Shadow (Labour) transport secretary attacks Thomas the Tank Engine

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http://www.itv.com/news/2013-12-27/l...le-characters/

Shadow transport secretary attacks Thomas the Tank Engine over lack of female train chaarcters

Labour's shadow transport secretary has claimed the popular children's series Thomas the Tank Engine "perpetuates cultural stereotypes about the sort of work men and women do."

Mary Creagh, who is campaigning for more women in the train industry, told the Daily Telegraph:

In the Thomas the Tank Engine books there are almost no female engines.

The only female characters are an annoyance, a nuisance and in some cases a danger to the functioning of the railway.

There is a preponderance of men in the transport industry and I am very keen to unpack some of the myths that stop women from taking up what are often highly paid and highly skilled jobs.

Bat**** crazy.

[sexpot]

is this rly what your government concerns itself with lol

[Mark]

is this rly what your government concerns itself with lol

Thankfully they're not the party in power! Ludicrous if you ask me

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Why is it that none of these equality nuts never campaign for more women to work as sewer cleaners or bin men? I'd bet (both) my crown jewels that there's under 10% of women in both of those professions, yet seemingly we never hear of efforts to get more women into them. Why?

[Futz]

saw this earlier and lold

I swear I find it hard to believe no one burst into laughter when she posed thiis

[Shar]

lmao what :S

[GommeInc]

Other than their voices it's hard to tell what gender they are. Also, wasn't there a green train (possibly diesel powered?) in the series which stank and was female, or is that adding insult to injury?

[MKR&*42]

Other than their voices it's hard to tell what gender they are. Also, wasn't there a green train (possibly diesel powered?) in the series which stank and was female, or is that adding insult to injury?

Yeah one of the trains is female and a few characters here and there are female
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I checked on Wiki ok I don't actually know I had like no childhood.

[GommeInc]

Yeah one of the trains is female and a few characters here and there are female
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I checked on Wiki ok I don't actually know I had like no childhood.

It was a bit boring to be honest Postman Pat was better.

[Chippiewill]

I'm not sure as a child I ever noticed the gender of the train.