This is hugely trivial, but wondered what you thought.
I slapped some nail varnish on my gnarled old hooves yesterday as the glorious weather meant that I could no longer hide my podiatry shame in boots. DS (3) doodled up and demanded paint on his nails too. He likes paint, and I was irked by the notion that something fun would be forbidden to him because it's 'only for girls'. I slicked some glittery purple varnish on his toes, he was pleased.
When DH came home he raised eyebrows at DS' feet. He asked me whether I would have put nail varnish on a three year old DD.
I had to admit that no, I wouldn't. I get all judgy and cringy when I see little girls wearing make up (including nail varnish) on the grounds that little girls should be jumping and playing not smeared in make up being a 'princess' etc.....
DH said that in Sexist Top Trumps?, surely the principle that little children shouldn't be getting tarted up with adult goo is more important than the principle that there is no such thing as 'boys' and 'girls' toys/colours/activities.
He's probably right. And there was me being all smug about not submitting to gender 'rules' for my little boy and giving him freedom of expression etc.
Yet another Feminism Fail. I'm really sucky at this - I hope I get better at it soon 