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In response to "I dunno, I always appreciated it as a way to seperate the types of toys." by groiny

Except the "types" were never that easily split. Boys had GI Joe and girls had Barbie, but they are both dolls.

Posted by TWuG Aug 11 '15, 07:38

Ditto just about every other toy type.

The divide was more pernicious: Boys toys are about building, construction, racing, flying, superheroes, soldiers. Girl's toys are about nurturing, caregiving, shopping, cooking, fashion.

Those are all gender biases not reflected by reality.

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It's also not like they're going to be pilling the toys randomly in aisles either. There are stocking requirements. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 07:41 1
- Yep. I'll just be happy to see the Barbies next to the GI Joes. And all the LEGO in one aisle instead of the Friends line separated off. - TWuG Aug 11, 07:44

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Except the "types" were never that easily split. Boys had GI Joe and girls had Barbie, but they are both dolls.

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