I chose to do my gender lens project on the Rigamajig child toy. I had never heard of this toy before so I decided to do a lot of research to figure out the background to making such a diverse and beneficial toy.

So far, I have found a lot of information on this toy, as well as information on sexism in the child toy industry. I think research is the best way to educate myself about these problems in the stereotypical toy for girls and boys.

This toy is a new type of product designed for both girls and boys. It helps them explore their creativity and build any type of product they can with the tools given with the Rigamajig product.

I have not been able to contact any librarians because I am going to keep researching and find a more specific topic for each section of this project paper. I think the librarians will be very helpful because they offered a lot of help for the previous project.

Overall, my research is progressing and I have a very good start for this second gender lens project and look forward to learning more about this product and how our society is turning away from sexism is child toys.

Thanks,

M. Simich