a popular home video game system. I thought they could share it and when asked if this was OK

with them, they replied, "Sure mom, that would be great." So, we planned on installing the little

goody onto the TV in the family room, so that both kids would have an equal chance to play. So,

"What then?" you may be asking is the problem. The problem arose when we went to shop for

games for the system. They weren't hard to find. They were in all the local toy stores and

Walmart and Kmart too! But, there weren't any for girls! I looked high and low and came up

Why was this happening? Surely, girls must want to play video games as much as boys

do! Why then, aren't game manufacturers producing any video games that feature girls as the

main character? On a recent trip to our local Walmart store, I found over two hundred video

game titles, yes I counted, for our game system, but of these only two had female main

characters. One of them was, you guessed it, Barbie! The other one was a female warrior

dressed in a scantily clad leather outfit. I'm pretty sure the latter was

with cries of, "I want to go to the girl isle!" from my daughter and the opposite from my son.

Grand Turismo (race cars), and Tetras (puzzle). All, except the puzzle game, had male

technologically proficient. If for no other reason than for an increase in earning potential, girls

I really hadn't realized the bias towards girls in the toy department. This has really

continue, though more immediate measures need to be taken in order for girls to become

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