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Watch This Little Girl Explain How Toy Store Sexism Works (Video)
Posted by: Nick Goroff in Human Interest, Videos December 9, 2013
Young Riley loves toys as much as the next kid, but something just didnt sit right with her as she and her father perused the childrens trinkets at a local store.
As marketing goons and brand name tricksters continue to play on the old gender stereotypes which surround children at play, the divide between pink-clad princesses and action-packed superheroes is growing wider in the toy aisle, yet narrower in the minds of their kids themselves.
When asked by her father from behind the camera, why she thinks the toys for girls and boys are so different, Riley responds with a wit and wisdom beyond her years
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Posted by: Nick Goroff in Human Interest, Videos December 9, 2013
Young Riley loves toys as much as the next kid, but something just didnt sit right with her as she and her father perused the childrens trinkets at a local store.
As marketing goons and brand name tricksters continue to play on the old gender stereotypes which surround children at play, the divide between pink-clad princesses and action-packed superheroes is growing wider in the toy aisle, yet narrower in the minds of their kids themselves.
When asked by her father from behind the camera, why she thinks the toys for girls and boys are so different, Riley responds with a wit and wisdom beyond her years
#t=70
- See more at: http://aattp.org/watch-this-little-girl-explain-how-toy-store-sexism-works-video/#sthash.znefvQT6.dpuf
I can still remember when toy stores had really challenging and educational toys and crafts and arts.
Not anymore, those days are gone. Today kids are the commodity and the crap on the shelve are just that- crap.
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An important thing to note about toy stores is that they're responders more than creators.
Donald Ian Rankin
Dec 2013
#3
There are a lot of great, educational, creative and science minded toys out there.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2013
#6
I'll probably get flamed for this, but I haven't shopped at any of those in years.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2013
#12
Although, again.. it may be that the parents and kids who are into that stuff
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2013
#18
^ Lets just agree that there are traditional girls and there are non-traditional girls
AZ Progressive
Dec 2013
#22