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NYC_SKP

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Mon Dec 9, 2013, 06:50 PM Dec 2013

Watch This Little Girl Explain How Toy Store Sexism Works (Video) [View all]

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 didn’t sit right with her as she and her father perused the children’s 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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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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A wonderful video. I just love this little girl. Thanks for posting. lamp_shade Dec 2013 #1
My boys loved Dora the Explorer the TV show but Heather MC Dec 2013 #2
An important thing to note about toy stores is that they're responders more than creators. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2013 #3
Where is the Barbie Liberation Organization when you need them? cprise Dec 2013 #4
Interesting Post..K&R...! KoKo Dec 2013 #5
There are a lot of great, educational, creative and science minded toys out there. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #6
Yes, there are. Sadly, they aren't at ToysRUS or the most major toy outlets. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #8
I'll probably get flamed for this, but I haven't shopped at any of those in years. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #12
Sometime in the last three years or so I went into a Toys R Us. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #14
The science toys Treant Dec 2013 #17
Although, again.. it may be that the parents and kids who are into that stuff Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #18
My daughter at 7 loves pink. But she also likes science. Paulie Dec 2013 #7
Riley rocks! BainsBane Dec 2013 #9
Isn't she a doll? NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #10
Toys teach gender roles davidn3600 Dec 2013 #11
It's the parents that are to blame. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #13
Same deal with racism. davidn3600 Dec 2013 #16
As the father of a 2 year old female Egnever Dec 2013 #21
She says while holding lobodons Dec 2013 #15
Why do all the girls want princesses? FarCenter Dec 2013 #19
Sorry not buying Egnever Dec 2013 #20
^ Lets just agree that there are traditional girls and there are non-traditional girls AZ Progressive Dec 2013 #22
I think a greater, or additional, point has to do with what's sold in toy stores, period. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #23
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