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20 Pointlessly Gendered Stuff You Don’t Want To Buy
My son will wear pink pajamas and play house and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Gender inequality is scarily becoming part of our culture. As much as people fight to remove the limitations imposed on children just because they were born in a way they couldn’t choose, companies thrive on it. Pink schoolbags are perfect for girls, and punk shirts are cool for boys.
If you defy the gender roles, people will think you’re quirky, weird and might even bully you for it, instead of just thinking that you’re just yourself and that blue or pink are only colors. Literally, you don’t lose your identity as a man just because you have a pink pen.
“Same items inside… Hers costs 30% more.”
“Gender appropriate ‘fun.'”
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But why the genders? Why are toy marketers differentiating their toys based on genders? It appears that they believe by creating this categorization, it’ll help them boost their sale. However, after LEGO released their ‘girl-oriented’ Friends products, they received a letter from 7-year-old Charlotte, complaining about the toys.
“Pointlessly gendered lit sides.”
“Legs are for girls. Men have MEGS.”
“In a girl’s vision everything is pink.”
“Grabbed some toilet paper while in a rush, came home to realize that my boyfriend won‘t be able to use it :(“
“The tea is hot (and gendered) today.”
“Just why?”
“I was going through stuff and stumbled upon my dad’s old school books…”
“Ah yes, the 3 genders.”
“All the girls did was sit at home, go to the beach, and shop, and they had no jobs but the boys went on adventures, worked, saved people, and had jobs, even swam with sharks,” wrote the girl. The letter sparked a debate on whether the toys may have been sexist and created discrepancies within children just for having fun with either dolls or robots.
“In case you want to lose the ability to differentiate countries and ocean.”
“God forbid a man should buy a regular bath bomb.”
“Pink backpacks only for girls!”
“Ahh, the two genders, Lady and The.”
“This is an old monopoly I used to play with with my sister. Guess we weren’t allowed to do so…”
“A school supply shop I saw while shopping.”
“Found in a pet store…”
Gender colors are complete bulls, and it’s a fact – a 1918 article by Earnshaw’s Infants’ Department wrote, “The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls.” Less than 10 years later, it was Time magazine’s turn to convince parents to dress their boys in pink. But in the 1940s, manufacturers and retailers changed that and started marketing pink-colored products for girls instead.
“Apparently your gender determines if you play with horses or reptiles…”
“Boys always get the coolest stuff.”
Yes, fashion is something that changes as time flies by. Pants weren’t even around until about 10th to 13th BC. So, let’s not tell our kids that it’s manly to play with blue robots and girly to cook. No, they don’t make sense. Ever.
