Comments on: Sugar, Spice, Etc: Do Toys Teach Kids How To Be Girls And Boys? http://guanabee.com/2008/08/sugar-spice-etc-do-toys-teach-kids-how-to-be-girls-and-boys/ Spicy Coverage: Gossip, media, culture and lifestyle for Latinos. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:15:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: mimiroro http://guanabee.com/2008/08/sugar-spice-etc-do-toys-teach-kids-how-to-be-girls-and-boys/#comment-14140 mimiroro Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:04:20 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4283#comment-14140 "And can little girls look at a sparkly pink box of 'Color Me Gemz' and think, 'Nah. I think I’d rather build a fort or finger paint?' " Dude, that WAS me. Sure, I had my Rainbow Brite stuff, but then it transitioned to She-Ra, and then Ninja Turtles (every weekend's allowance was just enough back then to buy a new Turtle with mom at Wal-Mart). Pink stuff always annoyed me, as did the fact that mom wouldn't allow me to think about even buying some "boy" toys. You have no idea how badly I wanted Transformers, but never got them. The closest she ever let me have were Sweet Secrets (with the pigtails and a blue gem and purple body - avoiding pink even then): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ69B3fB2f8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ69B3fB2f8</a> “And can little girls look at a sparkly pink box of ‘Color Me Gemz’ and think, ‘Nah. I think I’d rather build a fort or finger paint?’ ”

Dude, that WAS me. Sure, I had my Rainbow Brite stuff, but then it transitioned to She-Ra, and then Ninja Turtles (every weekend’s allowance was just enough back then to buy a new Turtle with mom at Wal-Mart). Pink stuff always annoyed me, as did the fact that mom wouldn’t allow me to think about even buying some “boy” toys. You have no idea how badly I wanted Transformers, but never got them. The closest she ever let me have were Sweet Secrets (with the pigtails and a blue gem and purple body - avoiding pink even then):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ69B3fB2f8

]]> By: UCanLipThis http://guanabee.com/2008/08/sugar-spice-etc-do-toys-teach-kids-how-to-be-girls-and-boys/#comment-14139 UCanLipThis Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:03:39 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4283#comment-14139 I think the girl in the picture is one of the Cheetah Girls.. I think the girl in the picture is one of the Cheetah Girls..

]]> By: Fredo http://guanabee.com/2008/08/sugar-spice-etc-do-toys-teach-kids-how-to-be-girls-and-boys/#comment-14138 Fredo Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:53:28 +0000 http://guanabee.com/wordpress/?p=4283#comment-14138 This doesnt sound as fun as a bedazzler. Even with the constraints of gender imposed toys and expected behavior, children can find a way to adapt. I wasn't allowed Barbies as a kid so instead my GI Joes where lovers and shared a home made from a Reebox shoebox. TMI? Probably. This doesnt sound as fun as a bedazzler.
Even with the constraints of gender imposed toys and expected behavior, children can find a way to adapt. I wasn’t allowed Barbies as a kid so instead my GI Joes where lovers and shared a home made from a Reebox shoebox.
TMI? Probably.

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