Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-30049823-20190910001047/@comment-27306930-20190913024423

Monkeyman0490 wrote: to be honest, sexist and racist just looks like an attention scheme. there is no way to talk without someone claiming theyre offended. it's rediculus and needs to be stopped. nerf is targeted towards boys. rebelle was targeted towards girls and wasnt successful because of that. girls dont generally like nerf like boys do. There's a lot to unpack there MMan, but let's just say it's more complicated than that. Sexism and racism are tragic institutional and cultural legacies. They might look like "attention schemes", but unfortunately it's much deeper and uglier than that. And you're right, it needs to stop.

It's true, different toys are marketed to different genders, partly because boys and girls have different interests, and partly because of outdated stereotypes. But Rebelle wasn't unsuccessful because it was marketed to girls. For starters, it's still a current product line, so that argument doesn't hold water. It might have fewer product offerings because there is less demand, but it's far less about gender than it is about money. Girls who like Nerf love it as much as the guys.

Word to the wise: generally it's not good to generalize. Generally 😉