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Starry Messenger

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2. I remember noticing at a much later age.

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 06:32 PM

Nov 2012

She's a sharp kid. With me it was a stamp kit of famous artists, with only one woman represented. The games I like are also bad about this. "Civilization", which should be a reflection of historical society, has female leaders in the game, but very few of the other characters represented get female avatars. Even the workers are all male. It burns me.

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I would think, one thing this child has in common with half of everyone, is she's a female. . . Journeyman Nov 2012 #1

I remember noticing at a much later age. Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #2

Wow, that went right over Hasbro's collective heads. MadrasT Nov 2012 #3

Every. Little. Thing. Lugia Dec 2012 #4