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A quick Instant message exchange with my daughter [View all]
Who will be having a girl in June-- 4th kid, first girl.
Her: so weird ladies from a Ricks work are giving me stuff for the baby...wwww!
Me: good stuff? Phil's picking up the computer today BTW (we got them a laptop)
Her: Huge gender divide in the response a girl vs a boy gets. I find it annoying (I heroically don't say "I told you so"--that would be bad)
Me: Like what. And it is annoying
Her: the barrage of princess items like it's mandatory
Me: and pink-- even things that don't need to be pink
Her: Yup. I'm feminist enough to be offended. It's ridiculous. (Heh! I already knew that-- but I let my kids label themselves)
Me: thing is-- there's nothing wrong with with pink-- just pink overload
And they start that male pleasing merchandizing far too young-- don't be surprised to see it sooner than you expect (I'm thinking the word "hottie" on a onesie)
Her: I refuse to force my daughter into a damn princess if that's her choice fine but I will not shove it down her throat
Me: good stuff? Phil's picking up the computer today BTW (we got them a laptop)
Her: Huge gender divide in the response a girl vs a boy gets. I find it annoying (I heroically don't say "I told you so"--that would be bad)
Me: Like what. And it is annoying
Her: the barrage of princess items like it's mandatory
Me: and pink-- even things that don't need to be pink
Her: Yup. I'm feminist enough to be offended. It's ridiculous. (Heh! I already knew that-- but I let my kids label themselves)
Me: thing is-- there's nothing wrong with with pink-- just pink overload
And they start that male pleasing merchandizing far too young-- don't be surprised to see it sooner than you expect (I'm thinking the word "hottie" on a onesie)
Her: I refuse to force my daughter into a damn princess if that's her choice fine but I will not shove it down her throat
I can hardly WAIT to go see her and have this conversation; she and many other young women underestimate how early "expected" gender behavior is indoctrinated into little girls. My daughter is very smart, and has been raised by a feminist.
My husband just said "we need to buy that kid some Tonka trucks"
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