It becomes their ambition in life, they would love love love to be a princess. Being a princess, I think, must be every little girls dream. But how can these growing girls see that if all they are surrounded by and are brought up with is toys and other items that say otherwise? Many Disney characters are princesses to which these girls look up to. This princess, Barbie scheme is not what being a girl is all about. Then if they subsequently have a son, they'll have to buy a second bat in a different color" (Orenstein pg.43). This can cause obvious problems, but is this why toy companies attempt to separate boys from girls so often? Or is it just because of the money? Orenstein actually gets a statement from a marketing executive from leap frog about this topic of separation, " If you make a pink baseball bat, parents will buy one for their daughter. They are also just realizing that they each have something that one another does not. It is going to be a common instinct because it is an area parents avoid when children are very young. But it is true, as they grow older, if they're was not enough separation while playing in the school yard or being brought up as a child, I feel like they are more likely to try sexual things they've hear boys and girls doing. It balances out every pretend session of "house". The separation between boys and girls, is it healthy or is it unhealthy? When I think about them playing together it is sweet and simple.
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