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Look to your right at the "blog of the day" thingy.....

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Martorana · 17/05/2014 09:55

.......AIBU to be annoyed that the picture uses such a tired stereotype of a child interested in science? Big glasses, bow tie.........

It's like when kids dress up as scientists and they all have Einstein mad hair. It's hard enough to get them interested in science anyway without reinforcing the nerdy, geeky image,

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IonaMumsnet · 17/05/2014 14:20

Hello!
Just wanted to let you know that we have seen this and will come back with a proper response soon. But yes, of course we agree generally about the importance of not reinforcing damaging gender stereotypes.
Good to hear everyone's thoughts and alternative ideas though.

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LucySMumsnet · 19/05/2014 11:28

Hi all, Lucy from Bloggers here.

Thanks for your comments. Just to explain our thinking on this - we're always after an image that will be both eye-catching and illustrative of the post, which, in this case, was about the blogger's son. We completely agree re the importance of not reinforcing gender stereotypes - but in this case, because the post is about a boy, we went with a pic of a boy.

Thanks though for all your thoughts - we'll definitely keep them in mind if something similar arises again.

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