Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Legos
I would have to say that one of the most memorable toys i played with as a child where Legos. Some people believe that they are a gender neutral toy, but i begg to differ. If you take a look at most of the things that they let you build it is mostly Space Ships and castles. I liked them so much because they where fun and they taught you to think and reason, but they where fun to play with because once you put them together you could travel the Galexy or rescue the Princess. I believe the reason that so many people wanted their kids to play with these is because it taught you to think and reason, which helpes to make you smarter. I don't think that there is sterotype assoiated with the toy but they are steared to young boys because those are your future engineers and critical thinkers that need to have developed thinking skills.
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I agree that legos are not gender specific, but one line int your blog made them seem to be. The line about "once you put them together you could travel the Galexy or rescue the Princess". A girl wouldn't "rescue the princess" she would play the princess and make the castle for her self to live in with all of her servants and her night in shining armor. Otherwise nice post.
That was my point Legos are gender specific. I dont think that i have ever seen a girl playing with Legos, not because they dont like them but because they are not marketed to them. They are prompted toward boys
I agree with what you said how legas aren't gender specific. i know i played with legos but thats probably because i have two younger brothers. i don't think a girl would just go out and buy them though. but legos were awesome haha.
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