Beastie Boys open letter: "threat" was just a misunderstanding

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@fireshadow

I think it would be great if engineering toy brands:

(1) Did not indicate that only certain boxes were “for girls” by making one of them the “pink box”.(2) Showed both boys and girls playing with the toys.(3) Created a variety of sets (some geared towards stereotypical boys, some towards stereotypical girls, some gender neutral) but did not color-code the sets with stereotypical colors.(4) Included multiple colors in all their sets instead of gender-neutral/“boy” colors for gender neutral and “boy” sets, but only “girl” colors for “girl” sets.

I don’t disagree, but I note that all the little girls I know own Lego, all of them own at least one “girls” set as well as other sets and none of them seem to favour playing with exclusively “girls” bricks over the others.

Many little girls love pink and princesses and other cultural modes of femininity but not exclusively. Honestly, I think that these pink sets are marketed at grandparents, not at the children themselves.