A board game that shows the inequality in the gender pay gap by turning the tables is going to have angry people. Monopoly underscores an effort by Madison Avenue to champion feminism as a branding gimmick rather than make tangible change… If Hasbro is serious about women’s empowerment, perhaps the company could start by admitting that a woman invented Monopoly in the first place. Game Shows the Problem With the Pay Gap, and Men Are Predictably Mad. BUY INVENTIONS BY WOMEN: Instead of buying properties, players buy some of the things that wouldnt exist without the innovative women who invented them. Women have complained of being drowned out, overlooked, and ignored for centuries… Ms. MONOPOLY: This breakout Monopoly board game introduces a new character to the Monopoly family, and is a celebration of women entrepreneurs and inventors. This breakout Monopoly board game introduces a new character to the Monopoly family, and is a celebration of women entrepreneurs and inventors Instead of. Writing in The New Yorker, Mary Pilon argued that “tout its new title as empowering to women, while ignoring a woman’s role in creating the game, was, at best, hypocritical,” and at worst, “only reinforces the false, misogynistic, and all-too-common belief that Monopoly is, then and now, purely a man’s game”: While the intentions may have been noble, the result is a mess and has come under fire from people all across the political spectrum. Monopoly's niece, a self-made investment guru, is here to celebrate women trailblazers and update a few things.

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