[arista]

Yes Young Lady
its a mans world

[Niamh.]

There really is no need for them to have for boys or girls on toys is there?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

There really is no need for them to have for boys or girls on toys is there?

I am not sure if it really helps parents, they know the pink crap stuff is for girls and all the good stuff is for boys anyway

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I am not sure if it really helps parents, they know the pink crap stuff is for girls and all the good stuff is for boys anyway

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

There really is no need for them to have for boys or girls on toys is there?

Yes but the Store says its to Help everyone


No one Expected a Devil Look Girl
going on twitter by her Political Mum


[Karen Cole's photo of her daughter Maggie went viral on social media]

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes but the Store says its to Help everyone


No one Expected a Devil Look Girl
going on twitter by her Political Mum


[Karen Cole's photo of her daughter Maggie went viral on social media]

How does it help anyone to say that certain toys are for girls and certain toys are for boys?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

How does it help anyone to say that certain toys are for girls and certain toys are for boys?

Mums are busy shoppers
it meant she could find gifts fast


No One Expected a girl with a Angry Stare
to go viral on World Wide Twitter
attacking a big store

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

Mums are busy shoppers
it meant she could find gifts fast


No One Expected a girl with a Angry Stare
to go viral on World Wide Twitter
attacking a big store

How about Dads are they busy shoppers? Sexist

they can still put all the dolls and s**t in the one aisle Arista, there is no need to have things labelled for boys or for girls though

[arista]

a boy in Toys R Us
is confused as there is Pink toys mixed in.


After a Political USA Mum
went on Twitter attacking them

[arista]

How it was before
a Section that is clear for girls

[Ninastar]

girls and boys will always be different. always.

now that's not to say that they shouldn't be allowed to play with each others toys. Thats not what im saying at all. I think its a good thing for kids to play with any type of toys. but this whole 'BOYS TOYS?? OUTRAGEOUS!!!! GIRLS PLAY WITH THEM TOO!!!!' argument is so bloody pathetic.

Boys and girls think differently. They have different brains. There will always be a slight divide in what toys children are interested in.

there are way way more damaging things for children in society, than labelling things 'boys' or 'girls'

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

girls and boys will always be different. always.

now that's not to say that they shouldn't be allowed to play with each others toys. Thats not what im saying at all. I think its a good thing for kids to play with any type of toys. but this whole 'BOYS TOYS?? OUTRAGEOUS!!!! GIRLS PLAY WITH THEM TOO!!!!' argument is so bloody pathetic.

Boys and girls think differently. They have different brains. There will always be a slight divide in what toys children are interested in.

there are way way more damaging things for children in society, than labelling things 'boys' or 'girls'

completely agree with you! (i swear i always agree with you )

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Dollface

completely agree with you! (i swear i always agree with you )

why thank you

[Cal.]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

girls and boys will always be different. always.

now that's not to say that they shouldn't be allowed to play with each others toys. Thats not what im saying at all. I think its a good thing for kids to play with any type of toys. but this whole 'BOYS TOYS?? OUTRAGEOUS!!!! GIRLS PLAY WITH THEM TOO!!!!' argument is so bloody pathetic.

Boys and girls think differently. They have different brains. There will always be a slight divide in what toys children are interested in.

there are way way more damaging things for children in society, than labelling things 'boys' or 'girls'

.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

girls and boys will always be different. always.

now that's not to say that they shouldn't be allowed to play with each others toys. Thats not what im saying at all. I think its a good thing for kids to play with any type of toys. but this whole 'BOYS TOYS?? OUTRAGEOUS!!!! GIRLS PLAY WITH THEM TOO!!!!' argument is so bloody pathetic.

