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more about #genderstereotypes more comments → MargaretMoony: True fact: I used to babysit this little boy who loved to get dressed up in princess garb and play witches or Sailor Moon. Super cute kid and his pa... more » GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11): Sigh. I wonder if I can get a copy of this magazine to prove to my (soon to be) in laws that my (soon to be) niece can play soccer and still cook and ... more » thechibster63: My parents couldn't afford the toy kitchen I always wanted, so going to my cousin's house was AWESOME because they had one. My brother liked the toy ... more » roxythekiller: In response to image 3: Why would any kid--- male, female, or inbetween--- want a vacuum? more » MegiEr: zomg I wanted those McDonald and kitchen sets so bad when I was little. It is funny to think that my idea of a perfect afternoon then would be to pret... more » DinosaurDanceParty: Confession when I was a kid I LOVED all the baking toys. I even had a fake grocery shopping cart toy. My brother played with them too. I can't believe... more » exwindnsea: did anyone else play with matchbox cars? we'd find a mound of sand (there was a ton of new construction on our block and literally tons of big sand pi... more » beetlemier: This bullshit is why I bought my son (5 at the time) a baby doll when he wanted one and didn't give 2 shits about the dire warnings I received from th... more » jescabel: Every Christmas, up until about third grade, my siblings (one brother, one sister) and I would ask for a pet. Alas, the parents thought we were enoug... more » Marla Singer: I'm just glad that, on picture 12, they finally realized that boys and girls can play, *gasp*, together! Better late than never, I guess. more » pesematology: Don't feel bad Dodai, I wanted to be a maid when I was like 5, because of Cinderella. My parents (doctor and lawyer) were mortified. #lilyskids more » Snowbunny: Is that massive croquet? Because yes. Croquet is for girls. And boys. And dogs. #lilyskids more » Snowbunny: To be fair, if a boy wanted to be a pretty princess, he would technically be a pretty prince...unless he was pretending to be a girl. I am not agains... more » lizdexia: At my school's kindergarten graduation, we dressed up as what we wanted to be when we grew up. Yep, I was the geeky kid who wanted to be a paleontolo... more » Leucadia: I am livid when I see a pageful of "science" toys marketed exclusively to boys. And we wonder why more women don't enter the sciences, especially fiel... more » -
#todayincatalogs
Lilly's Kids: What's Christmas Without Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes?
There are many lessons to be learned in the Lilly's Kids Holiday catalog, with stuff for kids ages 2 and up! For instance: Some toys/jobs are for girls, while other toys/jobs are for boys.
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#sexismsells
"What If Women Ran The World?" Depends On The Woman.
Former Bush I speechwriter Mark Lange has this sweet little editorial about how women should take over running the world because we're just all so much nicer and more humble then men and stuff. More »
