ST Alpha - "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" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 162

In response to "for sure. But Toys R Us has, for as long as I remember, segregated the toys in their stores." by groiny

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

Posted by Andie Aug 11 '15, 07:41

it's not like removing it complicates things, it simplifies them.

simplicity is good.

Responses:

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
- [deleted] 2
  - 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
        
        [deleted]
        
        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
        
        [deleted] 1
        
        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
- [deleted]
- This is correct. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 07:43

Post a message top

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

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.