Seriously. I don't want to talk about the colour pink anymore. I have a lot of politically-aware friends, and for this I give thanks, but I'm sick of hearing either of these messages
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i came back with two hands to add that i actually ENJOY putting dottie in dresses and pink things. i also ENJOY putting her in brown and blue hand-me-downs from her brother. i like seeing her skin tone change in different outfits and generally watching her explore the world in different guises. i'm surprisingly unconcerned about how girly or not her clothes are. i know that if i had had a girl first, i would have worked really hard to keep girl-gender clothes at bay. as it is, we've gotten so many girly hand-me-downs and i'm sort of like: "cool, new clothes. hey, these are cute!" also i love how dresses aren't so easily outgrown and leggings are surprisingly practical baby pants
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I was horrified when I came back to the baby-clothes market for the grandchild only to find that now ALL clothes, even infant sizes, are intensely gendered. What I find is that 'girl' clothes are way more fun than 'boy' clothes--- who wouldn't wear pink and purple ruffles with shoes that light up rather than tough brown pants and a tee with a sports logo (unless hiking in backcountry etc, of course)? Also the terrible gendered toy marketing, it's beyond weird.
AND I completely agree that the conversation is alllllllll about girls being aggressive and not about boys carrying baby dolls. I have the treasured photos of the boys going to school on their first day-- older son is wearing classic blue jeans, average sneakers, non-logo-ed navy tee; younger son (standing in the same spot a year later) is wearing sporty pants, purple patterened tee, and high-tops with glitter laces.....
But it's the conservative son who wanted to take his cabbage-patch baby to show and tell.
I have the same problem clothes shopping - rows upon rows of girl clothes, with tons of variety. I have a boy and have a hard time finding anything that looks decent and in his size. It's like someone goes in and buys all the nice clothes in his size before I get there, regardless of what size he is. They'll be one type of running shoe and if I'm lucky, one type of dress shoe and that's it! All grey, nothing special.
Ikea makes really cute "gender-neutral" dolls that are also slightly more representative of more than just one race. The choice of dress up clothes for them is pretty gender-neutral as well, with a rainbow tunic that could technically go either way, if you're liberal. My son picked out an "Asian" doll and dressed him/her in blue pants with the rainbow tunic. We still don't have a name for the doll, other than Dollie, so we don't know if it's a boy or girl doll :)
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Up for hangouts today? crazy morning :(
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AND I completely agree that the conversation is alllllllll about girls being aggressive and not about boys carrying baby dolls. I have the treasured photos of the boys going to school on their first day-- older son is wearing classic blue jeans, average sneakers, non-logo-ed navy tee; younger son (standing in the same spot a year later) is wearing sporty pants, purple patterened tee, and high-tops with glitter laces.....
But it's the conservative son who wanted to take his cabbage-patch baby to show and tell.
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Ikea makes really cute "gender-neutral" dolls that are also slightly more representative of more than just one race. The choice of dress up clothes for them is pretty gender-neutral as well, with a rainbow tunic that could technically go either way, if you're liberal. My son picked out an "Asian" doll and dressed him/her in blue pants with the rainbow tunic. We still don't have a name for the doll, other than Dollie, so we don't know if it's a boy or girl doll :)
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