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Gender: Toys

This board examines the intersection of gender and children's play with a particular emphasis on toys and children's books.

30 Pins

The Sociological Cinema

the tweet is posted to someone in front of their rack with shirts hanging on it

Feminism Equality

Intersectional Feminism

Faith In Humanity Restored

Did I just take a bunch of NASA tank tops from the boys section & put them in the girls section? Yes. Yes I did. ~ @Mammals_Suck

an old cartoon shows a woman trying to buy clothes

"Maybe it is pretty--but how can I carry my frog and my worms in a dress with no pockets?" 1959. Source: United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

Reengineering Gender in the New GoldieBlox Ad?

Dear Lego company: My name is Charlotte. I am 7 years old and I love legos but I don’t like that there are more Lego boy people and barely any Lego girls. Today I went to a store and saw legos in two sections the girls pink and the boys blue. All the girls did was sit at home, go to the beach, and shop, and they had no jobs but the boys went on adventures, worked, saved people... [click on this image to revisit our review of a recent toy commercial that claims to "disrupt the pink aisle"]

the girl stuff cleaning set is in its box

[follow this link to find another short video and analysis of how gender is an important feature to consider when making sense of toys: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2013/11/reengineering-gender-the-new-goldieblox-ad.html] via Sociological Images: Seeing Is Believing

someone is holding up a lego box with some toys in it's package and there are other items on the table

Feminist Frequency received a LEGO "Research Institute" featuring a cast of women scientists!

a sign that says building sets, girls'building sets and e1 on it

Toddler Preschool Activities

Spotted in Target: "Building Sets" and "Girls' Building Sets," June 2015 Follow this link to find a short toy ad that disrupts traditional ideas of femininity: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/videos/reengineering-gender-the-new-goldieblox-ad Photo credit: Abi Bechtel (@abianne)

a piece of paper with scissors on it that says, the practice of separating books by gender is part of this subtle communication to our girls

The practice of separating books by gender is part of this subtle communication to our girls...that their stories don't matter as much as boys' stories do...and that boys should have no interest in learning about girls. ~ Melissa de la Cruz

Tiffany from the Twin Cities gives a little girl in her neighborhood a high five. — at Twin Cities, MN. Follow this link to find a short toy ad that disrupts traditional ideas of femininity: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/videos/reengineering-gender-the-new-goldieblox-ad Biker Girl Style, Girl Cars, Girls On Motorcycles, Women Riders, Triumph Thunderbird, Motorcycle Store, Pink Cars, Crotch Rocket, Lady Riders

Tiffany from the Twin Cities gives a little girl in her neighborhood a high five. — at Twin Cities, MN. Follow this link to find a short toy ad that disrupts traditional ideas of femininity: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/videos/reengineering-gender-the-new-goldieblox-ad

two books with pictures of bears wearing clothes and saying, he comes proudly when he is called to breakfast

Richard Scarry Illustration

Richard Scary

Kid Drawings

Bad Movies

Favorite Childhood Books

Richard Scarry

Best Word

Childrens Books Illustrations

Childhood Books

"He comes promptly when he is called to breakfast." Updates to Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever, between 1963 vs 1991.

"Rite-Hite" Toys for Little Homemakers - Wolverine's Rite-Hite Steel Kitchen, 1959. Consciously or not, toy makers have long had a heavy hand in reaffirming gendered norms, scripts, and ideologies. Pink Play Kitchen, Vintage Christmas Toys, Toy Catalogs, Vintage Memory, Christmas Book, Photo Vintage, Childhood Toys, Kitchen Set, Play Kitchen

Pink Play Kitchen

Vintage Christmas Toys

"Rite-Hite" Toys for Little Homemakers - Wolverine's Rite-Hite Steel Kitchen

"Rite-Hite" Toys for Little Homemakers - Wolverine's Rite-Hite Steel Kitchen, 1959. Consciously or not, toy makers have long had a heavy hand in reaffirming gendered norms, scripts, and ideologies.