It’s also a little odd to suggest that disempowered women rely on a paternal “Rich Uncle Pennybags” to help correct workplace shortcomings - if there are such things. Of course, a female-branded game does seem counter-productive to the aims of modern feminism, particularly given that the game plays into the outdated notion of a “gender binary.” Today’s “intersectional” feminists could happily remind Hasbro that there are something like 37 genders and that movement between them is fluid because gender is a “social construct” or something. Monopoly compete to control innovations made by women and products from female-led companies, effectively charging other players to use things like WiFi and chocolate chip cookies. Instead of the familiar properties like Boardwalk and Park Place, players of Ms. Monopoly, they’ll have to do it on the backs of women. But if male players want to come out ahead in Ms. Men are, of course, welcome to play, Hasbro says, and there’s plenty of opportunities for both genders to make money. It’s “a fun new take on the game that creates a world where women have an advantage often enjoyed by men,” the company said in a statement emailed to major news organizations. The idea is to create a game where women make more than men, the first game to do so, according to Hasbro,” CNN reports. “Unlike the classic game, women will collect 240 Monopoly bucks when they pass ‘go,’ while male players will collect the usual 200. The theory is that women make only around $.70 for every dollar men make in the real world, so Monopoly will give them an advantage. Monopoly,” unveiled this week, will celebrate “women’s empowerment” by reconfiguring the classic Monopoly board to be more “female-friendly,” including bumping the pay of female players who make it all the way around the board’s list of properties by rewarding them with extra pay. The new game is available for pre-order now at Walmart and will be available at most major retailers nationwide and in select countries globally starting later this month for a suggested retail price of $19.99.Feminists looking to close the gender wage gap in classic board games rejoice: a new version of Monopoly will pay women $40 more for passing “Go,” in an effort to make up for the financial oppression women suffer in the workplace.ĬNN reports that “Ms. (In what was considered a major overhaul in 2017, the game did away with the scorned thimble, wheelbarrow and boot tokens and replaced them with a T-Rex, rubber duck and penguin.) Monopoly is the latest revamp of the treasured board game, which has seen thousands of spinoffs and themed reboots since its official debut in the Depression era.
Monopoly and spotlight other women who have challenged the status quo, Hasbro said it surprised several young female inventors and entrepreneurs with the game and approximately $20,580 in real money "to fuel their inventive spirit and further their projects." A trio of teenage girls was featured in a video vignette announcing Ms. Meanwhile, to celebrate next month's launch of Ms. In 1904, she received a patent for the Landlord's Game, which was meant to educate people about the dangers of wealth concentration."
Elizabeth Magie - a writer, inventor and feminist - was one of the pioneers of land-grabbing games. "However, there have been a number of popular property-trading games throughout history. "The Monopoly game as we know it was invented by Charles Darrow, who sold his idea to Parker Brothers in 1935," a Hasbro spokeswoman told The Times on Tuesday. Hasbro made no mention of Magie in its Tuesday news release and did little to explain her omission when pressed by the Los Angeles Times. Decades later, unemployed salesman Charles Darrow learned the game from friends, repackaged it and, in 1935, sold it as his own creation.
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