POLL: No Gender December vs gendered marketing
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What a load of shit. Society gone mad!
So every baby born in December won’t be born with a gender from now on
Seriously, why in 2015 (nearly) is that marriage equality and gender toys are still a big silly issues within Australia?
What a joke Australia has become!
I support the sentiment of kids not having to conform to gender stereotypes, but honestly, how is this front page news? Can’t we just gives parents enough credit to be able to choose gifts their kids like?
The idiots behind this campaign think that the coloured aisles in a toy store lead to domestic vioience and pay inequity between men and women. The campaign should be treated with the derision it deserves, and these busybodies should go and find something else to be offended about and let the rest of us enjoy Christmas.
@craig
I don’t think its really that silly to suggest gendered toys leads to violence and gender gaps. While the toys themselves might not, the idea of a strict gender binary, with Boys on one side with defining traits and Girls on the other with defining traits, leads to the systematic oppression of women (or, rather, individuals with physical female traits).
When boys are encouraged with toys to develop mental and physical skills, they’ll grow up thinking those are boy activites, while girls are confined to cooking and mothering. Basically the gendered marketing contributes to the culture that raises boys to be violent towards themselves and others, and thus does contribute, I think, to domestic violence and later the wage gap.
Sorry but I think it is total BS ! I loved my Action Man!
Love it
My boys will be learning how to do housework and be creative with dolls, no need to stifle their creativity or life skills based on their gender.