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Gender Roles And Toys

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




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