| Since the conception of children's toys
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| | little boys were expected to wear suits
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| the existence of gender roles has been
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| | and go off to work each day to bring home
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| prominent. Boys should get trucks and
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| | the bacon for the family. As times have
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| cars and girls should get dolls and
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| | changed these are no longer the "norms"
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| tea-sets, however, one is forced to look
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| | of society however, we still push on to
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| at this belief with a little more
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| | our children the repercussions of not
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| criticism in the more modern times of
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| | sticking to those norms. Are we really
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| today. What is the major issue with a boy
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| | afraid of our children becoming less than
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| who likes to play with dolls or the girl
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| | the gender roles we were expected to be?
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| who likes to play with cars? Perhaps not
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| | The unfortunate aspect of the fact that
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| so much for the girl who plays with cars
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| | we push such expectations on our children
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| but for the boy who likes to play with
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| | is that we are not allowing them the
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| dolls he is pigeonholed as being a
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| | freedom to be who they want to and
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| homosexual child...but who makes these
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| | perhaps were destined be. We are pushing
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| rules? Who decides that boys should not
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| | on to them the expectation that they
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| be allowed to play with dolls? The truth
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| | should at least be A and not B which in
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| of the matter is that we, as a society
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| | essence shapes them to pursue certain
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| do.
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| | paths in life instead of allowing them
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| There are no repercussions that come with
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| | the tabula rasa that all children really
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| a boy who plays with dolls, other than
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| | should be permitted. It is not the fault
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| the social isolation that is forced upon
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| | of the toys nor the children; however, it
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| him by society. A boy that plays with
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| | is the fault of society as a whole for
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| dolls and a girl that plays with cars and
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| | shaping us to be such a judgmental race
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| trucks are nothing more than children
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| | when faced with people and ideas that do
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| exploring toys; they are not yet old
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| | not fit the "norm" of hundreds of years
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| enough to understand the cubbyholes and
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| | ago.
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| labels we like to force on to each other
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| | So how do we rid ourselves of this self
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| as a society. For some unexplained reason
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| | imposed cubby-holing that is stunting the
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| it is believed that the mere action of
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| | emotional growth and general accepting
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| playing with a set of toys one will
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| | nature of our world's future generation?
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| become more or less masculine or feminine
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| | Give your son a Barbie or two and let
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| when this is simply untrue.
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| | your daughter play with a monster truck
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| There was a time in our history as a race
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| | or wrestling figure once in a while, it's
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| that being increasingly masculine or
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| | not going to kill them and nor is it
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| feminine was the norm, little girls were
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| | going to make them something less than
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| expected to wear only frilly dresses and
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| | what they already are: innocent children
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| stay at home in the kitchen (a la
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| | with a brand new slate ready for writing.
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| "barefoot and pregnant" stereotype), and
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