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Subject:	Re: Building equality one female minifig at a time.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:12:37 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Dave Schuler wrote:

But now that you mention it, that problem could be headed off (!) by including male and female wigs and male and female heads, and this would be even cheaper than including a whole second minifig, of course.

I don’t know how I feel about including a decapitated woman’s head in every LEGO set. Doesn’t seem to send the right message about gender equality.

-Lenny

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		Re: Building equality one female minifig at a time.
(...) LOL! You reveal your own ABS sexism by assuming that the woman would have to be decapitated! Why not yank off the man's head instead? Or why not include a headless body with the pair of heads alongside? Dave! (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)

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		Re: Building equality one female minifig at a time.
(...) That's not a bad workaround, as long as the printing on the faces remains gender-neutral. One need look no further than the Adventurers theme to see the problem there. But now that you mention it, that problem could be headed off (!) by (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)

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