has been a part of the American history for many years, the amount of crime going on in our cities on a daily basis,...the list goes on and on about things that should be offensive and an issue to gripe about, but a T-shirt hardly fits in that catagory.

Quote:Yet somehow I meet lots of women who want to be trophies, want a guy with a decent job to take care of them, and offer to "take care of me" in return. They talk about being good arm candy and such. Does that mean all women think that? No, nor should they. But there's nothing wrong with wanting that, either. The critics are #$%$ who have decided that women shouldn't be able to think for themselves, that any "unapproved" opinion held by a woman is because she's been brainwashed... Yet don't see the irony in how the critics themselves want to brainwash everyone to think just like them.

Quote:If they are still for sale when I drive the 75 miles to the nearest Target store, I can assure you that I am going to buy one for my wife. She is my trophy wife, having put-up with me for the past 35 years. Other guys may not see her beauty the way I do, but I do not care what they think. Actually , I don't care what a bunch of people (that are easily offended by damn near anything) think. Well, maybe if it offends them, I should buy it just so they could cry like spoiled brats about how I am objectifying the woman I love. Truth is, my wife is glad I consider her my trophy wife. She read this story and asked if I would buy her the t-shirt.

Post: #16

(07-21-2015 02:24 PM)samsamsam Wrote:  “Losing outdated, ridiculous attitudes toward women could be helped if everyone, Target included, chose to stop marketing to women as though they were objects. When was the last time you saw a men’s shirt that said ‘provider’ across the chest?

Well, actually, the last time I used Google:

Post: #17

Bought one for my girlfriend before they take it down.

Post: #18

What they really need is a shirt that says "consolation prize".

Post: #19

(07-21-2015 10:40 PM)joseywales Wrote:  What they really need is a shirt that says "consolation prize".

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Post: #20

Target has been very much in the pro-feminism, pro-homosexual camp for awhile. No sympathy for them. If they didn't stick their noses into political shit it would be a different story.

Post: #21

I have one of these.

No gay has ever said anything about it.

Not that that surprises me... They're gay.

Post: #22

(07-21-2015 10:46 PM)samsamsam Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 10:40 PM)joseywales Wrote:  What they really need is a shirt that says "consolation prize".

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They can sell a companion shirt for the Beta provider husband that simply reads CHUMP.

Post: #23

I bet if that shirt was available in sizes 2XL, 3XL and Lindy West then there wouldn't be an issue.

Post: #24

And how many times have I seen this shirt through the years? But they never fight to ban this.

Post: #25

This is a great shirt, highly recommended.