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To be fair, MLP aims itself at girls. Any toy line that aims itself at one gender specifically is sexist in its own right, regardless of anything else in said line. Why can't we just have toys instead of "THESE ARE FOR BOYS AND THESE ARE FOR GIRLS"?
And for parents who don't believe in "girl toys" and "boy toys", they'll buy their kids the toys they like regardless of the gender they're aimed at and more than likely try to teach their child(ren) that gender stereotypes are not something that needs to be followed.
Fair enough. But I think it would be a pretty short discussion if we stopped there. How would you propose fixing the problem?I've heard people suggest before that the toy line needed to change somehow to make it more gender neutral. But would changing anything further play into preconcieved notions? (ie. boys won't play with pink toys) Or is it all about the marketing?Though, really I was originally thinking mostly of the cartoons when I started this thread. The toys themselves I've always thought weren't near as problematic as a toy like,say, Barbie. It's just that 98% of them are female and they have the tendancy to be pink. But really, it's just the packaging that says what gender the pony is. Once the pony is out of the packaging, it's up to the child's imagination.Btw, did you know that I read in a book once that it's only been in about the last century or so that pink was for girls and blue was for boys? Before that it was oppisite. Pink was associated with red which was supposed to be decisive which was considered a masculine feature. Blue was for girls because it was considered dainty. Go figure.Edited to add:I decided to do a little online research and found this article about children's clothing on smithsonian.com Very interesting!http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html?c=y&page=1
Frankly, i would simply not listen too much to some bronies on matters like that.I watched the "bronies watch the season 2 finale" (or something like that) and they kept saying "how is this for little girls?" every time something even slightly "scary" happened. Like they didn't realize every classic disney movie has stuff that's far more "scary" than what we have seen during the royal wedding.I can't really take that stuff too seriously, knowing the flack older gens get and the massive amount of praise FIM gets. Both have their issues.
I actually applaud the 80's cartoon for its diverse amount of character personalities. Many 'girly' shows of that time (and ever today!) only show female characters as cookie-cutter goodie-goodies. I love our cranky Buttons, sarcastic Gusty, and pessimistic Lickety-Split.