vacuum cleaners are pink for little girls BUT any sex can grow up and vacuum.....WHY?
I actually agree with the first poster. When I taught daycare all the boys played with trucks and legos and maybe the kitchens, and the girls played with dolls, dress up and did lots of pretending. Now my daughter is a typical girl who loves dolls but I got her a truck for the outside that she puts her doll in so she can have somewhere to sit....might as well of gotten a lawn chair. Most trucks however aren't genderized they are true life. Like my daughters dump truck looks like an actual dump truck. It's yellow like a real one. Would you really want a pink truck? That's not realistic either.
Because the toy companies thinks that parents want it that way. Until enough parents complain it will stay that way. Try some of the independent toy catalogs such as Hearthstone Toys for more gender neutral ones.
eh, boys are just into that, as a girl, I don't think most of us ever really cared, I still don't. To me it's a piece of metal you can get places in- for boys there's this whole facination with the actual car I agree, I find the vaccum cleaners offensive, though!! Seriously... it's like household chores, how is that only for girls!!! I see stuff like that all the time.. ugh. There was a guy on wife swap who called it skirt work :( but then the new wife made him see what it was like to do all the work like his wife did!! that made me laugh!! But the cooking ones are a little taboo... it is usually like housework, feeding the family, but chefs both women and men can make a career out of it, it's more like an art for them- like there are some really good cooking colleges and stuff.
I honestly trust the primary poster. When I taught daycare the entire boys performed with vehicles and legos and might be the kitchens, and the ladies performed with dolls, get dressed up and did plenty of pretending. Now my daughter is a natural lady who loves dolls however I received her a truck for the external that she places her doll in so she may have someplace to take a seat....would as good of gotten a garden chair. Most vehicles nevertheless are not genderized they're actual existence. Like my daughters sell off truck appears like an precise sell off truck. It's yellow like a truly one. Would you quite desire a crimson truck? That's no longer sensible both.
I don't buy a lot of cheesy plastic toys (I HATE them) so this doesn't apply much to the brands I favor. Take a look at the Haba and Plan Toy collections. They are wooden and usually made in primary colors. They are not designated for boys or for girls in most cases, and I like that. We buy our daughter cars AND dolls. If we ever have a boy he will get the same. I agree that people pigeonhole kids into gender roles all too often. I have a psych degree and in one of my classes we watched a video about a study in which a woman took her little boy and dressed him in his regular clothes and let a stranger watch him for a few minutes. They were videotaping the interaction. The subjects encouraged the boy to move around, go for toys, etc. Then they dressed him as a girl and repeated the exercise with different people. Thinking he was a girl, there was a big difference in how they treated him. They held her in their laps and stuck dolls in her face. Toy companies have figured out that parents will buy their little girls stereotypical girl stuff, and their boys boy stuff. That is how girls get stuck with junk like Bratz dolls, and boys end up with violent action figures. Anyway, I think it's important to buy a child of either gender a nice, neutral sampling of tools, dolls, cars, musical instruments, etc. Then they can decide what they prefer. But the market is driven by what parents buy and what children nag parents to death for. And I agree that it's partially due to a child's impression of what the parent would like to see them play with (ie, my mom insisted I be a girly girl, and what did I ask for? Lil Miss Makeup!).
