Ms. Monopoly is here. Psst: A woman invented the game in the first placeBy Nardine SaadStaff Writer | Sep. 10, 2019 3:51 PMMove over, Mr. Monopoly. There’s a new entrepreneur in town, and she’s taking over the boardroom, er, board game.
Toymaker Hasbro Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of Ms. Monopoly, a modernized reboot of its iconic money-making board game meant to celebrate female trailblazers and create a world where women make more money than men. It also brings to mind a little-known fact about Monopoly, though Hasbro didn’t mention it: A woman invented the game more than a century ago.
There’s a new mascot on the game’s cover, too: the brunet Ms. Monopoly, niece of the dapper, top-hat-wearing Mr. Monopoly (also known as Rich Uncle Pennybags). Alas, she does not sport a monocle, but she does wear some pretty mean M-shaped earrings. . . .
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In the game,
the banker doles out $1,900 of Monopoly money to each female player at the beginning, while each male player starts with $1,500, according to USA Today. After that,
female players collect $240 when they pass “Go,†whereas their male counterparts collect the traditional $200. . . .
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-09-10/ms-monopoly-hasbro-lizzie-magie
So these people take a game that has zero gender bias, and inject gender bias into it, all in the name of eliminating gender bias. These people are delusional.
