Saw this yesterday on FB... hardly surprising they 'liked it'.... hardly surprising too that they then felt 'wrong' for liking it, because it was against everything they'd been indoctrinated with. That's the mentality we're up against.
I do take issue as to why they - and indeed all those 'my wife/girlfriend shooting for the first time' type videos on YouTube - always seem start newcomers out on something other than 22LR? Yes, watching skinny girls land on their arse the moment they shoot a 12ga or 30cal is amusing, but it doesn't do any good in terms of helping them enjoy the sport and perhaps get into it seriously themselves.
My better half, being a country girl, has shot guns and been around them for longer than myself, but years ago was given a 12ga (by her ex) to shoot for the first time, with no instruction on how to hold it, and at a flying clay no less... no surprises how that ended up.... smashed her shoulder blade, landed her on her back, basically hurt her quite badly. It took a lot of convincing and time with a .410 to get her to fire a 12ga again. Now she comfortably fires at clays without issue. Eventually we'll get her onto the 300WM
Whenever a newbie wants a shot, I always grab a single shot .22LR and a pack of either 22LongZs or CCI Quiets. The rifle is light, unintimidating, very safe and obvious in its operation (has to be manually cocked) and iron sights are easier to use at 25-30m.... the ammo has no noticeable recoil and very little noise.... basically it doesn't scare people, the bang doesn't shock them and it therefore gives them half a chance of hitting the tin can or balloon. And as we all know, if you can get them to hit the target a few times, the seed is sown