7 Year Old Girl Fights Against Inequality: Writes Letter To Lego
When a 7-year-old would rather write a letter of complaint about her toys than play with them, you know there’s a problem.
Last week Charlotte Benjamin spotted inequality in an aisle of Legos and did something about it. In a handwritten note to the Lego company, she expressed concern over the large number of “Lego boy people” and the limited options for girls at her local toy store. After her letter went viral, Lego posted a response Monday evening, claiming to be “very focused on including more female characters and themes that invite even more girls to build.”
Originally sent to the website Sociological Images by Charlotte’s father and posted to its twitter account — reads:
Dear Lego company,
My name is Charlotte. I am 7 years old and I love Legos but I don’t like that there are more Lego boy people and barely any Lego girls.
Today I went to a store and saw Legos in two sections — the girls’ pink and the boys’ blue. All the girls did was sit at home, go to the beach, and shop, and they had no jobs but the boys went on adventures, worked, saved people, and had jobs, even swam with sharks.
I want you to make more Lego girl people and let them go on adventures and have fun, ok!?!
Thank you.
From Charlotte
Since the letter first arrived on the Internet last Tuesday, it’s been retweeted over 2,000 times and shared on Facebook by over 5,000 users. On Twitter, lots of people seem to share Charlotte’s opinion.
Well done Charlotte from Motherhood in Style!. breaking those walls down one Lego brick at a time. It’s always nice to hear a break out story of when women are put in boxes (especially African women working very hard outside the home).
Source:.Yahoonews
I love this girl
That’s cool. Love her motive