Superdrug pulls its female punches as men complain

A LEADING retailer has pulled a women's boxing set from sale after complaints from a support group for male domestic violence victims.

It said the set's man-shaped inflatable punch bag encouraged women to hit men.

ManKind Initiative wrote to Superdrug's managing director calling for the 9.99 product to be withdrawn.

The Hers Boxing Set comes in pink packaging and, as well as the man-shaped punch bag, contains a pair of boxing gloves.

ManKind complained that owners were encouraged to insert photos of a man for the bag's face; also that a picture on the packaging shows an arrow pointing to a man's groin saying "kick him here".

Mark Brooks, the support group's chairman, said the fact that Superdrug did not sell a like product for men suggested that domestic violence against men was more acceptable.

A spokeswoman for Superdrug said: "We apologise if any offence has been caused by selling this product; that was never our intention."