I must not use paper, paper is the mind killer!
Repeat this over and over! :)
Get het to shoot reactive targets. Tin cans, Shotgun hulls, bowling pins and, my personal favorite and wife and sons....Clay Pigieons!
Treat a woman just as you would a kid. Use these reactive targets along with short range trips # 1 to keep them interested an #2 so they do not get bored with it. Always leave the range with them wanting to shoot more. That way they look forward to coming back. :) And like kids, they like to see whatever they are shooting flip, shatter fall, or bust or explode! Makes them feel they really did something. Also, make it competative... AND LET THEM WIN! Kids and women love to put us guys "in our place" :) There is nothing like out shooting their teacher. As far as centerfire pistols, use one that is easy to shoot with no complicated safety or decocker to use. As a rule when I go from rimfire to centerfire I use either a Glock 9mm or a Springfield XD9 to break them in. Recoil is better on these models than any other and no complicated systems to learn, Basically point and shoot.:) Remember , Keep it Simple, Fun, and Short each time and you will have them shooting out of your hand:)
I would also like to add this. Getting my wife to shoot period was not easy. At the age of 10 she lost her mother right before her eyes due to an accidental discharge from a handgun. When we first met she was terrified of all guns and didn't want them around her. I cared for her very much but she knew I loved shooting and hunting very much and would not change for just a girlfriend. I did not push her into it while we dated either. I let her ask about them. We simply did non gun related things together and I saved the gun stuff for my other friends. I re-assured her that guns are tools and any tool was dangerous if not used properly. Learning to use a gun properly would reduce her fear of them and she might justhave fun doing it. Now she is a deadly shot with both rifle and handgun. She now deerhunts ( has 2 by the way:) ) and shoots USPSA and IDPA. I I can get her hooked boys, Anyone can do it:)