More on the gender-typing of innocent little infants...

[conuly]

Here I am, searching Google to see if I can find an image of that spaceship onesie I want to show you guys (no luck yet). And I come across the following site: Tell me this isn't just the cutest stacky toy you've ever seen!

I wander slightly, and notice that they have gifts for baby girls, and gifts for baby boys... no gifts for plain old fashioned "babies". This can't end well...

Boys get an astronaut set, or a dragon set, or one of three different sports sets, in addition to the fairly bland-and-banal layettes and whatnot that you see everywhere.
A lot of stuff chosen because they're pink. No stacking toys. No dragons to stretch their little minds. Nope. There's a princess gift....

You tell me. Which overpriced gifts do *you* prefer?

Comments

[only-ashes17.livejournal.com]

People are all about squashing stereotypes, but yet they perpetuate different stereotypes.

Do you think a kid is really going to care if something is pink, or purple if he's a boy - unless someone says "Oh well that color is for girls." like it's a bad thing.

I'm sorry - but Corbin has pink, blue, green, yellow and orange (I think) bottles. He has two green pacifiers, a purple one, a blue one and a pink one. Somebody once got on my case because "Oh well - that will make him feel bad because pink & purple is for girls." And I told them that I doubt he'll really care either way. Pink and purple are colors. They are not designated for genders. Yes - they may traditionally be for girls, but who cares? *shakes head* I happen to think he looks cute sucking on his pink binky. And he likes it and that's all that matters.

Anyways - to answer your question.. (and to end my long-winded rant -- *sorry*) I don't like overpriced gifts. lol. Cheap is good for me.

[conuly]

*noddles*