Killer Style: Will Legalizing Pink Hunting Outfits Turn Women Onto the Sport?

Killing it in pink: That’s what some lawmakers are hoping more women will be doing if a new bill that’s been proposed in several states becomes law.

According to the BBC, drafters of a bill known simply as “Blaze Pink” are hoping to introduce a new color of legal hunting garb to purportedly attract more females to the deadly sport. The neon hue is intended as a safety precaution to prevent hunters from accidentally wounding or killing each other. Currently, the only option is “blaze orange” — which apparently is just a little too masculine for us lady folk.

In February, Blaze Pink was signed into law by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; and in early May, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards legalized the color. Copy-cat bills have also popped up in Minnesota, New York, and Colorado.

Opponents of Blaze Pink say it reinforces dated gender stereotypes. The BBC notes that hunting as a sport has been declining for years and that the majority of participants are men. But Wisconsin Rep. Nick Milroy insists that the pink hue isn’t meant just for women, explaining, “Nobody has to wear blaze pink, and everybody can wear blaze pink. This isn’t something that’s specifically tailored for specific sexes or ages or whatever.”

Yet Milroy also mentioned that “the fastest growing segment in new recruits into hunting are females, and that’s one of the big reasons that companies have been marketing things like pink camouflage, pink guns, pink knives.” Well that’s settled then!

Whatever happens law-wise in those aforementioned pink-lovin’ states, as well as the others that are sure to follow, it’s clear that the real losers here are the animals — especially those sartorially savvy does and ducks who’d been waiting all year to see someone hunting them in pink.

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