How Girls Play Summary

The article titled “How girls play” written by Adrienne Lafrance focused on the controversial topic of how gender roles shape and influence childrens behavior, interests, and perspective with how they choose to market toys. In particular how Lego has had a history of criticism for their toys that are stereotypically aimed at either boys or girls. This article was very informative in offering insight from multiple research findings and observations. The article begins with a letter from a little girl named charlotte who is writing to Lego About her disappointment in the lack of adventure and excitement in the girls Legos toys versus the Toys that are aimed at boys. (Lafrance, 2016).Charlotte also acknowledges the lack of female representation …show more content…
This finding lead researchers to believe that boys and girls are attracted to different Types of toys. Another interesting pattern the research uncovered was the fact that Children gravitate to toy that they believe were made for them (Lafrance, 2016). In other words, if a child sees a toy that she perceives is more closely related to her gender role she is more likely to be attracted to that toy. Although many influences were discovered in the research conducted on why kids are attracted to certain toys, the overall conclusion is that it is mainly three factors that all influence how the child views which type of toys are meant for them. These three influencers include parents, other children, and toy makers (Lafrance, 2016). The toys that are found being mostly targeted towards girls are usually aesthetically pleasing and center on being nurturing, creative Or role playing. While toys that are geared towards boys usually feature more competition and