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"Please select the toy whose attributes are more likely to statistically correlate with the reproductive caste demographic which has been labeled 'male' by the consensus of Homo Sapiens who speak English."
"Ma'am do you think a college educated sociologist would work at a fast food drive-thru?"
"In this economy? Absolutely, yes."
"..."
"..."
"...okay fair, I'll put the toy car in the bag."
I want a boy toy
Well, good news, I asked each toy their pronouns and neither responded, so I guess the meds are working. Now, do you want a hot wheels or a barbie?
Those people will eventually grow old and die while their children grow up to be slightly less conservative (on average).
Progress is coming. One funeral at the time.
That's what I thought 20 years ago but today I am not so sure :(
For real, the older I get the more sure I am this is part of an endless struggle.
I like to think we're 2 steps forward and 1 step back kind of species
That is unfortunately not how anything works. These people were young as well once, and that didn't stop them from becoming conservative.
Back when I was a kid, they'd judge your kid and give you whatever they thought corresponded to the kid's genitalia. Even when I heard my mother ask for a car toy I'd end up with a Barbie.
Being constantly disappointed by Barbie toys may have been my first hint I wasn't a girl.
Boys can like barbies too. We can acknowledge that gender stereotyping kid's interests was wrong, while acknowledging that their interests don't always define their gender.
As a trans woman that played with Barbie's in secret as a kid....
We can acknowledge that stereotyping toys is dumb, while also acknowledging that kids like me knew those stereotypes, and did it anyways not knowing why.
It's great to point out its stupid. But is comes really fucking close to denying trans people the signs they were trans young, even we didn't even know it.
Thanks for putting that into words. It felt like I was being told "um, actually, have you considered that disliking Barbie isn't tied to being a boy?" (with an undercurrent of "this reason for thinking you might be trans is invalid".)
I strongly suspect that wasn't the intent of the commenter, they were trying to encourage inclusivity. It just fell flat.
Yes, but I didn't like Barbie toys. That was my first hint I didn't fit into the gender box that had been prepared for me. I'm not going to retcon my experiences at the age of 4 to fit into a modern concept of how I should have figured out my gender.
No shit, my boy wanted a Barbie when he was little, so he had a Barbie. He also had Legos, and played with blocks, board games and eventually video games. Let kids play with whatever the fuck they want to, they are exploring.
That was me, too. I ended up just tossing this whole gender concept out.
I have to say, the hot wheels were hot wheels and the Barbies were ugly statues. One was superior.
My boy is really into cars by default, which is funny since I'd 100% be down with Barbies, too. Daughter though, she just wants Legos and jigsaw puzzles... at age 4. She's just not into gendered stuff, she just wants to build.
She yearns for the mines
This is the person who also throws a bitch fit when a video game asks them if they want body type a or b in the character creator.
But they happily use their USB type C. Hypocrites
hot wheels are cooler than barbie no matter what gender you are and i need not elaborate any further
I meqn, i agree but they play different games and this is why both are necessary.
Simple solution.
Put a Ken toy in the box.
Do I have to order food to get a boy toy?
I mean it's a surefire way to get my, but ymmv
This is a confusing conversation. Why couldn’t they say Hot Wheels?