"I do not want to pay to be a girl."
March 19, 2015 9:57 AM Subscribe
I'm a 12-year-old girl. Why don't the characters in my apps look like me? - Madeline Messer, a sixth-grade student, for The Washington Post
"I wondered if this was a larger problem or just a feature of the games my friends and I play, so I started researching. My parents let me download the top 50 'Endless Running Games' apps that were listed in the iTunes Store for iPhones. Endless running games, such as 'Jetpack Joyride' and the four versions of 'Temple Run,' are extremely popular; they feature a character running, jumping, sliding and generally avoiding deadly obstacles in a game that does not end until the character dies.
"I looked at the gender breakdown of the characters in the top 50 apps."
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