Also, farewell, to all those snatch-waisted minifigs?
Lego announced today that it will remove all gender bias from its toys, acknowledging that playing with those multi-colored blocks “is still considered more relevant to boys than girls.” The company made the announcement alongside the release of a Lego-commissioned study finding that “girls today feel increasingly confident to engage in all types of play and creative activities.
As a parent, I frequently find myself jumping through hoops just to construct the tenuous semblance of a gender-neutral reality. This summer, my 4-year-old requested a logging truck for his birthday and I relented, with a creative caveat: I got him that logging truck, but instead of just handing over the coordinating figure of a logging man thatthe logging gear. I also put the logging man, deprived of his tools, in the passenger seat of the truck. “He’s her assistant,” I explained.and I wanted to get a couple figurines.
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