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A wag of the finger to Target
After a couple of months of trying to resist, I bought myself a really neat solar system picture yesterday. It just makes me smile with the robots and the spaceships and the green glitter. And I had a spare wall in my computer room which is where my nerdiness all hangs out.
One thing I hadn’t noticed was the tag on the back:
Because we all know a girl wouldn’t want it unless it was a princess riding a pink pony, right?
It’s 2008 and we still have this kind of gender stereotyping. No, I don’t have kids but I really want to see girls being given the opportunity and encouragement that they need to develop an interest in science. And little messages like this just further reinforce the perception that “science is for boys”.
Not cool, Target. Not cool at all.
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