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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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To think sports shop websites shouldn't have 'Boys' and 'Girls' sections?

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feudebois · 15/03/2016 10:08

Looking for some trackpants for my 10 year old dd. I'm finding it increasingly depressing that every sports shop website I have looked at so far divide the junior clothing by gender. Click on the Junior Clothing section on JD Sports and you get the profoundly depressing message:
Boys (753) (items of clothing)
Girls (21)

My dd does not need polka dots and florals on her sportswear, she needs good, practical, technical clothing as she trains 5 x a week.

I would say she would wear 99% of the stuff in the boys section. It's plain, navy, black, blue, green, grey, yellow.

Sports Direct and Nike have roughly the same amount of stuff, but I fail to see why the two genders can't be combined? Why can't girls wear plain navy sportswear? Why can't boys wear pink?

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SoupDragon · 15/03/2016 10:58

Things like joggers can fit male and female shapes. I am currently wearing a very comfy pair of men's skinny cut joggers from Primark (they have proper deep pockets!) and DD has had joggers, t shirts and trainers from the boys dept before but a lot of things don't if there is not much give in the fabric for example.

Surely you just buy from whatever department has the clothing that suits your child?

curren · 15/03/2016 10:59

If there is no difference where do you get you theory that girls sports clothes are cut skimpier for fashion purposes?

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feudebois · 15/03/2016 11:01

It proves that most sports clothing could happily be unisex!

And should be IMO!

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feudebois · 15/03/2016 11:03

sports clothing for U10s that is!

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SoupDragon · 15/03/2016 11:03

The hip measurements for Next are bigger for girls from age 8. There is also no "plus size" hip measurement given for boys whereas there is for girls - the obvious implication being that hip size is often an issue for girls.

AnnaMarlowe · 15/03/2016 11:03

Super feude then you'll know what size to order.

I've just had a look on the JD Sports app out of interest.

It has a number of sections for clothing:

Womens
Mens
Childrens

Which should make you happy I'd have thought?

FirstWeTakeManhattan · 15/03/2016 11:04

profoundly depressing message

increasingly depressing

A little bit dramatic.

Some girls like polka dots on their sportswear. For those who don't there's obviously tons of choice, whether or not it has a 'girl' label on it. You found all the clothes you needed.

And obviously boys do wear pink.

I honestly don't get what the problem is.

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feudebois · 15/03/2016 11:05

yes anna it does! Thansk for looking that up!

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curren · 15/03/2016 11:05

It proves that most sports clothing could happily be unisex!

You said girls clothes are cut skimpier. Which is it? They are either the same or they are not.

What websites did you check?

AdrenalineFudge · 15/03/2016 11:05

Why are you so hell bent on pushing an agenda or rather creating an issue where one simply doesn't exist?

WorraLiberty · 15/03/2016 11:08

You do realise these things are done with supply, demand and customer feedback taken into consideration?

The last time I ordered from JD Sports and the Adidas websites was last Christmas.

There was a customer survey pop up on both sites, asking customers what they thought of the layout as well as the clothing.

Add to that, the endless emails begging for customer feedback and I'd say they're pretty well informed about what suits the majority of their customers.

They can't please everyone though.

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feudebois · 15/03/2016 11:09

Why are you so hell bent on pushing an agenda or rather creating an issue where one simply doesn't exist?

because it matters to me! Not going to apologise for that.

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ctjoy103 · 15/03/2016 11:11

It matters to you but nobody except you cares. Buy it, don't buy it I don't guess there's any big loss. The Are many others who have no problem.

AnnaMarlowe · 15/03/2016 11:12

feude happy to make you happy.

I would genuinely be interested to know if you have any sons though?

WorraLiberty · 15/03/2016 11:19

Many times I have read on Mumnet about

Babies wearing toddler sized clothes

Toddlers wearing baby clothes

Young school children wearing toddler clothes

Toddlers wearing young school children clothes

Going by your logic, this means they should all be lumped into the same category just because these children don't fit the majority way of shopping.

Bugger that. Shopping takes long enough as it is. I prefer them divided into sections, considering we're all free to shop from any section we want to anyway.

SheSparkles · 15/03/2016 11:21

A lot of girls' hips are starting to widen at age 9/10, my adult dd, who has always been slim-wears an adult size 6 now, was starting to change shape at that age so YABU. One size doesn't fit all, and for the sake of stirring things up, the MAJORITY of girls do like different things from the MAJORITY of boys, and they are still equal

VikingVolva · 15/03/2016 11:24

I agree with the OP.

Before puberty, sex-based differences are the exception not the norm.

It is just as easy, and probably more convenient, to have all tops together, all trackies etc. Skorts and swimwear are gendered, but they could be a racked together with shorts and in a general swimming department.

(I have DC of both sexes, and one is very, very sporty)

SoupDragon · 15/03/2016 11:25

because it matters to me! Not going to apologise for that.

Perhaps you should apologise for assuming every girl is the same as your own. They aren't.

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feudebois · 15/03/2016 11:29

yes vikingvolva I would find it so much easier to have a trackpants section/sweatshirt section rather than having to look through the girls then through the boys

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feudebois · 15/03/2016 11:31

Of course I am not going to apologise for that soupdragon as I don't assume every girl is exactly the same as my dd (I do see various body shapes in her class I am not completely dim)

My point was that even if there is a variation in body shapes that the manufacturers don't make any exception before the age of 9 in some cases and later in others. So why group in boys and girls when they are in the majority of cases cut to the same pattern!

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WorraLiberty · 15/03/2016 11:33

yes vikingvolva I would find it so much easier to have a trackpants section/sweatshirt section rather than having to look through the girls then through the boys

Fuck me, how big is the shop?

Or are you still talking about websites?

If you are, then it's even less of a hardship for you.

twinsneednames · 15/03/2016 11:39

So, you think they should be mixed. They won't ever be. Are you done? You moaning and being depressed (such an exaggeration) isn't going to get you anywhere. I think having a boy and girl section is a lot easier.

curren · 15/03/2016 11:52

OP you said the clothes are cut the same and girl clothes are cut skimpier.

Which is it?

curren · 15/03/2016 11:57

When I go on a website, I know dd can't wear the boys bottoms. So filtering out the boy section suits me .

It suits a lot of people. It doesn't mean I can't look in the boy section or am banned from it.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 15/03/2016 14:20

Ugh, it turned into one of those threads.

'Aibu'
'Yes'
'No I'm not! Waaaaaah!'

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