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Misogynistic Marketing

donnashuggy — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:15:30 GMT

What are you buying your sons and grandsons for Christmas?

Do you think some boys toys are marketed to exclude girls?

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cherry*135 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:16:23 GMT

Nothing ( don't have either):smileytongue:

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cmcoins2000 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:20:04 GMT

@donnashuggy wrote:
What are you buying your sons and grandsons for Christmas?

Do you think some boys toys are marketed to exclude girls?

Listened to this - this afternoon.

What a heap of coddswallop - growing up I got a girls bike - no bar - for a skirt.

Wouldn't matter now don't own a skirt.

Never played with dolls - nor did my brother.

If a young man wants a Barbie - hey it's Christmas.

All too politically incorrect.

Manhole - now Person hole.

Man Eating Tiger - doesn't like girls.

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lurker172602 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:20:11 GMT

Power tools, so yeah, they are probably marketed mainly at blokes 🙂

Don't have grandies of any variety 😞

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imastawka — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:20:20 GMT

I have two grandsons.

The youngest (7yo) is getting a handcrafted wooden china buffet

display cabinet (child size) and a tea set to display in it.

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cmcoins2000 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:21:50 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
I have two grandsons.

The youngest (7yo) is getting a handcrafted wooden china buffet
display cabinet (child size) and a tea set to display in it.

Wow Stawka.

Antique Dealer in the making.

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aps1080 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:24:56 GMT

Does it REALLY matter in the big scheme of things ?

Are dolls marketed to exclude boys ???????

Much more important things to worry about like starvation, homelessness, etc etc.

Too much PC BS in this world, pushed by people who can't make it themselves.

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Anonymous — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:43:31 GMT

well obviously no dolls or toy trucks during

'no gender december'.

your bath crayons look safe enough.

might have to get those for g/kiddies.

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march470 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:45:30 GMT

@donnashuggy wrote:
What are you buying your sons and grandsons for Christmas?

Do you think some boys toys are marketed to exclude girls?

so what is your opinion and view you have made a statement how about an opinion from you what do you think ms donna

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pct001wine — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:16:54 GMT

My daughter is looking at buying a house, and she was somewhat bemused to see that the house was advertised as having "a beautiful hostess kitchen". Presumably the man of the house does no cooking and is sitting in his retreat/man cave waiting for the missus to make dinner.

Mind you, the RE Agent was "The Real Estate Lady", so that description was not entirely unexpected.

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mugssy65 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:26:16 GMT

I saw the suggestion made that shops should put all the toys together not seperate into boys and girls isles but I think that's just the way they are choosing to see it, if your buying a doll for a boy it's in the doll isle not the girl isle.

Editing coz I forgot to answer the question, I have 3 grandsons, two eldest are getting Kennetic Sand and accessories and the youngest is getting a paddling pool with uv cover. Nothing sexist there!

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donnashuggy — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:33:36 GMT

@march470 wrote:
@donnashuggy wrote:
What are you buying your sons and grandsons for Christmas?

Do you think some boys toys are marketed to exclude girls?

so what is your opinion and view you have made a statement how about an opinion from you what do you think ms donna

Hello Miss March 🙂

I purchased my grandson a trampoline from Target on eBay 🙂 My son I am thinking of a GoPro

Re: Misogynistic Marketing

green.fields — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:48:49 GMT

What a lot of rot that is.

My grandson is getting MX clothing and other boy stuff and a bit of non gender stuff.

My grand daughter is getting some pink girly stuff, stuff she asked for an also non gender stuff.

My grandson plays with his sisters stuff and granddaughter plays with her brothers stuff.

They both know who they are and what they want.

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donnashuggy — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:52:27 GMT

Which bit is rot?

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watta*drama*queen — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:00:18 GMT

Stereotypical rather than misognistic

Rampant potitical correctness

Ridiculous!

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wilk1149 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:02:19 GMT

Maybe if we can make children gender neutral all or problems will be solved

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donnashuggy — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:02:43 GMT

Apparently toy marketers cartoon makers etc do engage in this activity though?

Personally I was jealous of my brothers toys when I was a kid, they are more fun.

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green.fields — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:12:22 GMT

what is rot? the gender neutral thing.

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donnashuggy — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:17:07 GMT

@roserobin12 wrote:
what is rot? the gender neutral thing.

I'm in two minds because it has not affected me, I loved playing cowboys and indians when I was little and wasn't really into dolls.

My daughters are both tom boyish and I like that. I quite like the new not perfect barbie that is around and I don't think barbie should be portrayed as a bimbo.

Maybe boys toys have taken a turn for the worse, they were great when I was little, engines cars, race tracks guns etc.

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the_great_she_elephant — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 08:54:31 GMT

@*julia*2010 wrote:
well obviously no dolls or toy trucks during
'no gender december'.

your bath crayons look safe enough.
might have to get those for g/kiddies.

The argument is NOT that kids should only be given toys that are perceived as gender neutral, but that. ALL toys should be perceived (and marketed) as gender neutral.