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The "implicit feature" is all the other kids and adults around any girls, who consciously or otherwise suggest that they shouldn't be playing with Lego/Meccano
by tow21 12y ago
The "implicit feature" is all the other kids and adults around any girls, who consciously or otherwise suggest that they shouldn't be playing with Lego/Meccano etc.
My daughter's only 15 months old - and already I can see other parents treating her differently from the boys. If she's in a crowd of children, she'll get given dolls instead of building blocks.
Obviously I do what I can to counteract this, but she's not always with me. If toys like this encourage other parents to let my daughter play at engineering, I'm all for them.
- 2muchcoffeeman 12y agoIs having pastel coloured building blocks really going to help here? Serious question. In an attempt to reduce sexism in STEM, women have come up with sexist engineering toys. Goldie Blox has cute little animal character pieces, and now with Roominate, "[once] the building is built, they can decorate it with the included paper and other embellishments and use the motor to add electrical appliances". Both of them come in colours that are distinctly girly.