Putting the "gender neutral" Easy-Bake oven on your 2013 holiday gift list?
L.A. Times
2012/12/18 21:00:28
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McKenna Pope, the 13-year-old girl who petitioned toy maker Hasbro for an Easy-Bake oven suitable for both girls and boys, will get what she’s been asking for.
After meeting with the New Jersey girl at its Rhode Island headquarters Monday, Hasbro said it will offer a new black-and-silver oven design in fall 2013. The company said the prototype, which it showed to Pope, has been in development for 18 months and will debut at the New York Toy Fair in February. The packaging for the new oven will feature boys and girls, according to Change.org, where Pope launched her petition recently. More than 44,000 people have since signed the petition.
After meeting with the New Jersey girl at its Rhode Island headquarters Monday, Hasbro said it will offer a new black-and-silver oven design in fall 2013. The company said the prototype, which it showed to Pope, has been in development for 18 months and will debut at the New York Toy Fair in February. The packaging for the new oven will feature boys and girls, according to Change.org, where Pope launched her petition recently. More than 44,000 people have since signed the petition.
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Top Opinion
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me being me 2012/12/19 00:29:49No
+12But if my sons were younger I would. There is nothing GAY about teaching a boy how to cook early, even with an easy bake oven. It's a lot safer than the real thing and easier to manage. I'm teaching my sons now but wish I would have started sooner. I think it's great if a man knows how to cook and teaching kids at a young age, no matter the method, is great.
for the 'politically correct' ..
here's a thought ..
NO Little one thinks this is for boys or girls before playing ..
they just play ..
my son and daughter shared their toys while growing up ..
didn't matter what the surface looked like or what color it was ..
they just PLAYED ..
STOP the madness now ..
Recalled how I treated my sister as teamplayer, we did everything together
Besides that, I'm so broke this season, that I can't pay attention.
Companies work hard to figure out what makes money. Money is what drives the process. If marketing easy-bake ovens to boys made money, they would have done it already. We have a free market and that's how it works. Somebody give that girl a lesson in economics, business, capitalism, etc. Maybe if we taught about how our economy works in school, so many people wouldn't be advocating ideas that will cause it to collapse.
Edit: I do hope she focuses such a fantastic energy level that accomplished this with that corporation to a goal that will accomplish something higher in worth.