I should add, she drew this at school where she regaled her classmates about the robot battles she watched the day before - raving about Carbide, and writing new RW stories with her friends.
@daraobriain@angelascanlon It may be 3 years since Robot Wars was on air, but its impact still reverberates around the world. Here is a pic drawn by my 7yo daughter who just loves RW. I may have to build a fighting robot now. Check out Dara's beard (?) and the house robots!
And this is how the stereotypes get embedded. Exactly the same product but the 2 boys are 'working', the 2 girls are playing with kittens surrounded by pink. Sigh. #pinkvsblue#genderequalityby2100???