To think the anti-pink brigade can be a bit OTT

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I have noticed on here there are some people who refuse to allow their girls wear anything pink/sparkly/overly feminine. A lot of the reasoning seems to be because it sets women back 100 years etc etc and gender neutral stuff.

However the same people are eager to point out they don't care if their son wears it and in fact actively encourage them to do so.

AIBU to think pink is just a colour and if girls want to enjoy pink and princesses and babies and pushchairs they should be able to just as much as a boy can?

I actually have more trouble finding clothes for my 2 yo DS than 4 year old DD who does not have much pink in her wardrobe. Once a boy hits 2 it seems all they cater for are skater boy type clothes. It's so hard to just get trousers and a smart casual shirt without some inane slogan plastered across the front.

It's the toys inside the happy meals that are sometimes gendered, although as a McDonalds regular the toys usually have both "boys" and "girls" options available. They recently gave away watches with both superhero and Hello Kitty stickers for the child to stick on the front.

Well exactly - who has decided that this certain toy is only suitable for boys and the other for girls? Luckily my son is too young and has not been told by helpful people that he should not be playing with half of the availalbe toys. So when we went to McDonalds, he asked for a Hello Kitty, on a rocket. It's a toy, he doesn't need genitalia to operate it.

What confuses me is the amount of praise I see for girls dressing up as Spiderman, liking one of the boy Paw Patrol puppies rather than the girl etc. In a way, isn't that even more backwards? Wouldn't that encourage girls to think that in order to be a cool superhero you have to be male

Given that there are virtually no female superheros, and those that do exit are mostly in minor roles and/or have very little merchandising I suspect that girls have no problems picking up the message that superheros are almost always male.

The whole world tells small children that girls and boys are fundamentally different, that they should wear different things, play with different toys and behave in different ways. It's little wonder that the rates of referrals to the Tavistock for gender dysphoria have gone up so significantly.

I havent seen any comments against letting girls wear pink if they like, or ones praising girls for wearing superhero gear.
I have seen comments and a thread against forcing girls into girly girly clothes against their will.
I have seen comments about letting boys play with sparkly stuff.

The only group with any agenda seem to be posting here.