Taser manufacturers are reaching out to female clientele, pitching their wares as a much-needed self-defense tool for a new crop of tech-savvy women. Andrew Meyer would probably disagree!

Dana Shafman used to sell a taser to a woman about every six months. Lately it's more like one a day. This is in large part due to Shafman's Taser Parties, ala Tupperware Parties of the 1950s. Women come and chat, eat hors d'oeuvres and, oh yeah, play with potentially fatal stun guns decorated with blinged out skins like cell phones.

As the BBC reports (tongue firmly planted in cheek): "This is an unusual party, to say the least."

There are serious concerns about the safety of tasers, especially their use on college campuses, following the incidents at UCLA and the University of Florida. But does female safety on campus trump those concerns? Carrying a taser is legal in most states, even concealed (though Shafman also sells leopard-print holsters), because it is not technically considered a "weapon." You do have to pass a background check first, though.

But it can cause a person a great deal of pain, and has even killed people in the past. So maybe it's not the best idea to be putting these in the hands of just-legal freshmen this fall? You might end up protecting yourself from those protecting themselves... Why not just be a fan of them on Facebook, instead?