A 7-year-old girl wrote a letter to the toy company Lego, scolding the company for its lack of Legos for girls. The letter has gone viral since the girl's dad shared the letter with the blog Sociological Images last Friday, Yahoo! Shine reported.
Charlotte Benjamin, who loves to play with Legos, noticed there were far more male Legos figures than female ones. And the ones that were female were only shown cooking or shopping. Disappointed with her options, Benjamin asked Lego to "make more Lego girl people," so they could "go on adventures and have fun," Benjamin wrote.
"I am 7 years old and I love Legos but I don't like that there are more Lego boy people and barely any Lego girls," Benjamin wrote in her letter dated Jan. 25.
"Today I went to the store and saw Legos in two sections: the pink (girls) and the blue (boys). All the girls did was sit at home, go to the beach and shop, and they had no jobs," Benjamin wrote.
"But the boys went on adventures, worked, saved people, and had jobs, even swam with sharks," Benjamin wrote.
Lisa Wade, who runs the blog, posted the letter on her Twitter and Facebook account, Yahoo! Shine reported. So far the letter has been shared over 4,000 times and received over 2,000 retweets. The girl's father did not reveal where they are from.
"I regularly have my girl students asking me why there aren't more Lego girl figures," Kari Dolinar, who said she teaches a program that builds Lego models, wrote on Facebook.
"I'm so happy to see this letter getting attention. What an awesome little girl to write this out," Dolinar wrote.
Legos did come out with a line of female toys in 2011. However, the company was criticized for gender stereotyping, Yahoo! Shine reported.
Benjamin concluded her letter with a request for more girl Legos.
"I want you to make more Lego girl people and let them go on adventures and have fun OK!?! Thank you," Benjamin wrote.
As of Monday Legos has not commented on the girl's letter, according to the New York Daily News.
