SOUND OFF: Should Hasbro Make a 'Gender Neutral' Easy-Bake Oven?
Some top-named chefs and a New Jersey girl are leading the fight for gender-equality in children's toys. What do you think about this issue?
The Easy-Bake Oven has been a favorite childhood toy since it was first introduced by the company Kenner in 1963, but a new campaign is advocating for this toy to be made in colors suitable for both girls and boys.
New Jersey resident McKenna Pope, age 13, wants to see the toy's current manufacturer offer the Easy-Bake Oven in more "gender neutral" colors.
Pope will meet with the toy's manufacturers, Rhode Island-based toy maker Hasbro, and advocate this idea, reports The Providence Journal.
The Easy-Bake Oven is currently only offered in pink and purple. Pope would like to see the toy oven also made in colors suitable for boys.
She's not alone in the campaign. Celebrity chefs Bobby Flay, Manuel Trevino and other chefs are backing Pope's petition for a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven.
We want to know what you think about this issue. Should Hasbro make the Easy-Bake Oven available in gender-neutral colors? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below!
Susan
9:21 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
Absolutely....most of the best chef's in the world are male. Just get rid of pink and purple and the girlie look......plenty of other colors to choose from!!
Local Bargain Jerk
9:50 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
Add $0.09 worth of blue dye to the molten plastic next time you manufacture a batch. Change the packaging to indicate what color is inside the box (if isn't done this way already). "Problem" solved.
Seems to me like some people are sniffing around for controversy where there is none.
Michelle
1:00 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
The truth is that if my son wanted to cook with his sisters easy-bake oven and it was PINK intead of blue...he would play with the oven....no questions. It is up to the way parents bring up thier children as to whether it is an issue or not. If they made a gray oven...ok but if a 4 year old wanted to use it, he would use it...without worrying about the color.