article_snippet.sent: A licensing manager for Springs Creative responded that the company has found that boys don't want girl characters on boys things.
article_snippet.sent: In an email back to the company, Veronica wrote, "By eliminating the women in your fabric design, you are telling boys that it's OK to think girls are yucky, unworthy and less than a boy.
article_snippet.sent: You are also telling girls girls are unworthy, unwanted and that it's un-cool to be smart and confident.
article_snippet.sent: This sends the direct message to both boys and girls that females are forgettable, unimportant, undesirable.
article_snippet.sent: boys are the default audience, and 2.
article_snippet.sent: boys won't want an item with a girl on it," Wardy said.
article_snippet.sent: Girls are not ornaments Girls adorn.