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Are Hasbro’s Easy-Bake Ovens Just for Girls?

How about them (Easy-Baked) apples?
How about them (Easy-Baked) apples? Photo: Courtesy of Hasbro

An eighth-grade girl from Garfield, New Jersey, wanted to get her 4-year-old brother an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas but was upset to learn the toy only came in pink and purple and is marketed to girls. McKenna Pope’s little brother Gavyn says he’d be fine playing with a pink oven by himself, but would be “embarrassed to use it in front of his friends.” Pope’s petition to convince Hasbro to make a “boy’s” version was signed by 30,000 people in a week, and even Bobby Flay has weighed in, telling the Associated Press that he got his start on an Easy-Bake when he was just 5 years old. For the record, Flay says the oven’s color doesn’t matter. [AP/APP]

Are Hasbro’s Easy-Bake Ovens Just for Girls?