All of us girls have played out this scenario in our heads multiple times (and if we haven’t, then our parents have and they’ve been sure to articulate the matter more than once)…

We are walking down a dark alley (why are we always in these dark alleys?) and we get attacked. By a hostile stranger. He wants to steal our purse or rape us or kill us or all three. How do we defend ourselves?

Well, many women have come up with their own protection system. Some don’t walk alone at night. Others have invested time and money into self defense courses. And still others opt for the bad ass route of the knife, the mace, or the…taser gun.

The taser gun has actually been growing in popularity these days…but I have some questions for the women who are orchestrating this new taser marketing campaign: Read More »

My mom insists I carry around a small tube of pepper spray even though it’s illegal; which is why I was so taken by the pink stinger when I first saw it. Cute and compact, this tampon shaped stun gun is just what every girl needs for protection.

The Pink Stinger can be used in two modes: stun setting and zap mode. In stun setting you simply need to put the two rods against skin or clothing which can leave your perpetrator “disoriented, demoralized and embarrassed.” Zap mode, however, is the coolest of them all. The two tiny shocking extra absorbent tampons are actually shot out of their “zapplicators” and attach themselves to your attacker. With nitrogen powered hydraulics and fourteen feet of wire, you don’t even need to be that close to cause “central nervous system disruption, possible urination and certain humiliation.” Awesome.

A tampon shaped stun gun… I mean what could be more convenient or discreet? Unless, of course, you reach for the wrong tampon… now that could give YOU the shock of a lifetime.