They cannot be serious.
Via the Facebook page Destroy the Joint:
It’s Monopoly for Gurrulz.
Of all the icons in the universe that could be produced for “girls only”, perhaps the last one you’d think of would be good old Monopoly. Sadly – it has.
Monopoly “for girls” has been around for a while, but perhaps you haven’t heard of it. To make sure it is suitable for the “fairer sex”, it’s:
•Packaged in a keepsake storage box with removable tray and non-glass mirrored insert
•Has a pink game-board and dice with unique properties to buy such as spas and jewelry stores
•Has boutiques and malls instead of houses and hotels
•Has Instant Message and Text Message cards instead of Chance and Community Chest
Spas and jewelry stores; boutiques and malls. Because the female of the species really is that stupid and that limited and that weird and creepy and alien.
And as you’d expect, the game has many feminist commentators and bloggers in a tizz. Here is one take on it (warning – language):
“ … today I have for you an item of such clunge-clenching sexism that I fear we may all have fallen into a wormhole signposted 1864. No really, I am actually writing this blog post from a Dickensian slum while sailors attempt to pluck at my garters as I root through rubbish for dry coal. That’s how sexist this situation is. And for that you can lay the blame slap bang on the doorstep of toy-knockers Hasbro because it is currently producing Monopoly Boutique Edition. For girls.” http://www.thekrakenwakes.org/culture/board-stupid/#sthash.KCrtcjLt.dpuf
Destroyers – what do you think about traditional board games “for girls”. Where are the ones “for boys”?” src=”https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/s403x403/1891080_653025898078491_864656533_n.jpg” />
It makes me want to…well, to destroy the joint.