Miss Monopoly is born: the historic board game becomes a feminist
A few months ago we told you about "Who is she?", The female version of the historic board game "Guess who". Today we want to inform you of another initiative on the same wavelength. It is "Ms. Monopoly", the feminist alternative to the classic Monopoly. We will no longer see the image of the mustachioed old man with a top hat, the new mascot, on the other hand, will be played by her granddaughter, Ms. Monopoly, precisely. A millennial with a determined gaze and a decidedly more casual look, like a career woman. "The first game in which women make more money than men" , this is the definition given by Hasbro, a historic US company in the production of games and toys which, in these terms, clarifies the goal with which the project was conceived: to raise awareness among the community on the issue of the gender pay gap, the pay gap gender, for which male workers receive higher wages than their colleagues. It is today one of the most unjust plagues experienced on the skin of women in the world of work and there is still a long way to go. definitively add wage parity.
The revolution in the game
It is not only the protagonist that changes, but also the rules of the game. First of all, before the start, 1900 dollars are given to female players, while only 1500 to men. During the game, however, every time you pass the street, women can collect 240 dollars, while male players are allowed to. only 200. In this way, boys will be able to understand, once and for all, what it means to earn less without valid reasons and not be granted certain privileges on the basis of "senseless gender discrimination. However, the creators of the new version respond to the detractors, who silence the game of reverse sexism, arguing that, if men are able to play their cards intelligently, they will be able to turn the tables and earn more than women.
Furthermore, the money will no longer be used to acquire real estate, but to finance innovative projects born from the minds of women who have managed to change the world. for the better. Among them are Sarah Blakely with her containment sheaths, Rosalind Franklin who first X-rayed the DNA, the bulletproof vest designed by Stephanie Louise Kwolck and the chocolate chip cookies by Ruth Graves Wakefield and Sue Brides. In this way, Hasbro helps us discover and remember that many of the inventions we use on a daily basis are the result of the ideas of brilliant women whose names we too often ignore. Few, in fact, will be aware of the fact that the board game itself was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie at the beginning of the 20th century.
MEET MS. MONOPOLY! Mr. Monopoly "s niece, a self-made investment guru, is here to celebrate women trailblazers and update a few things. It's about time! Pic.twitter.com/ETSBK7TtWj
- Hasbro (@Hasbro) September 10, 2019
Concrete help for young entrepreneurs
To demonstrate its belief in the civil power of the project, Hasbro donated $ 20,580 to three young businesswomen to reward their inventions.The three chosen are Sophia Weng, a 16-year-old American girl who has developed a tool capable of predicting the opening of chasms in the subsoil, Gitanjali Rao, who at the age of 13 found a quick and inexpensive way to report the presence of lead in drinking water and, finally, Ava Canney, 16, who, from Ireland, comes to our aid with a spectrometer to measure the quantity of dye contained in candies and sugary drinks, promoting greater awareness of the customer at the time of purchase.
