Results: No Legos for Boys
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1.
Have you or your children ever played with Legos? I played with Legos and I'm a male.
15%
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307 votes
I played with Legos and I'm a female.
31%
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620 votes
I have male children who played with Legos
31%
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615 votes
I have female children who played with Legos
23%
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461 votes
None of these apply to me.
33%
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651 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
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22 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.30% | 8 | |
| Husband plays with Legos | 0.04% | 1 |
| My grandson plays w/Legos. | 0.04% | 1 |
| both played with legos | 0.04% | 1 |
| Great Niece is a Lego Queen! | 0.04% | 1 |
| grandson did/does | 0.04% | 1 |
| female and play with my granddaughter | 0.04% | 1 |
| My niece loves legos. | 0.04% | 1 |
| My grandson plays with Legos | 0.04% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.04% | 1 |
| grandson lego crazy. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Male and female grandchildren | 0.04% | 1 |
| My grandson loves Legos and spend hrs. Making great things. | 0.04% | 1 |
| grandchildren both male and female | 0.04% | 1 |
| Granddaughter plays with legos | 0.04% | 1 |
2.
2.
In your experience (as a parent or child), do boys tend to play with Legos more than girls? Yes
33%
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666 votes
No
18%
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353 votes
Undecided
20%
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403 votes
Not Applicable
29%
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577 votes
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3.
This story is a few years old, but I just came across it on social media the other day. There was a Kindergarten teacher in Washington state who was bothered with the fact that her female students did not choose to play with Legos as much as the male students did. At first she tried offering pink and purple Legos, but that didn't work. So she then began forbidding the boys from playing with the Legos at all. Have you heard about this story? Yes
6%
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117 votes
No
79%
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1586 votes
Undecided
15%
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296 votes
4.
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Many people are aware that playing with Legos in various ways can actually build math and science skills. This teacher felt that because of gender inequality in these areas, it was imperative to get the girls playing with Legos at a young age. If you have noticed, from your experience at any level, that boys tend to gravitate more towards Legos than girls, do you think this is something that is natural? Or the result of sexism and gender bias? I think it's natural.
29%
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582 votes
I think it's the result of sexism and gender bias.
5%
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95 votes
I think it's a bit of both.
11%
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229 votes
I don't think it's either.
9%
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172 votes
I actually don't notice more boys playing with Legos than girls.
10%
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194 votes
I'm not sure.
16%
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313 votes
n/a
21%
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414 votes
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5.
After the news picked up this story, the teacher and school were contacted and the teacher in question claims she only instituted this rule for the first month of school, in hopes that that would give the girls a chance to get interested in the Legos. Would you support such a rule at your child's school, even if only for a month? I wouldn't support it at all, not even for a day.
29%
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589 votes
I would support it, but only if it was just for that first month.
10%
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193 votes
I would support it for the entire year.
6%
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127 votes
I'm not sure.
25%
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508 votes
n/a
29%
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582 votes
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