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> The only problems I can see is that the two lines will very quickly become "pink or ponies for girls" and "dark or soldiers for boys. Just so I'm clear, I'm

> The only problems I can see is that the two lines will very quickly become "pink or ponies for girls" and "dark or soldiers for boys. Just so I'm clear, I'm entirely against this. What I /do/ support is one set of city-scape sets that focus on internal details and the characters involved, and a second that focuses on the building and external set details. I think that this hits a legitimate play-style difference that happens to be mostly, but isn't entirely, along gender lines. I'm against the knee-jerk reaction that we're absolutely equal, and everyone gets the same! We accept, routinely, that there are behavioral differences that are statistically significant (because of genetics, exposure in the womb, hormones, etc) within a gender, but there seems to be a class of people who categorically insist that there is no such trend between genders. This isn't to say every little girl wants to play the same way, but that there are statistical biases to the genders which might be intrinsic, not societal constructs. "Equal before the law" and "equal member of society" does not mean "the same in every way", and trying to enforce the last of these can be harmful rather than helpful.

needacig 13y ago
If you look at the products on LEGO site, it looks like it is coming to "pink or ponies for girls" and "dark or soldiers for boys," sadly. I agree that everyone shouldn't have to have the exact same thing, but they could cut out the part where they slather the girl products in pink and characters with small skirts, and include some normal girl characters in the otherwise boy-oriented sets. EDIT: The more I think about this: > "Equal before the law" and "equal member of society" does not mean "the same in every way", and trying to enforce the last of these can be harmful rather than helpful. the more this frustrates me. No one is saying everyone should have to be the same. Did you even look at the LEGO products? What parents are reacting to is the reservation of action, space, science, adventure, technology, etc. for one gender and homemaking, baking, beauty, and animals for the other gender by putting very distinct gender-specific markings on them to make it clear which belongs to which. I'm extremely skeptical that girls just genetically prefer pink things and dresses. This is about forcing people into cultural categories which limit their options for individual expression, not some silly attempt to make everyone do the same things.

needacig 13y ago

If you look at the products on LEGO site, it looks like it is coming to "pink or ponies for girls" and "dark or soldiers for boys," sadly. I agree that everyone shouldn't have to have the exact same thing, but they could cut out the part where they slather the girl products in pink and characters with small skirts, and include some normal girl characters in the otherwise boy-oriented sets. EDIT: The more I think about this: > "Equal before the law" and "equal member of society" does not mean "the same in every way", and trying to enforce the last of these can be harmful rather than helpful. the more this frustrates me. No one is saying everyone should have to be the same. Did you even look at the LEGO products? What parents are reacting to is the reservation of action, space, science, adventure, technology, etc. for one gender and homemaking, baking, beauty, and animals for the other gender by putting very distinct gender-specific markings on them to make it clear which belongs to which. I'm extremely skeptical that girls just genetically prefer pink things and dresses. This is about forcing people into cultural categories which limit their options for individual expression, not some silly attempt to make everyone do the same things.