No wonder young girls don't get into science.

[Kai]

I mean, just look at all this misogynistic pink BS they get fed.

http://www.wildscience.net/girls.html

"Beauty Salon"? "Lip Balm Lab"? "Magic Crystal Oasis"? "Perfume Designer"? Are there any stereotypes they DIDN'T manifest in this junk?

[Salty]

Wow.
From the Boy's Science Physics and Chem Kit:

Explore energy transmission, shock and momentum. A Big Force put into a tiny mass = huge acceleration. Make a wide variety of bouncy and drippy, clear and coloured gels and slimes for different effects.

From the Girl's Science Lip Palm Lab:

Mix and match colour gradients and flavours for your own luxury balm compact!

Just wow.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yeah.

This is one of the many reasons why it pisses me off when people say there's no more need for feminism. We might be getting closer, but we're still a long long way away.

[Suu]

I don't see a girl wanting to make lip balm a bad thing, but I think that the kit should stress the reactions, molecular bonding, and all sorts of chemical reasons why it works. If it does, then I'm not seeing a problem, here. Same thing with making soap, there's an amazing chemical process behind it, and if the kit explores this, it's a good buy. But if it doesn't, then it's just giving little girls an excuse to play with yummy smelling goop, and that's the wrong direction.


...Then again, I'm a lip balm whore, and considering my dad's a chemist, I uh...I would have totally had that. 

[Kai]

Honestly, the "boy's" chemistry sets are awful too. For example, "Chemistry set boasts 'no chemicals'".

A chemistry set with no chemicals is NOT a chemistry set. Heaven forbid children experiment, make messes, break things or worst of all, do something mildly dangerous. Chemists are born from explosive reactions, not turning starch blue. Get someone hooked on science by BLOWING THINGS UP. Yes, it's dangerous. Science is often dangerous.

As ND Tyson said, "Get out of their way. Children are born as scientists. What does a scientist do? They say, how does this work? Let me take it apart, let me break it." But no, we can't have kids taking things apart or breaking things. That would give them IDEAS, and would be MESSY. They'd think it's alright to keep taking things apart and thinking and next thing you know they've disproved the existence of god and become a communist.

[Kai]

And girls DEFINITELY can't get real chemistry sets, because then they'd start questioning men, and arguing, and not staying in their god given, subservient place, and turning into lesbians, and practicing witchcraft, and getting abortions, and having orgies....

[Freeky]

And girls DEFINITELY can't get real chemistry sets, because then they'd start questioning men, and arguing, and not staying in their god given, subservient place, and turning into lesbians, and practicing witchcraft, and getting abortions, and having orgies....

It makes me wish i'd had a girl, just so I could get her a real chemistry set.

[Kai]

And girls DEFINITELY can't get real chemistry sets, because then they'd start questioning men, and arguing, and not staying in their god given, subservient place, and turning into lesbians, and practicing witchcraft, and getting abortions, and having orgies....

It makes me wish i'd had a girl, just so I could get her a real chemistry set.

Why do you hate America?

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[Freeky]

And girls DEFINITELY can't get real chemistry sets, because then they'd start questioning men, and arguing, and not staying in their god given, subservient place, and turning into lesbians, and practicing witchcraft, and getting abortions, and having orgies....

It makes me wish i'd had a girl, just so I could get her a real chemistry set.

Why do you hate America?

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Because I kiss terrorists on the beard.   

[PopeTom]

Yeah.

This is one of the many reasons why it pisses me off when people say there's no more need for feminism. We might be getting closer, but we're still a long long way away.

I honestly don't think modern feminism is pink enough to appeal to today's young women and girls.

[Lenin McCarthy]

What. There are gender-specific science kits?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Yep. Cuz girls are only into pretty things. Really its justa way into tricking them into learning something they would have no interest in. Cuz thinking only comes naturally to boys right?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The fact that the girls sets don't include ANY physics really pisses me off.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

And girls DEFINITELY can't get real chemistry sets, because then they'd start questioning men, and arguing, and not staying in their god given, subservient place, and turning into lesbians, and practicing witchcraft, and getting abortions, and having orgies....

Exactly, and we can't have that! 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Honestly, the "boy's" chemistry sets are awful too. For example, "Chemistry set boasts 'no chemicals'".

A chemistry set with no chemicals is NOT a chemistry set. Heaven forbid children experiment, make messes, break things or worst of all, do something mildly dangerous. Chemists are born from explosive reactions, not turning starch blue. Get someone hooked on science by BLOWING THINGS UP. Yes, it's dangerous. Science is often dangerous.

As ND Tyson said, "Get out of their way. Children are born as scientists. What does a scientist do? They say, how does this work? Let me take it apart, let me break it." But no, we can't have kids taking things apart or breaking things. That would give them IDEAS, and would be MESSY. They'd think it's alright to keep taking things apart and thinking and next thing you know they've disproved the existence of god and become a communist.

WHAAAAAAAAT

Chemistry without chemicals?  Bitch please!