Game of Linkspam (20 November, 2012)
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GarrickW:
November 21st, 2012 at 8:07 am
The one on gifts reminds me of something. I recently visited an aunt of mine who has two young girls, once of whom (6 years old) was wearing a Batman shirt. I thought this was cool, but then my aunt informed me that she had to “sneak” into the boy’s section to find a Batman shirt.
This got me thinking about children’s clothes shopping, particularly as somebody who might like to be a father one day. How could I take my child shopping for clothes without having them instantly bombarded with and influenced by the stark contrast between “boy’s” and “girl’s” clothes always featuerd in such stores? If a little kid walks in and sees the clothing sections so clearly separated, doesn’t that influence their judgement in some way?
Does anybody have experience with this sort of thing they could share? I’d be curious to learn how to handle such situations while trying to avoid reinforcing gender stereotypes.
(Also, side note: every time I enter even a single character into the comment field, or use the arrow keys, the field jumps down to the bottom of the comment, then back up to the middle; this makes it really hard to type. What’s up with that?)