Girls' shoes

[Adagoo]

Since having a DD I have been seeing sexism everywhere :(

The main thing to make me livid this week is girls shoes. My DS wears clarks shoes with a rubber toe part so they don't get scuffed to shit in 15 seconds.

I look at my niece's shoes and wonder why DSis buys such stupid impractical shoes. I mean without the rubber toe section, not that they're in heels

I was to discover that they don't make shoes designed for walking about rough play if you are a girl.

Am I right? I've looked on the Clarks site and got a bit excited, but then saw that the special toe section was shiny patent

Anyone know where you can buy girl's shoes designed for being a child and not just sitting on a cushion?

Argghhh..... they don't actually need to 'design anything suitable for the girls range - they just need to stop branding everything by gender. Or if they must, emboss a flower motif on something like these ?

I have a similar problem with the practicality of clothes. Boys trousers for toddlers in certain shops all come with reinforced knees. Girls, oh no they won't be running about falling over too, obviously.

It makes me very sad when I see girls in playgrounds and parks who don't have functional practical footwear like my DS has. It so clearly magnifies any biological differences which there may be (?) and leads to more boys climbing running etc. I don't havevrhe issue as I have a DS but I've noticed that while some girls have similar footwear to their Mums some have flimsy sandals but there Mums have sensible footwear.

I would support the campaign for girls and boys to have "activewear" shoes.

Dd is hypermobile. None of the girls shoes in Clarks support her enough so I've had to buy her boys shoes. It's an absolute fucking disgrace.

I had a girl, then six years later, I had a boy. With the girl, I was always irritated that she grew out of shoes before they were anything like worn out. With the boy I was irritated that he wore them out before they were anything like grown out of. Sigh.

Other thoughts - why isn't there a male version of the sundress? Boys tend to wear shorts and T-shirts, and get very hot and sweaty around the waistline. And while obviously girls also wear shorts and T-shirts, they also have the option of the much cooler sundress with its unrestricted airflow. And why is it so hard to find clothes for lads aged 12 - 15 (ie too old for kids' clothes shops, but not yet full-grown?) Girls have an endless supply of shops selling to this age group.

I have not noticed a difference between the number of shops selling to boys and girls of 12 years. What extra shops sell to girls?

i don't have a boy that age but i think:
M&Co
New Look
BHS
all have ranges aimed at girls age 10-14, but not a boys equivalent.

as an aside - i bought DS's last pair of boots in our local independent shoe shop. they were reduced to £15 (from £45) and they had only sold 1 pair full price because they were unisex. pale tan with some darker patches and a wee tree/flower detail on the strap which had pink, red and orange spots on it. apparently the girls all rejected them for being tan and the boys all rejected them because of the pink dots...

the reality is that (mistakes aside) shops will only sell what they can make money on, and i have struggled on both sides - DD hated pink and skirts when she was younger, DS loves bright colours like yellow, orange and pink. shops in general do not cater for children of either sex who don't "fit the mould".