Hasbro Toys To Kids: Girls Cook, Boys Work (They're Really Saying That!)

Someone needs to update Hasbro's calendar and let them know it's 2012, not 1950. That someone might just be eighth-grader Mckenna Pope, who is defending her younger brother's right to cook small treats with a lightbulb without having to purchase something that reinforces traditional gender roles for both boys AND girls. 

Watch the video, then click the link below to read and sign her petition to Hasbro. 

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Someone needs to update Hasbro's calendar and let them know it's 2012, not 1950. That someone might just be eighth-grader Mckenna Pope, who is defending her younger brother's right to cook small treats with a lightbulb without having to purchase something that reinforces traditional gender roles for both boys AND girls. 

Watch the video, then click the link below to read and sign her petition to Hasbro. 

ORIGINAL: By Mckenna PopeClick here to read and sign her petition. Found on Salon via Bitch Media.
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