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I have nothing against the show or anyone who likes it regardless of gender or age....so long as we're talking about the show and its associated merch, as opposed to some of the weirder adult permutations of "art" and fanfic out there in internet-land.
I don't think that toys or shows should be segregated for gender. Especially as an intelligent female whose favorite toys as a kid involved fire, magnets, or electricity. I built a toy solar car out of repurposed parts at age 8. My husband asked if I'd ever seen these sets from Radio Shack with circuit boards and whatnot, and I had to say no...people didn't buy GIRLS things like that. (In order to get parts for my building I usually had to destroy the toys I was given, which to the consternation of my relatives I was perfectly willing to do.)
I never played house with dolls, and here I am a pretty damn good dad. My father and his father and his father and his father and so on and so on, none of them played with dolls. Because dolls are for girls, or homosexual feminine boys. Barbies are for girls and are not toys boys should be playing with. Call it sexist or whatever you want, but it's fact. Go check the marketing on Barbies and other blatant girl toys and show me where they're marketed to boys.
People like you are going to make this world a very, very scary place if not kept in check. Luckily you seem to be the minority, hopefully it stays that way.
People with this way of thinking are going extinct. Thank god.
Anyone who would hurt or shame a little kid just bc he likes a toy. What is wrong with you?
People with this way of thinking are going extinct. Thank god.
Anyone who would hurt or shame a little kid just bc he likes a toy. What is wrong with you?
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
That means: if we don't teach our children what is expected of them at a young age, they will suffer for it as they grow to adulthood. It doesn't mean we have to beat our children unmercifully.
If we love our children we will teach them that they have certain roles and responsibilities to fulfill. Playing with cartoon doll ponys is not a role we expect adult males to embrace if they are to succeed in life and provide for families of their own one day.
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
That means: if we don't teach our children what is expected of them at a young age, they will suffer for it as they grow to adulthood. It doesn't mean we have to beat our children unmercifully.
If we love our children we will teach them that they have certain roles and responsibilities to fulfill. Playing with cartoon doll ponys is not a role we expect adult males to embrace if they are to succeed in life and provide for families of their own one day.
Moderator cut: edit What do responsibilities have to do with little kid toys?!
And living your life up to other people's expectations is a recipe for misery.
What YOU propose to enforce is conformity.
Nothing great ever came from conforming.
I say this as one of the most exactingly law-abiding and sickeningly responsible people you will ever meet.
Last edited by Miss Blue; 01-07-2015 at 06:39 AM..
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