A garden that's bursting into life with toys

The separation of genders begins when children are young. Boys and girls grow up playing with toys designated for their sex. Although most of the time it is not purposely done to harm their children, mothers tend to make their kids play with the types of toys that are gender oriented. For example, if a young girl was playing with action figures and trying to make them “kill each other” a mother will most likely be appalled with her behavior and hand her some Barbies. Princesses and dolls are for the girls to nurture their caring personalities and action figures and Hot Wheels represent power and is to bring out the manliness in the boys.

Even in school, teachers point out to students that statistics show girls perform better in English and history while boys tend to excel in science and math.  However, according to studies, the “statistics” teachers are talking about are incorrect. Girls actually perform better in all studies compared to boys. Telling each gender that they are naturally worse a certain subject discourages them from pursuing it. For example, in the Verizon Commercial, a young girl loves science but due to the influence of the need to be “pretty” she is finally pressured into caring more about her beauty and neglects her intelligence.

If a girl wanted to play with superheroes, cars, Legos and action figures, her friends most likely will not want to play those nor would the toys be available in the right “color” for her so she would have to resort to playing with boys. But God forbid a girl play with boys in elementary school. She might become a tomboy! Or even worse, get…cooties! Because, well of course boys have cooties so girls can’t play with boys because then she too will get cooties.


Even the little YouTube famous girl, Riley can see the marketing scheme. Riley is in the “pink and girly” aisle of the toy store and she asks, “Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff and all the boys have to buy different colored stuff?" She’s right. Why do girls HAVE to buy pink things? The truth is, they don’t. Girls do not have to buy pink things and boys do not have to buy blue things but that is just the way society has differentiated the genders. Just imagine the types of questions you would get if you painted your new-born son’s room pink. 

Comments

  1. UnknownOctober 26, 2014 at 4:20 PM

    Hey Kathie! I love how you included so many videos to help the reader understand your point! I like how you brought up the point of how society has decided that is something is blue, it is for a boy and if something is pink, it is for a girl. There is no doubt that companies are influencing children on which toy to play with based on colors, along with many other things. Great post!

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  2. UnknownOctober 26, 2014 at 8:08 PM

    I loved your use of the two videos! I think the one of the young girl specifically in the pink toy section really shows how society has taken control over what young people can do.

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  3. UnknownOctober 26, 2014 at 8:38 PM

    Hello Kathie Lee, I really like how you conveyed societies scheme to differentiate genders. The videos helped get your point across very well. Superb job Kathie Lee.

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  4. WhitneyOctober 26, 2014 at 10:19 PM

    Nice post! I remember seeing that Verizon commercial and being really sad that she was pushed away from science just because she was a girl. I think it is great that Verizon is trying to make a change. Using that video really helping me understand your point in how split genders are.

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