Brighton and Hove City Council unveiled special spaces in play parks for girls to socialise next to more rough-and-tumble equipment such as slides and climbing frames.
A Labour -run council has been forced to apologise after its plans for a children's park to include a specific area for girls to sit and chat was labelled as 'pure, old-fashioned sexism'.
One mother told The Times: 'It claims to be a social space for girls to interact but shows one girl engrossed in her phone and not communicating at all with the other. The proposals - which are part of the £150,000 refurbishment of Hove Park - have been blasted by parents as a 'return to the 1940s'. She said the charity was pleased to see the council creating a space that 'acknowledges many girls want something different'.
The Sussex-base council issued an apology saying all play equipment was designed with inclusivity in mind
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