Is it normal children and gender culture

I worked for a family who had boy/girl toddler twins. The boy loved pink. He would always want to wear his sisters pink socks, pyjamas, boots, etc. She was the exact opposite, which was nice and convenient. Their parents were totally fine with it.

I find it sickening to walk through department stores kids department - the clothes and toys drown you in either pink or blue. It's really hard to find little girl's clothes that aren't pink or little boy's clothes that aren't bold, bright colours.

Most good daycares/child care workers will try offer both "types" of toys and encourage children to play with what they wish. It's part of oureducation, learning that gender stereotypes in childhood are stupid. There's not so much stigma on girls playing with "boys toys" - tomboys are generally ok. But boys playing with girls toys seems to really strike a nerve with some people. Boys can become fathers; why shouldn't they have dolls? That is essentially what dolls are for - pretend play modelling real life.

Anyway. Blah. It's retarded, like many things in life. And it is very ingrained in our society. It will eventually fuck off, but no time soon, sadly.

I wouldn't give my child fucking makeup to play with regardless of what gender they are. Wtf kids shouldn't be running around trying to look sexy.

I think the fact that we assign genders to certain objects/behaviours/colours is absolutely NOT normal. how someone identifies and personally views themselves and what their personal truth is does not dictate what colours they like, what toys they want to play with, or what behaviours they display, and the fact that our society keeps yelling "pink = girls!!! blue = boys!!!" and other sexist crap like that utterly horrifies me. just let people do what they want, love who they love, express themselves how they want to express themselves, and identify the way they feel inside expresses themselves, their souls, and their lived experience to the fullest, truest possible extent. :)

This pisses me off sooo much as well, sick stuck-up sexist bullcrap!! In Germany we have Überraschungsei, a chocolate egg with a toy in it and then they released "Ü-Ei for girls", the alternative pink version with "girly" toys in it, meaning male is the default and female some ditzy anomaly. As a woman, I suffered from this from kindergarten on, when they tried to pressure me into playing with dolls in the "girl's corner" and I saw absolutely no appeal in it. Girls at that age would already compare who's the prettiest thanks to brainwashing and I didn't even get why we should be pretty at all. It's like our minds aren't worth shit and how pleasing to the eye and caring and nurturing to others we are (essentially: how good of a fucking servant) we are is all there is to reach for us in life. So big fucking fuck you to society!

Didn't vote because wasn't 100% sure on what you were actually asking but I think children should play with what they want to and wear what colours they want.

From working in day care, my experience is that just as many girls want to play with cars and just as many boys want to play with dolls. Let them play.

I've always hated baby dolls, they gave me one when I was like three but I wasn't into it. I preferred stuff with dinosaurs and ballet of course. Honestly, I still hate dolls.

Alot of people have commented but the thing I didn't see was about the fast food toy part so first I know every one has to make money to live but I think selling people some thing as bad for them as fast food is the first problem. Then the second is that you called them a girl toy or boy toy thats on you you could say the one with the pony or the one with the race car or what ever they were and then it wouldn't be like you set the kid up to get knocked down.

Growing up I never wanted anything but the stuff made for girls so my parents never had to think about this issue maybe they would have got upset I don't know but I was going gymnastics when I was like 2 and half and was always in a very girly environment so I liked pink and wanted pink and Barbie and stuff.

But I wonder when you make a topic about how people view gender and stuff and you say girl toy or boy toy aren't you just as much brainwashed into the gender roles as anyone? Don't get me wrong I don't think its right to force kids into a box with a picture of their genitals on it and I am not all in favor of PC thinking so I think its complicated and our world is going through alot of big changes right now. Alot of them won't be easy for people to except but that won't stop them from coming.

Fafaine... Or however it is spelt, look it up. All societies have gender roles and stereotypes, it is fair enough to gripe about it, but even YOU called the toys 'boys' or 'girls'. Every society forces this through culture, whether its toys, clothes or body hair... So yea get over it or fight the MAN. * Fa'afafine . boys raised as girls in Samoan culture

Parents are just annoying as are kids no matter what they play with. Kids are allowed ti run wild and I care more about that than wherer they play with gendered toys...

Yes, it's ridiculous. There's a lot of baby items like strollers and carseats-identical in every way, serve the same purpose- but come in pink or blue. I mean, I get it, I am a parent and I dressed my boy in boy clothes and my girls in girl clothes and I admittedly did enjoy doing a few stereotypical special boy and girl things with my kids. But the toys and items like carseats being gendered is over the top. And oh no, what if you have a girl first and buy a pink stroller and carseat then you have a son next? Do these people get rid of the pink stuff and buy all new for the boy? I imagine many do.

Oh and BTW, there's a fascinating article this month's Scientific American - Mind quarterly about transgender children. I found it interesting that many of them regret making the decision to begin transition in their early teens. I think having to live as the gender you've decided you are for 2 years is a good policy, however it raises a lot of issues regarding public restroom use.

Is that better, you fucking down voting asshats?

It's parents like you who have kids that grow up and have absolutely no gender identity whatsoever and try to get a sex change operation.