to think MNHQ should know better than to feature photos of babies in headbands (preumably to denote female) on this site?

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

Of all places!

Come on HQ. Pull your finger out!

well mistress dd never went for dolls even though they were readily available. I bought her clothes in a range of colours- ones I liked and now she's 10 and loves pink and make up! Ds now 12 loves red now and does dancing.
Children basically do what they want despite adults' best efforts to predict/mould what they want.

Pink and frilly doesn't mean inferior unless you keep perpetuating that. There are females who are seriously repressed in this world. Wearing a headband chosen by a loving parent to make their little one look cute or even shock horror look like a girl is really not an example of that.

I'm a feminist but I do see this a bit of a non-issue TBH.

I'm against the gender stereotyping of toys and clothes in general but I can't get worked up over a hairband (and I don't even know what gender the babies in headbands are anyway)...

Yes some folk don't like gender stereotyping that's fine but you can't go round scolding people who do like girls in headbands, what you going to do if your own daughter is old enough to decide for herself that inspite of being brought up gender neutral she wants to wear pink and wear a pretty headband? You going to tell her she shouldn't or are you going to allow her to express herself the way she wants to because it makes her happy.
Stereotypes exist and yes people's should be allowed to either challeng them or accept them depending on what they want to do, what ever their choice it should be respected and they should be allowed to enjoy the choice they make.

Pink and frilly doesn't mean inferior unless you keep perpetuating that.

Tell that to the High Queens of Mumsnet Feminism.

A good MN feminist abhors girliness in everyone except pre-pubescent boys.

While men as a class are Bad, being as much like a man as possible is Good.

That's the red pill they want you to take.

I LOOOOOVE pink! And will have a pink pram regardless of babies gender!

Has to be a bold pink, not a light baby pink!

Headbands are just headbands, girls and boys wear them as babies although i imagine boys are more a 'bandana' style. If you put your daughter in dresses you cannot moan about people gender stereotyping over a headband.

Yes, we tell our little girls to 'always be themselves' and not give in to societies expectations of them.

'But don't forget pink stinks! So you mustn't like that.'

'But be yourself! As long as it's not girly or anything. Actually, be what I think you should be...'

So basically girls are screwed either way.

It's the same old crap just different people spouting it.

MistressMerryWeather that is so true! I have been mocked many times as an adult woman for liking pink. Weirdly enough only by other women! I don't think a bloke has ever really noticed apart from DP who just has to live with it!