Lego Apologizes Over "Cat-Calling" Sticker

[Leaf Runner]

My god, a construction worker expressing desire for a woman? Alert the presses.

[Zeke129]

I'm glad they got rid of this, it made all men look like assholes!

that's the issue here right

[The Baconator]

[QUOTE=Wii60;40551399]i hate that the world is going to [B]political correctness[/B] hell.[/QUOTE]

rofl "political correctness"

[url]http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Political_correctness[/url]
[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3642534/Political-correctness-doesnt-explain-anything.html[/url]
[url]http://msopinionative.angelfire.com/PC.html[/url]

[mark6789]

Thank god Lego fixed this. Is it safe for my kids to leave the house again?

[Sableye]

[quote]If we don’t call out these things when we see them, then even the little pieces of culture, like a pack of stickers, can serve to normalize sexist behavior and harassment,” he wrote.[/quote]

the slippery slope argument again? because everyone points out how the Nazis started innocent and turned into killers, Germany had centuries of ingrained antisematism, I doubt a pack of stickers that nobody even uses will reinforce sexual stereotypes

[editline]7th May 2013[/editline]

still I bet somebody at Lego is shittin bricks over this

[Mingebox]

[QUOTE=The Baconator;40555450]rofl "political correctness"

[url]http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Political_correctness[/url]
[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3642534/Political-correctness-doesnt-explain-anything.html[/url]
[url]http://msopinionative.angelfire.com/PC.html[/url][/QUOTE]
Forget political correctness, the formatting on that page is universally offensive.

[ajrhug]

but by showing catcalls on a toy, kids will think its ok to do IRL and do it
eagerly awaiting the box strom courtesy of the Great Facepunch Circlejerk

[BrickInTheHead]

i don't see what's necessarily wrong about this? i think any sort of sexualization of lego's via "hey babe" is unnecessary and it's absolutely playing to the trope of the woman being whistled at by construction workers.

as dumb as it sounds stuff like this is what makes kids think that it's okay to street harass women and it depicts manhood - CONSTRUCTION - as something that is inherently tied to hitting on people

[editline]7th May 2013[/editline]

really, look at the image of the sticker - everything else is just normal work related rhetoric. that lego put the "hey babe" in there is just silly, and they recognized that via their apology.

[inaba]

[QUOTE=mark6789;40555640]Thank god Lego fixed this. Is it safe for my kids to leave the house again?[/QUOTE]

No.
They will [B]EXPLODE!!!!![/B]

Better get
[T]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/legacy/clip/p00967f5.jpg[/T]

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=Siduron;40551754]Wow hold it right there. Toys having sexual stereotypes?

Start hiding Barbie, because you're next![/QUOTE]

Barbie breaking stereotypes:

Barbie as concrete worker, and Kenn as as hairdresser
or
Barbie as car mechanic and Kenn as male nurse.

[RobbL]

Take a gander at this sinister ballad of female oppression

[video=youtube;gsZzhhlA-AY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZzhhlA-AY[/video]

well sorry, it was a bit of nostalgia for me

[Irespawnoften]

Sometimes I wish I was CEO of some big company so in situations like this, I could respond with a simple, 'deal with it' and continue on, ignoring the 'problem'.

[Curls]

[QUOTE=Bredirish123;40551812]Or as Descartes eloquently wrote, "Giver her the Brick."[/QUOTE]

Stick it in her brick

brick in brick

[URL="http://regretfulmorning.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lv18_17.jpg"]NSFW[/URL]

[Mud]

[QUOTE=thisispain;40552550] lego zebra otherkin[/QUOTE]

I want to see this happen

[BrickInTheHead]

[QUOTE=Irespawnoften;40557593]Sometimes I wish I was CEO of some big company so in situations like this, I could respond with a simple, 'deal with it' and continue on, ignoring the 'problem'.[/QUOTE]

have fun with your pr disasters

[RobbL]

But seriously though,
[QUOTE=Wii60;40551399]i hate that the world is going to political correctness hell.[/QUOTE]
The majority of stuff that some would label 'political correctness' does help against attitudes that hurt actual groups of people directly or indirectly
What's annoying is the nit-picky/pedantic/nonsensical complaining over insignificant stuff by those who aren't even part of the groups they claim something to be offensive to or whatever, and similar people taking illogical measures over stuff because of some over the top fear that it might possibly cause some offense to someone somehow

About this lego thing, the caption is pretty unnecessary in all honesty but i'm not sure whether the dad's overreacting or not

[Paige]

Good on Lego to apologize and fix it without acting immature or stupid about it. A lot of little stuff like this leads to the current problem we have now in society with sexism.

Also I really hope almost all of you never get in any high position of power. Jesus.

[sixtyten]

[QUOTE=Skelmech;40565553]a bunch of little stuff like that leads to the current problem we have now in society with sexism... A lot of little stuff like this leads to the current problem we have now in society with sexism.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for sharing.

[Paige]

[QUOTE=sixtyten;40565600]Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for pointing it out. I need sleep. :v:

[Irespawnoften]

[QUOTE=BrickInHead;40559696]have fun with your pr disasters[/QUOTE]

I took the EA business management course.