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RE: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 00:20:19 GMT
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Well, that answers one question...whether the text was readable.
As to the 'sexist' text....I'm not sure if this is correct, but from my own
observation, boys seem to have a fascination for mechanical devices
[including vehicles] and like to use tools like their Father's do, whereas
girls in general don't seem to be interested in this. [of course, this is
looking back to when I was around that age :) ] In my opinion, children
should be free to decide what they want to play with, and no doubt the
catalogue was written as a way of showing that these sets would have more
appeal to boys than girls, and not to say that girls can't/won't use them.
[Also note that all lego catalogues are printed in Germany, and designed in
Denmark, so we could also be seeing a translation of a european catalogue
from a 'less enlightened' country. (except this catalogue has no official
number or printers information, and so could be an Australian
designed/printed catalogue, which would kill off that theory)]
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry@dstc.edu.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:19 AM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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> Thanks Ben for scanning in the new catalogue.
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> But are you sure it's not a 1950s catalogue? All this stuff
> about "boys" and
> "your son" makes it look like an archaeological find! :-(
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> Think of all the 1950s feminists sitting round looking at
> this catalogue
> dreaming of the new millennium (2000) when we won't
> socialise boys and
> girls differently. I can hear them saying to one another ...
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> Just imagine ...
>
> Kerry
>
> --
> Kerry Raymond
> kerry@dstc.edu.au
>
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| (...) own (...) So says a man :-) Unless you are on the receiving end of sexism, you probably don't notice it as much. I'm on the receiving end a lot, and so I am somewhat hyper-sensitive. For example, mail and e-mail sent to me by strangers is (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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