Clothes and gender stereotyping

[nappyaddict]

Hi, I would be really grateful if you could tell me in your opinion which of these are stereotypical for a boy or non stero-typical. If you could just typse S or NS next to each word please that would be fab. Ages ago I did a thread similar to this because I was thinking of opening up a small clothes shop. That's still a dream that will probably never happen but I thought it was really interesting to see what different things people thought were stereotypical to a particular sex - in this case to a boy.

Zebras
Pandas
Whales
Ice creams
Ice lollies
Hippos
Bumblebees
Goats
Cows
Ladybirds
Chickens
Geese
Horses
Donkeys
Sheep
Camels
Balloons
Kites
Moose
Squirrels
Hedgehogs
Starfish
Sea horses
Penguins
Sandcastles
Parrots
Peacocks
Owls
Toucans
Ducks
Swans
Cats
Deer
Rainbows
Trees
Clouds
Sunshine
Toadstools
Lifesaving ring
Anchor (like the ones you get on boats)
Bongo
Paint/paintbrushes/paint splodges
Yetis
Piano
Keyboard
Trumpet

Surely it depends on the colours on the clothing and not the actual pictures?

I'm with Sian - if I saw any of those on a dark blue t-shirt I'd assumed it was aimed at boys, if I saw it on a sugar-pink one then girls.

I think they are all NS.

I design prints and wholesale t shirts to various kids shops and I'd say it depends on the colour of the garment and the age of the child. My customers want navy, green, grey, red or black for boys and pink or white for girls although I've had a request for some prints on turquoise recently.

Hope that helps

Zebras - either
Pandas - either
Whales - more boyish
Ice creams - girly
Ice lollies - girly
Hippos - either
Bumblebees - either
Goats - either
Cows - either
Ladybirds - girl
Chickens - either
Geese - either
Horses - either
Donkeys -either
Sheep - either
Camels - either, maybe more boy
Balloons - either, maybe more boyv
Kites - either, maybe more boy
Moose - either, maybe more boy
Squirrels - either, maybe more boy
Hedgehogs - either, maybe more boy
Starfish - either
Sea horses - either
Penguins -either
Sandcastles - either
Parrots - either
Peacocks - either, maybe more girl
Owls - either
Toucans - either
Ducks - either
Swans - more girly
Cats - either, maybe more girl
Deer - either, maybe more girl
Rainbows - more girl but rainbow stripes either
Trees - either
Clouds - either
Sunshine - either
Toadstools - either
Lifesaving ring - more boyish
Anchor (like the ones you get on boats) - more boyish
Bongo - not sure what it is
Paint/paintbrushes/paint splodges - either
Yetis - boy
Piano - either
Keyboard - either
Trumpet - either, bit more boy i think

the either ones will depend on design whether it looked boyish, girlish or unisex