Hey if a little girl is interested in it, then she is. She'll get a shock like I did... Laundry sucks! :P When my playmates played house I always played the dog or cat, doesn’t offend me now or then that those girls were interested in domestic things. I was more interested in playing pretend as an animal (hahah mom now I draw furry art! XD )
But often PARENTS are sucked into gender role thing by media, I know my family wasn't thrilled I was a tomboy. They tried so hard for me to like the giant pink toy section even if I asked for GIJoe. Just I reaaaallly remember clearly being told 'GIJoe doesn't have girls on the commercials, that's a boys toy!' Which it’s true, they don’t, how could I argue that! ;)
So I had to worm around it and have stuffed animals, they were apparently neutral, but masculine things like toy soldiers weren't okay. I know MANY boys that weren’t allowed easy bake ovens because the parents felt it was a ‘girl’s toy’ (In my opinion it’s gender neutral) since often showing girls playing with them on TV and had PINK on it. Heck I know few boys that wanted She-Rah figures because she was He-mans sister in the cartoon, but were denied due to marking said She-rah was ONLY a girls figure.
I agree freedom, but at the same time why isn't there domestic stuff for boys other then the fact many consumers probably won't buy it, when both genders will have babies and move out? ;)
Curse the late 19th century for making colours gender specific then none of this would be a problem! :P
Kids will be kids; there interests change with the next commercial and TV show (sadly these days it’s all Xbox and Wii instead of Saturday morning cartoons) I have very little emotional involvement in this since I never plan on breeding, but I still do dislike late 19th century for gender-izing colours, pink look good on some men ;)
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Date: 2007-12-30 05:23 am (UTC)She'll get a shock like I did... Laundry sucks! :P
When my playmates played house I always played the dog or cat, doesn’t offend me now or then that those girls were interested in domestic things.
I was more interested in playing pretend as an animal (hahah mom now I draw furry art! XD )
But often PARENTS are sucked into gender role thing by media, I know my family wasn't thrilled I was a tomboy. They tried so hard for me to like the giant pink toy section even if I asked for GIJoe. Just I reaaaallly remember clearly being told 'GIJoe doesn't have girls on the commercials, that's a boys toy!'
Which it’s true, they don’t, how could I argue that! ;)
So I had to worm around it and have stuffed animals, they were apparently neutral, but masculine things like toy soldiers weren't okay.
I know MANY boys that weren’t allowed easy bake ovens because the parents felt it was a ‘girl’s toy’ (In my opinion it’s gender neutral) since often showing girls playing with them on TV and had PINK on it.
Heck I know few boys that wanted She-Rah figures because she was He-mans sister in the cartoon, but were denied due to marking said She-rah was ONLY a girls figure.
I agree freedom, but at the same time why isn't there domestic stuff for boys other then the fact many consumers probably won't buy it, when both genders will have babies and move out? ;)
Curse the late 19th century for making colours gender specific then none of this would be a problem! :P
Kids will be kids; there interests change with the next commercial and TV show (sadly these days it’s all Xbox and Wii instead of Saturday morning cartoons)
I have very little emotional involvement in this since I never plan on breeding, but I still do dislike late 19th century for gender-izing colours, pink look good on some men ;)
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