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Took this with a cell phone camera so sorry for the quality. This is a life size lego rendering of a female FF at Legoland. Don't know if the only way for them to portray this was to have her putting on lipstick in full PPE.
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Permalink Reply by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on
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OMG OMG OMG - Did you say something to someone who runs Legoland?
and sadly I am surprised they don't have her in a bikini laying across the hood of a pumper for crymineee's sake
but then again, it helps people see the sexist bullshit we have to put up with STILL
this is a lawsuit waiting to happen...
oh yeah, which LegoLand location was this at?
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To email a complaint to the parent company www.Lego.com
http://service.lego.com/en-US/Contactus/Email.aspx
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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Really??
Sorry, I don't see the issue here. It is legos for crying out loud and it depicts a female FF putting on makeup....yeah so?
Don't know if the only way for them to portray this was to have her putting on lipstick in full PPE.
It would be my guess, otherwise how else are you to really depict that there are women in the fire service with such a lego sculpture? It stands out a bit more, but also shows that the fire service is not just men only. I really don't see the problem here.
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Permalink Reply by joemac on
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A lawsuit waiting to happen? Seriously?
Who suffered damages?
Really?
It's no wonder this society is all wonky.
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Permalink Reply by FFN WebTeam on
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You may want to proof your post and your complaint to Lego, if you send one, for spelling mistakes before sending.
Given the number of real persons seen in countless photos and videos without PPE, or lacking some part of PPE, is this really an issue?
If it reminds just one firefighter to don it all, then it was a positive statement.
FFN
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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Perhaps the firefighter in question is applying sunscreen for her lips? Isn't this actually factual?
Here's a question for our female firefighters... Do you wear lip stick on duty? If it's not accurate because of a safety reasoning, then maybe this is the kind of thing to share with the Lego Land Legal beagles.
The concept as mentioned by John Crabbe shares that there are women in the fire service. Lego Land's use of the lipstick thing was an obvious clue that the stack of plastic lego blocks was a woman. Typical marketing and advertising uses a woman's lips to denote a lot of things to both communicate information and sell things. How else would you depict the fact that it is a female firefighter?
If you have the answer, that's what you should send off to Lego Land San Diego.
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Permalink Reply by WestPhilly on
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"How else would you depict the fact that it is a female firefighter?". How about with a pink hood? (By the way, pink hoods for female FF's was seriously suggested by at least one poster and supported by many respondents right here on FFN.) I wasn't one of them.
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Capt Bz just posted on another FFN forum "CATSINRO" Preventing FD Sexual Harassment
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The acronym CATSINRO analysis covers the subject well.
Is it a Comment, is it an Action, is it a Thing, Sexual In Nature, which a Reasonable person would find Offensive?
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i have NEVER seen a female firefighter put on lipstick while in gear
to imply that she is more concerned about her looks, than doing her job is offensive
and degrades the value of our commitment, our work, and our value to the fire service
was the male firefighter checking out his hiney in a mirror right next to this female firefighter applying make-up ???
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Your personal experience isn't an adequate data set.
I have seen female firefighters put on lipstick while in gear.
I've also seen both male and female firefighters apply lip balm while in gear.
Someone building a LEGO statue of that isn't degrading to real firefighters in any way.
You are expressing concern about something that isn't real, unless we're now building real firefighters out of LEGOs.
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so actually, Jay the original poster, made a mistake, and labeled this picture incorrectly - the picture he took is of a male firefighter
please tell me that you realize that little girls look up to women... and little girls believing that this is what female firefighters do while on the job is sad
and please tell me that you realize that little boys look up to women... and little boys believing that this is what female firefighters do while on the job is sad
and yup, I only, always, speak for myself - and since my experience as a female firefighter appears to far out-weigh your personal experience as a female firefighter, I appear to be more of an expert on this topic
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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on
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I did not take this picture but did see this at the park.
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