Boys and girls think differently. They have different brains. There will always be a slight divide in what toys children are interested in.

there are way way more damaging things for children in society, than labelling things 'boys' or 'girls'

it's not really an argument so much as wishing unnecessary and pretty useless labels to go away? I mean basically what it all boils down to is shaming kids of either gender into avoiding toys of the other's for fear of being seen as a gay boy or a tomboy

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

it's not really an argument so much as wishing unnecessary labels to go away? I mean basically what it all boils down to is shaming kids of either gender into avoiding toys of the other's for fear of being seen as a gay boy or a tomboy

Exactly, there is no need to put For Boys on a toy at all, yeah maybe more boys will end up playing with that toy but what is the need to put a note on it saying that its a Boys Toy and vice versa, it doesn't achieve anything, it's not like parents would be totally confused about which toys to buy their kids if those labels weren't there

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Shaun

it's not really an argument so much as wishing unnecessary and pretty useless labels to go away? I mean basically what it all boils down to is shaming kids of either gender into avoiding toys of the other's for fear of being seen as a gay boy or a tomboy

Thing is though, this rarely ever happens now...

Most children don't give a crap.

There will always be different insults used, no matter what rules are made. There will always be a different preference for a toy with each gender, and nothing can ever be done.

Children pick on things for being 'different' not because it's 'gay boy' or 'tom boy', w.e

If you get rid of 'girls toys' or 'boys toys', they will always find a different way to insult each other.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

Thing is though, this rarely ever happens now...

Most children don't give a crap.

There will always be different insults used, no matter what rules are made. There will always be a different preference for a toy with each gender, and nothing can ever be done.

Children pick on things for being 'different' not because it's 'gay boy' or 'tom boy', w.e

If you get rid of 'girls toys' or 'boys toys', they will always find a different way to insult each other.

So what? Give up trying because humanity is inherently awful?

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Shaun

So what? Give up trying because humanity is inherently awful?

Give up trying what? (you've lost me lol... not that it's hard to do that)

All I'm saying is that I think this whole 'avoid usuing genders with toys because insults' thing is stupid.

Children will be called names no matter what.

I think it's time that we stop trying to change society, and try to change ourselves.

Teach your children that names are just names. They mean nothing. Teach them from a young age that people are always going to be horrible.

This is all just my opinion of course...

But what I've come to realise over the past 5 years or so, ever since being bullied, since dealing with a suicidal member of the family at home and so on, is that only you can control how you feel. Not anyone else. Don't let someone else's idea of how they see something, affect you.

The sooner people learn to think like this, the happier they will be.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Shaun

it's not really an argument so much as wishing unnecessary and pretty useless labels to go away? I mean basically what it all boils down to is shaming kids of either gender into avoiding toys of the other's for fear of being seen as a gay boy or a tomboy

No do not make it bigger than it is

Shaun

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

girls and boys will always be different. always.

now that's not to say that they shouldn't be allowed to play with each others toys. Thats not what im saying at all. I think its a good thing for kids to play with any type of toys. but this whole 'BOYS TOYS?? OUTRAGEOUS!!!! GIRLS PLAY WITH THEM TOO!!!!' argument is so bloody pathetic.

Boys and girls think differently. They have different brains. There will always be a slight divide in what toys children are interested in.

there are way way more damaging things for children in society, than labelling things 'boys' or 'girls'

It's madness. The lunatics have taken over the asylum - What P.C. bollocks next? No 'Male' and 'Female' signs on public toilets?

'Y Fronts and Jockeys actually mixed in with the knickers in shops underwear sections?

Madness.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

It's madness. The lunatics have taken over the asylum - What P.C. bollocks next? No 'Male' and 'Female' signs on public toilets?



'Y Fronts and Jockeys actually mixed in with the knickers in shops underwear sections?



Madness.

That's completely different. The point is, there is no good reason for toys to have labels printed on them saying they're for one gender or the other, if you could give me one then I'd be very interested in hearing it? Is it a huge deal? No, not really. Are there much bigger issues in the world? Absolutely. I'm just saying its pretty unnecessary in this day and age to have a note printed on a toy to say its just for a boy or a girl

[orwellkafkararara]

Originally Posted by Urwreatha

Boys and girls think differently. They have different brains. There will always be a slight divide in what toys children are interested in.

True, but I do wonder how much of the division is due to biology and how much is due to the gender-centric neuroticism instilled in them from parental and societal influences.

[JoshBB]

Toys are toys, we really don't need to assign gender to them tbh. If a boy wants to play with a barbie doll, let him, the same if a girl wants to play with a toy soldier, let her. it's 2014 for gods sake.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Thing is some tesco goon in a suit will choose which toys go into boys and which to girls!

But Amazon do this too