The Lego thing--I think that actually IS exactly her point. Legos ARE a genderless product, and that's a great thing about them. So why do they need to be gendered at all? And then the fact that the "girl" Legos were all pink and emphasized a lot of stereotypes just added to the problem.
Why not? I mean it's not like they're forcing you to buy them, why wouldn't you want the extra option?
I didn't read the whole thread (sorry) because I stopped cold at this.
.......why would you
want that option? If you acknowledge there is a problem with gender-stereotypes in this country and especially in the gaming sector of the entertainment industry (and for my purposes here, I'm including all toys including LEGOs in that sector) why would you not see a problem here?
Are there any pink LEGOs in the toys that are marketed at boys? Does the color pink appear at all? No. Why is that a problem?
Because this is a real, new product:

That is a pen. For women. Because apparently, this:

is an inappropriate product for a woman to use.
Those are grown up products. What makes them think that they can market with so much obvious sexism, based purely on colors, to adults?
Because it works perfectly on children.And you want to know something else? Those pens for girls.... are twice as expensive. Because they come in pink and purple.
And how about the fact that lower weight weights -- one and two pound weights? They only come in pink and purple. Funny, because I've never seen a fifty pound weight in those colors. Have you?
Want another example?
How about cars? Oh yeah.
Cars.

That's the Honda Fit She's (the apostrophe is actually a heart on the car too). It comes in brown too but they call it "eyeliner brown".... because why would a woman want a car that wasn't either pink, or the same colors she's painting on her face? (Y'all women-folk ARE painting your faces before you go in public, aren't you?!?! For
shame if you aren't! Nobody wants to see your real skin, only men are allowed to have real skin!) Supposedly, the windshield helps prevent wrinkles and the climate control system is good for the skin -- these are literally, actually, the qualities they advertise for this car.
And guess what? It is more expensive than the Honda Fit.
There's even a Fujitsu laptop now called the "Floral Kiss" which comes in colors like "Feminine Pink". It looks like this:

Mmhmm. I can see why that's easier for a woman to deal with than... well, this:

Guess which laptop is more expensive? Even though they're the same thing? And I mean that literally -- the only difference between the Floral Kiss and the Fujitsu Ultrabook is the colors. (Oh, and apparently, you can open the Floral Kiss without chipping your manicure!)
You're probably appalled by this. Because you're an adult and you're intelligent and you're aware that women can drive cars that aren't pink. And yet, you think there's no problem with doing literally the
exact same thing with toys for children?
(Note: none of this is rare, these are just the ones Ellen Degeneres has made the most fun of. This is present in every corner of marketing.)
Anyways, I'm going to keep reading and probably weigh in some more in a bit.