No - Gender December

[Guest Teditis]

When did Marx ever talk about gender-swapping.... that's a new one on me?

 

[HAZARD]

This link might work;

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/parents-urged-to-avoid-gendermarketed-gifts-this-christmas/news-story/262079dd9edb4ff088d4a2e84ab9b936

parenting

Parents urged to avoid gender-marketed gifts this Christmas

December 12, 20168:16pm

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PARENTS are being urged to buy their little boys a Barbie for Christmas this year as part of No Gender December.

Good Education Group chief executive officer Chris Lester is supporting the grassroots campaign, which is encouraging parents to avoid buying their children gender-marketed gifts.

“Kids should be free to decide which toys interest them, without being informed by gendered marketing that something is ‘for them’ or ‘not for them’,” a statement on the No Gender December website says.

In a blog post, Mr Lester said the movement correlated with the perception that STEM (Science, technology, engineering and maths) fields were dominated by men and avoided by women.

“Just as toy stores typically separate ‘girls’ from ‘boys’ toys, workplaces tend to be sharply divided between ‘pink’ and ‘blue’ jobs,” he wrote.

Earlier this month, the Institution for Engineering and Technology warned that gendered gifts could be turning young girls away from careers in technology and engineering.

The IET found boys were almost three times as likely as girls to receive science and maths toys for Christmas.

Mr Lester said there was a new wave of toys specifically being marketed as gender-neutral to encourage more girls to explore their interest in STEM.

“It might not be a quick fix but getting behind No Gender December is a good start to redressing this imbalance,” he said in his blog post.

 

“That means that the best present for your daughter this Christmas may not necessarily be a nerf gun, but rather a ‘Jewelbot’, a ‘Roominate set’ or ‘Goldieblox’,” he wrote.

The No Gender December campaign started in 2014 by advocacy group Play Unlimited.

[Guest shiloh357]

1 hour ago, Teditis said:

When did Marx ever talk about gender-swapping.... that's a new one on me?

 

It's not saying that he did.  It's talking about how up in Canada that gender is being assigned.  It's talking about the push to force people to refer to genders as "ze" "zher"  that you can no longer see yourself as male or female. The power structure will determine your gender. 

In Canada laws have been passed against hate speech, but it is not clear what constitutes "hate speech"  particularly in relation to the gender issue. 

It's not Marxism pers se, but has the same features basically, as well as the same results "Oppression." 

[HisFirst]

3 hours ago, ayin jade said:

I was also a tomboy. Hated playing with dolls. Never had a barbie. I liked matchbox cars, tonka trucks. Ran wild in the countryside. Fished, climbed trees, caught frogs etc. 

So I dont wear make up as an adult. But I am not confused about which gender I am. And I have plenty of girly moments lol. 

This whole gender thing today is just crazy. What is wrong with a girl being a girl or a boy being a boy? 

Hi AJ,

I also played with Matchbox cars in the dirt and played soccer but I also laid out flowrrs for fairies and played with dolls and teddy bears.

Boys can play with any toy they want but to force them or deliberately guide them into a gender neutral -  no.

C'mon parents, please!

 

Edited December 12, 2016 by HisFirst

[ayin jade]

9 minutes ago, HisFirst said:

Hi AJ,

I also played with Matchbox cars in the dirt and played soccer but I also laid out flowrrs for fairies and played with dolls and teddy bears.

Boys can play with any toy they want but to force them or deliberately guide them into a gender neutral -  no.

C'mon parents, please!

 

I made flower chains with clover. You slit part of its stem then slide another bit of clover through it. We had necklaces of them and crowns for our hair lol. 

And then we would make forts out of broken branches laid against trees. 

I feel sorry for my brothers. They missed out on this stuff. When they were of the age to roam freely, we had moved to arizona. They didnt get to do the cool stuff I did. 

[HisFirst]

Sounds like a good healthy upbringing AJ??

Yes, those flower crowns are so pretty????

Edited December 12, 2016 by HisFirst

[Kindle]

9 hours ago, shiloh357 said:

Buy a boy a Barbie doll??   While they are at it, buy him a training bra, get his nails painted pink, and get his ears pierced and by him a sun dress.  

I am so tired of the emasculation and wimpification of modern male.

Boys need dirt bikes and BB guns and fishing rods.  They need to be taught how to  throw a football, change the oil and how to change a flat tire, not made into an effeminate freak.

amen

 

4 hours ago, ayin jade said:

I was also a tomboy. Hated playing with dolls. Never had a barbie. I liked matchbox cars, tonka trucks. Ran wild in the countryside. Fished, climbed trees, caught frogs etc. 

So I dont wear make up as an adult.. And I have plenty of girly moments lol. 

This whole gender thing today is just crazy. What is wrong with a girl being a girl or a boy being a boy? 

I was a tomboy too

And I did the same thing

But I am not confused about which gender I am

[Running Gator]

I would like to add that there is nothing wrong with buying a boy a doll if they want one or a girl a bb gun or a football if that is what they want.  

Why can't we teach a girl to change the oil and a boy how to cook a good meal and still not be confused about their genders?

[Omegaman 3.0]

I did teach my girls to change oil, and boy to cook. Those are skills for life, nothing wrong with being able to take care of yourself. My children have all learned to shoot and how to safely handle a weapon, I have not encouraged any of them to buy one or own one, they can make that decision. None of my boys ever expressed interest in dolls (not even like G.I. Joe) and I doubt I would have bought them a Barbi had they asked. I never gave my kids toy tools either, since I have plenty of real ones around.

I am not a fan of adopting gender roles associated with opposite sexes, and I would not have allowed my boys to wear dresses, unless that was part of the culture, which it isn't where I live.

However, these things are not gender. Gender has to do with chromosomes, and body parts, not the kind of feelings you have inside. If you feel like a cat, a dog, a flower or a Martian, or that you are a different race, or you relate to amputees so much, that you wish you were one, too bad, discover reality!

[HisFirst]

44 minutes ago, Out of the Shadows said:

I would like to add that there is nothing wrong with buying a boy a doll if they want one or a girl a bb gun or a football if that is what they want.  

I agree?

44 minutes ago, Out of the Shadows said:

Why can't we teach a girl to change the oil

No-one taught me ?

44 minutes ago, Out of the Shadows said:

 

and a boy how to cook a good meal  and still not be confused about their genders?

I think all guys should learn how to cook - otherwise they leave home and it's junk food 24/7. ?