Championing better work for men and better shopping for women

 I was delighted to be given a pack of Lego cards by a colleague who shopped at Sainsbury's this morning. We were both surprised to see these two cards in the pack and in an office where we really do champion better work and working lives, we've discussed the career of intergalactic girl compared to the astronaut.

Are we overreacting or is it reasonable to think that in the 21st century, women might have more to do in space than shop while men are out discovering planets? If the two cards hadn't been in the same packet, I probably wouldn't have noticed the difference in 'jobs' but now that I have, I can't unsee it.

Thoughts?

Parents Reply Children
  • I get more and more angry about it as I think about it. 'Intergalactic girl' - what century are we living in? Aside from everything else, there is either a neglect issue (child having to do her own grocery shopping on a different planet) or they have mistakenly forgotten that adult females are women, not girls.

    <heads home to send her youngest daughter's Lego card book into outer space>