<story><title>GoldieBlox: The Engineering Toy for Girls</title><url>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/16029337/goldieblox-the-engineering-toy-for-girls?ref=friends_backed</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Tichy</author><text>So only 15% of girls liking engineering is a problem, but girls not liking pirates, batman and bio-alien-robots isn&apos;t? Where is the movement to get girls interested in bio-alien-robots?</text></item><item><author>jpxxx</author><text>Can&apos;t hate, I love it. Even the pink and cuddly bits. If this product instead had a blue ribbon and alien figurines with the title &quot;Cyber Drivetrain Blast Kit&quot; it wouldn&apos;t raise an eyebrow as a gendered or pandering toy.&lt;p&gt;Legos &lt;i&gt;are&lt;/i&gt; for boys when 95% of what&apos;s on the Lego shelf is boy pirates, boy laserbros, boy Batman, boy bio-alien-robots tearing the shit out of boy bio-dino-robots, etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MartinCron</author><text>It would be a problem if there were a profound shortage of talent and diversity in the pirate, batman, and bio-alien-robot industries.</text></comment>
<story><title>GoldieBlox: The Engineering Toy for Girls</title><url>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/16029337/goldieblox-the-engineering-toy-for-girls?ref=friends_backed</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Tichy</author><text>So only 15% of girls liking engineering is a problem, but girls not liking pirates, batman and bio-alien-robots isn&apos;t? Where is the movement to get girls interested in bio-alien-robots?</text></item><item><author>jpxxx</author><text>Can&apos;t hate, I love it. Even the pink and cuddly bits. If this product instead had a blue ribbon and alien figurines with the title &quot;Cyber Drivetrain Blast Kit&quot; it wouldn&apos;t raise an eyebrow as a gendered or pandering toy.&lt;p&gt;Legos &lt;i&gt;are&lt;/i&gt; for boys when 95% of what&apos;s on the Lego shelf is boy pirates, boy laserbros, boy Batman, boy bio-alien-robots tearing the shit out of boy bio-dino-robots, etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SoftwareMaven</author><text>Why should girls have to be interested in bio-alien-robots? Gender differences are real, so instead of trying to overcome them, we should do what this toy is trying to do: recognize them and work within them.</text></comment>