Lego and street harrassment

[gollygee]

http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/2013/04/legostickers/

Street harassment is normalized in our society, in part because it is regularly portrayed as a compliment, a joke, or no big deal in kids’ cartoons, television shows, comedy routines, movies, commercials, product packaging, and even in kids toys, like these stickers by Lego that are aimed at kids, particularly boys.
Journalist Josh Stearns took this photo and wrote, “My son is just getting into Legos, so I thought he’d love these stickers. Then I took a closer look and saw that one of the construction workers (the only one wearing “cool” sunglasses) was labeled “Hey Babe!” I was stunned…Needless to say, I didn’t buy the stickers.”

It's such a part of our culture and seems so normal that it seems like something to put on kids' stickers. I wonder if there are any kids clothes with a construction theme that say "Hey Babe!" on them.

[redqueen]

1. Yep. When kids ape this behavior people call it 'cute' and 'adorable'...

and when you call it out, you are attacked.

So far to go...

[ismnotwasm]

2. Ugh

I'd love to say 'unbelievable' but--it's not.

[niyad]

3. one more salvo

[seabeyond]

4. i havent been on much at all. now i get what that Op was about. geezus, fuck.

good for this father, being cognitive of what his son is learning. he is giving his son a foot up on awesomeness.