Pointlessly Gendered Products
This board is a collection of products separated into male and female versions. Sound innocuous? Here's why it's a problem and who it hurts: http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2015/01/20/five-reasons-why-pointlessly-gendered-products-are-a-problem/
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From Em: "These Playboy chocolates were sold here in Germany for Valentine's Day... Men get Whiskey, Mocca-Rum and Espresso (Alcohol! And bitterness! And dark colors! Only motor oil flavored chocolates could be less threatening to your performance of masculinity!) "Girls" get Cappuccino, Nougat, and Raspberry-Prosecco flavor. I suppose raspberries are pink." Thanks! :)
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I’m in Bolivia at the moment, where they sell water geared specifically towards women - it’s not flavoured or altered in any way - just plain old water in a pink bottle!
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Maureen EggertI guess that the band goes around his penis instead of his wrist?
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Trader Joes cowboy cowgirl bark. Sperate but not equal…his is rugged. Love your blog.
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“Spotted: gendered tensor bandages! The women's is smaller yet costs $1 more. "Slim silhouette"!” (Thanks @ Ali_Rodney!)
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Male: explorer, gets sharks & sting ray. Female: diver without purpose, gets dolphin and starfish. (thanks to @ jenfoolery and @ darwinwoodka!)
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Jenny K.Tho I agree that there are many pointlessly gendered items out there, it's instances like these that show how the observer is a part of the problem. There is nothing in this photo to indicate that either color is marketed to one gender specifically. Would you still call it pointlessly gendered if it was a pic of the black extension cord to the left, a green one & an orange one? To me this is NOT an instance of pointlessly gendered items but an instance of a person erroneously crying gender bias
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CovinskeyI agree with Jenny K.
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Moe DevlinThis one is false. First, there is a black one. second, this product also comes in red, yellow, a light teal, and white.
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Moe Devlin
Also, those colors were probably right beside the black one, if it's anything like the store that I'm thinking of. Too often people will do something like this for their own intentions, and it's not cool, and also not helpful to the cause if you go crying wolf when there's no wolf there.
"Stonemill Bakehouse has put out two kinds of bread-- one labelled for men and one for women. They have slight differences in their recipes." Sent in by @ HigherEdChange, @ wendysawatzky and @ Interesting_IP
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Johnae BocanegraPaint /dye/diy! That's what I always did!
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Nancy CouturierIf we're going to make broad generalization in order to be "right," why don't they make Asian headphones then? Lots of Asians in the US. Why don't they tap into the Asian market then, since, in general, they're smaller in frame? Or why not call these "small chick's & Asian" headphones?
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Johnae Bocanegra
In Asia, their headphones ARE ALL smaller. Order 'em online. Just get regular damn headphones you Amazonian!
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cottonwoodThe point is that they're *not* actually "women's" headphones. That's all marketing/brainwashing. What they are in reality are just smaller headphones for smaller people. You'll notice that they don't just make the smaller size the non-gendered default product, and larger ones specially for men. Because that would be ridiculous, because being "man-sized" isn't a special case, and lots of women use the bigger sizes too. But for some reason we think it makes sense the other way around.
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Maresa JacobseJohnae, I think you really are missing the point. What if they would have called the headphones 'for Asians', would we not feel that is racist? Why would we not feel the same if it is a gender issue instead of race? The point was never that you can buy something that is not marketed to you, of course you can. The point is that it makes no sense that it is in fact not marketed to you and you are being excluded because you are not the norm (and how many of us are the norm, really).
Shivvie writes: In my local SuperValu today. More inspirational messages for our children. Aspire to be a princess and only be relevant and of interest because of your husband and your uterus. (Thanks @ Tweet_Dec!)
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Christmas gift advertising tends to be highly gendered in part because buying gifts can be difficult and time-consuming. Gender helps us narrow down options or find something that seems suitable for someone we don’t know very well. Marketers exploit this imperative and its uncertainty for all its worth.
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"Games for women" on iTunes. Thanks @ bee_randon!
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Annie StreaterIn fairness, this looks like it's just surfacing popular search items, so it may not actually be iTunes
“Today's pointlessly gendered items: 365 days of stories and rhymes for girls and boys" - @ Courtneyy1212 (thanks!)
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Bailey PriddyIt's not pointless, overall- girls like princesses more than boys
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Bianca CopelloExcept these aren't princess stories. And of course girls like princesses more - that's what we've taught girls to aspire to be like, the heroes we place for them in their media, and even what we call them when they behave well ("You're my little princess"). If you called a girl "My little boxer" and gave her professional boxers for role models and taught her that physical fitness, perseverance and discipline are the ideals for her to aspire to, she would probably prefer boxers to princesses.
LOL I'm so glad they gendered my food, my delicate feminine organs wouldn't be able to process all that boy food
They have saw dust and motor oil scented candles I'm pretty sure.