The U.K.'s Science Museum has sparked controversy with a self-guided tour that criticizes Lego for reinforcing 'heteronormativity' through its building brick design. The museum claims Lego's language about the male and female aspects of its bricks perpetuates harmful gender stereotypes and norms.
A self-guided tour at the U.K.'s Science Museum accuses popular building toy Lego of reinforcing “heteronormativity.”
“Like other connectors and fasteners, Lego bricks are often described in a gendered way,” a description on the museum’s website reads. “The top of the brick with sticking out pins is male, the bottom of the brick with holes to receive the pins is female, and the process of the two sides being put together is called mating.”
Science Museum provides no citations for its claims about Lego. An entry on Lego’s website explaining how its bricks work also appears to use different language compared to Science Museum. Lego did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The National News Desk seeking its response to the accusations.
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