Talk about making a fashion statement.

"That's terrible," said Shelley Pederson, "that's the worst shirt I think I've ever seen."

"Not cool," said Bob Conner.

"That's kind of gross," said another passer-by.

"That's like the best shirt for someone not to get a date," said Pederson.

The shirt they're all talking about has the image of woman talking to a man, that man proceeding to push the woman off a ledge ... and a caption summing it all up that reads, "problem solved."

You can buy that shirt, along with other apparel many are calling offensive, in the young men's section at Kohl's department stores.

"I think that's a really bad thing to show, to sell to young kids," said Pederson. "And I know it's all about freedom of speech and whatever, but that's terrible to push that idea."

And according to doctor Janet Hyde, these shirts can be harmful.

Hyde says a number of people will pass off something that reads "silence is golden, duct tape is silver" as a joke.

But she says that joke, could lead to domestic violence.

"We have decades and mountains worth of research and psychology showing that images of media violence and violence against women are a real problem," said Hyde, UW psychology professor.

Hyde says the best way to battle these images is by not buying them.

She says boycotting Kohl's during the back–to–school shopping season, would send a powerful message to the retailer.

"... that we just don't want this kind of material around our kids or in our community," said Hyde. "We can do that in the United States. We can't censor them, but we can certainly use our pocket books to speak."

We made several calls to the Kohl's public relations and marketing departments today.

So far, none of those calls have been returned.