SOUND OFF: Should Hasbro Make a 'Gender Neutral' Easy-Bake Oven?
Some top-named chefs and a New Jersey girl are leading the fight for gender-equality in children's toys. What do you think about this issue?
The Easy-Bake Oven has been a favorite childhood toy since it was first introduced by the company Kenner in 1963, but a new campaign is advocating for this toy to be made in colors suitable for both girls and boys. New Jersey resident McKenna Pope, age 13, wants to see the toy's current manufacturer offer the Easy-Bake Oven in more "gender neutral" colors. Pope will meet with the toy's manufacturers, Rhode Island-based toy maker Hasbro, and advocate this idea, reports The Providence Journal. The Easy-Bake Oven is currently only offered in pink and purple. Pope would like to see the toy oven also made in colors suitable for boys. She's not alone in the campaign. Celebrity chefs Bobby Flay, Manuel Trevino and other chefs are backing Pope…
5th Warder
9:51 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
How about a nice brushed stainless finish? Then you could just leave it on the kitchen counter and tell your friends it's the latest micro-covection slow roaster from Cuisinart. Everyone could use it; Mom, Dad, AND kids of all genders. Hasbro could be on to a whole new target market! more ›