A GIRL of six has written to Lego demanding they add more female characters to their playsets.
Alice Brash wrote to bosses after playing with some of her brother’s toys and realising there was a noticeable gender gap.
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In her letter the schoolgirl said: “I love playing with Lego City and have the police plane, the fire car and the submarine.
“I would like some of the Lego people to be girls because girls can do anything boys can do.
“In my Lego sets they are all boys and that is not right. Please change it.”
Dad Jonathan, of Hartlepool, County Durham, said he was enormously proud of Alice taking a stand.
He added: “I was really taken aback that Alice spotted the inequality in the gender representation of the toys.
‘STAND UP FOR HER BELIEFS’
“But when she announced she was going to write to Lego to raise it directly with them I was gobsmacked.
“It makes me so pleased to see her stand up for her beliefs in this way.”
The Lego City range is made up of a variety of different toy sets featuring the emergency services, various vehicles, buildings and shops to allow children to build their own bustling townscape.
In response, Lego said it continuously strives for equal representation across its full range.
A spokesperson said: “We’d like to thank Alice for writing to us.
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“We love hearing from our fans and believe it’s important for children to have conversations about important issues like diversity and equality.
“We believe that Lego play is for everybody, no matter what gender they are.
“Lego City is a broad and inclusive play theme and we continuously aim for equal representation of male and female figures across our whole range, as well as an equal balance in the types of roles that they play in the city.”
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