Sexism at play
1 Sir,—These holidays my children were given a game in which opponents have to guess the identity of a chosen character. Twenty-four “characters” are supplied; of these five are women, 19 are men and all are pink-skinned! Message: physical characteristics are the best way to describe a person; if your skin is not pink you do not count; otherwise, it is all right to be male as you have lots of choices; it is not so good to be female as, to be visible, you have to be one of a select few (five out of 24) and young and pretty; children and old people do not count either. The six children with us (ages 5 to 12) really enjoyed this game. They did not notice any of the above (until I pointed it out and we redrew the cards). Are we really so keen to pass on the values of materialism, racism, sexism, age-ism?—Yours, etc., VIVIAN HOLLAND PROCTOR. January 6, 1987.
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