to be fucked off that stroes still feel the need to define toys by gender?

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I've been wandering around all day looking for inspiration.

And it seems that within toy sales it's imperatiove to be prosciptive.

Surely one of the major retailers could realise that cupcakes and butterflies for grils and transport and dinosaurs for boys is just ouutdated and break free from the molud and then just sit back and wait for hoards of satisfued MNers to boost their sales.

AIBsimplistic?

Sigh.

So you never ever complain about anything other than war and poverty?

Give me fucking strength.

'first world problem' is what people say when they have no rational argument. It's a refuge for the Too Lazy to Think brigade.

Say it out loud MissDirected.....

But why is whether it is a first world problem of any relevance? Are we not allowed to talk about other things until we have solved all of those? You might want to let those on Style and Beauty or TV addicts the new rule, if so.

Personally, I think it is an iussue. Some children are definitely affected by this sort of gender stereotyping - not all I'm sure. But it isn't necessary to sell toys. Why not just group them into types? Dolls/Construction/Art and Crafts/ Science etc. It's not that hard and just as easy to navigate to find things.

Boots catalogue this Christmas is a big offender. Even the Duplo was in Boys' Toys and everything in the Girls section was pink/sparkly or both.

Feel free to dismiss my opinion. You are totally within your rights to do so. I feel strongly about this and took the time to carefully articulate why.

Just because I think this particular issue is a non-issue - in the sense that it is not important to me doesn't give you the right to call me ignorant or call me a sexist man?!!!

Sometimes it pays to just have a think about a different opinion. If we all gave gender stereotyping less life and just got on with our lives maybe, just maybe our kids would follow suit.

I'll call you a sexist woman then. Better?

I do complain about lots of inane crap. We all do - I just choose to keep it all in perspective. After all, it's NOT really very important.

I find it is very important, actually. I think it is incredibly limiting for both sexes and actively harmful for women.

Who the hell gives gender stereotyping ANY airtime? Every time I mention it people look at me blankly.

And I'm glad you keep your problems in perspective. What makes you think we don't?

Squoosh - I think I may just complain right now about somethiing really inane. Your shitty posts.

If you'd bothered to read any of my posts - you might have seen what I was trying to get at and that I am notin the least sexist.

You are very low on tolerance for a different opinion. Are you always this bombastic?

People never talk about geneder sterotyping, they're too busy conforming like sheep to give it a second thought.

336 posts - mostly outraged at the the aisles in the local toy store = air time in my opinion.

Complaining about internet postings is so very First World. Don't you know there are people starving in the world?

Sheep I am NOT. This thread is living proof of that.

Be happy Sqoosh. It's Christmas. No hard feelings.

Well you've joined in Mr so you're wasting your time as well. I haven't seen anything in your postings to suggest you're not a sheep, since you seem to just be doing the same old dismissive act that everyone else does before resorting to "first world problems".

Ok Esme. Ok.

I wasn't calling you a sheep, I was responding to Esme's comment 'Who the hell gives gender stereotyping ANY airtime? Every time I mention it people look at me blankly'

MrRectum, you didn't argue anything though - you said you let your children choose for themselves and that this was a non-issue. The argument is about what influences their choices, and that this IS indeed a big issue as gender stereotyping from a young ages influences the activities and aspirations of said children as they grow up.

Oh shit - autocorrect fail - Sorry!

Nice. That how you usually admit gracious defeat in an argument, 'Mr'Rected?
Right classy, that.