Is a lack of programmable dolls really the things that's keeping women out of the tech sector? I don't see how this will "fix the gender gap". I have a friend with daughters that hosts a LEGO league team and it sounds like they get just as much enjoyment out of it as the boys do.
On the surface I guess this is neat. But maybe instead of forcing dolls on girls and cars on boys we could do a bit better by, well, not being presumptuous.
apothegm•41m ago
Agreed so much that we should be working to eliminate the gender associations with specific toys and pursuits.
That said, maybe this is a workaround to parents with gendered toy expectations? Or to encouraging STEM interests in girls who have already been socially indoctrinated into gender norms?
vunderba•4h ago
Looks like Iron Man if they had embedded an Adafruit Playground Express in his suit instead of an arc reactor. I didn't see any technical details but from the screenshots it definitely looks like "MakeCode" which is sort of a block editor in the style of Scratch.
pathartl•4h ago
On the surface I guess this is neat. But maybe instead of forcing dolls on girls and cars on boys we could do a bit better by, well, not being presumptuous.
apothegm•41m ago
That said, maybe this is a workaround to parents with gendered toy expectations? Or to encouraging STEM interests in girls who have already been socially indoctrinated into gender norms?