Seriously, avoiding certain toys because they're stereotypically associated with a child's assigned-at-birth gender, is as bad as giving that child only toys associated with their assigned-at-birth gender.
There are certain discussions to be had here around things like whether Barbie dolls promote healthy body image to girls but those are discussions around other issues and specific toys.
Signed, a person who was never allowed to do anything or play with anything remotely designated as "for girls" as a boy-child, because toxic masculinity.
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Seriously, avoiding certain toys because they're stereotypically associated with a child's assigned-at-birth gender, is as bad as giving that child only toys associated with their assigned-at-birth gender.
There are certain discussions to be had here around things like whether Barbie dolls promote healthy body image to girls but those are discussions around other issues and specific toys.
Signed, a person who was never allowed to do anything or play with anything remotely designated as "for girls" as a boy-child, because toxic masculinity.