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In response to "Also, re that Target thing- as if kids don't know what toys they want to play with. -- nm" by Reagen

What bugs me is ordering a Happy Meal and being asked if its for a boy or a girl.

Posted by kelly Aug 11 '15, 07:30

I assure you, McDonalds, girls like Batman and Hot Wheels too. Boys like whatever pink toy you are offering too.

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xactly -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 07:36
so, you tell them your daughter is a boy. problem solved. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:33 39
- I tell them what toy I want. That's it. -- nm - kelly Aug 11, 07:34 38
  - Good for you. - Imperator Aug 11, 07:53
  - yup, it is a simple solution. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 07:36 36
    - An equally simple solution - McDonalds can ask "would you like the Batman or the Barbie doll?" -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 07:38 35
      - Exactly. -- nm - kelly Aug 11, 07:44
      - for sure. But Toys R Us has, for as long as I remember, segregated the toys in their stores. - groiny Aug 11, 07:40 32
        
        because times change groiny. Little girls love boy stuff and want to play with it and not get made fun of. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 08:15
        
        because it's a division that is totally unnecessary. when we were kids, there were 'toy stores', we picked what we wanted. it wasn't coded by gender - Andie Aug 11, 07:41 30
        
        We are about the same age and I never remember a toy store that was NOT divided by gender. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 07:45 3
        
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        Yes. Bikes, for instance, don't have a boys section in a separate area from a girls section - TWuG Aug 11, 07:51
        
        right, the aisles have photos of the branded toys (monster high, barbie, etc....) - groiny Aug 11, 07:48
        
        Every toy store I was in as a kid had sections for boys toys and girls toys. -- nm* - Inigo Aug 11, 07:44 21
        
        did they say "boys" and "girls"? -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 07:45 20
        
        I don't think toy stores have ever been that blatant. But "the pink aisle" or aisles were where you'd find all the "not appropriate for boys who wish - TWuG Aug 11, 07:49 4
        
        And Target still will be. It simply won't say "boys" or "girls" on the aisles. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:50 3
        
        It doesn't say "boys" and "girls" now. I think this change *is* more about eliminating the "pink" aisles and "blue" aisles and - TWuG Aug 11, 07:54 2
        
        it does say it though - see link -- (link) - Andie Aug 11, 07:56 1
        
        Weird. I wonder if that is universally used in Targets, because I do not recall seeing that in my Target - TWuG Aug 11, 08:00
        
        Thinking about the last time I went into a TRU, I don't remember any labels on the aisles at all. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:46
        
        I thought you were arguing against the division of toys, not the label. IMO, the label is silly, the division is just common sense. -- nm - Inigo Aug 11, 07:46 13
        
        i am just saying, when i was a kid, and i was in the Star Wars aisle, it was about Star Wars, not about 'boys'. - Andie Aug 11, 07:47 12
        
        does Target actually say "boys" and "girls" by toys? - groiny Aug 11, 07:49 11
        
        The link ty posted earlier had a picture of a sign saying "building sets" and "girls' building sets" -- (link) - Roger More Aug 11, 07:51 1
        
        yeah, I can't see the image, it is blocked for me. - groiny Aug 11, 07:53
        
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        we don't have Target, i don't know. But i don't know why all Lego can't be together, or all Figurative Human Things (aka dolls) can't be together. - Andie Aug 11, 07:50 7
        
        I just like being able to run into the store looking for a present, and being able to decide which 3 aisles I need to look in. - groiny Aug 11, 07:57 6
        
        I think the point is that that desire to find the "right" aisle is driven by gender biases that need to be ended. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 08:01 3
        
        I think it's driven by the fact that the overwhelming majority of kids who buy toys in the boys aisle are boys. - Inigo Aug 11, 08:07 2
        
        It's a feedback loop. Who knows how the gender split would look if society didn't encourage it from the earliest ages. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 08:09
        
        yes, this. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 08:08
        
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        It probably won't even. "My kid like Star Wars - oh here is a giant aisle full of Star Wars toys" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 08:08
        
        I swear, when I was 7, I was in a "boy aisle" with all the star wars toys and guns - groiny Aug 11, 07:43 3
        
        And you still don't have to- it simply won't be labeled as such. - Reagen Aug 11, 07:45
        
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        This is correct. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 07:43
      - See my message below. One runs out before the other, and they are switched to whatever they have left from before. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 07:40
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- The thing is, it makes sense. The cash register has two options. You can call them "blue" and "pink" if you like. - Spawn Aug 11, 07:39

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