Actually I know I am not being unreasonable, but whoever designed these magnet toys was.

[mrgrouper]

Apparently girls and boys should be learning different words....

www.amazon.co.uk/Magnetic-Words-complement-National-Literacy/dp/B000CDFTHE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470649212&sr=8-1&keywords=magnetic%20boys%20talk&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

www.amazon.co.uk/Magnetic-Girls-complement-National-Literacy/dp/B000CDL860/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470649334&sr=8-1&keywords=magnetic%20girls%20talk&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[mrgrouper]

These are the pictures....

[honeysucklejasmine]

Ffs. I feel so sorry for my dd, having to face this shit as she grows up.

Can I whisk her away to an island somewhere? Save her from this shit.

[HeCantBeSerious]

[FastandLoose]

Wow! I try not to worry too much about gendered toys, but that really is taking the piss.

[Stillunexpected]

Seriously??? You'd think in the 21st century we'd be over this shit. Apparently not.

[MovingOnUpMovingOnOut]

I have a few words for the makers of those. Mostly 4 letters but also...

Misogyny
Feminism
Equality
Stereotype
Backwards

[Stillunexpected]

Some great reviews of the girl words on Amazon. Mind you, some of them are several years old and they're still peddling them so they haven't made any difference to Amazon's point of view.

[NapQueen]

Crap isn't it.

Doesn't stop shoppers buying either set for either child, but why label them that way.

[Stillunexpected]

Never mind, I expect we'll be seeing our outrage quoted in the Daily Fail tomorrow.

[Cagliostro]

Ugh. Have seen them before

[Hoppinggreen]

I don't normally get het up over this sort of thing but that's bloody outrageous.
Might go over to Amazon and leave a " review"

[Hoppinggreen]

I just showed my 11 year old DD - her comment?
" so I can't spell frog because I don't have a willy!!??"

[lionheart]

Bloody hell(ess)

[cherryplumbanana]

well, they are still selling so some people like them and are buying them. It's a free country. I might not agree with the content, but that's irrelevant. We have a choice.

You are actually giving them free publicity, and I bet this thread will bring in a few more sales. It's not new: controversial subject brings publicity which brings sales and revenue. Once again, it works.

[HeCantBeSerious]

I spotted this in Argos last week.

[RebeccaCloud9]

Love the reviews and comments on Amazon!

[SilverDragonfly1]

I've always wondered what happens if you teach girl's words to a boy . I never risked it of course! Do they actually turn into a girl, or just become gay?

Proud to say my son is 22 and still doesn't know what lemonade is!

[ceebie]

Loving the Amazon reviews - agentGav's comments and others!

[dizzyfeck]

Hoppinggreen perfect, also she doesn't need to worry her pretty little head about such things as frogs, because her lack of a willy makes her less interested in frogs and toads, unless of course they have glitter fluff and wings! At least that's cleared up.

[wasonthelist]

I noticed the featured 5 star review was also highly ironic -

"Thank goodness the set excludes any complicated words like Doctor, or Car, or Career, or heaven forfend: Reading. We don't want our little ones to get silly ideas in to their head"

:)