![]() I think that division drove a lot of backlash. ![]() Boys can't wear any color that approaches pastel. Suddenly girls can't like dinosaurs or planets. Everything had to be printed with words like "mommy's little princess" or else be covered in soccer balls. I actively searched for something that was just blank or stripes or something, but no. It was pink and purple princess and unicorns for girls, or red and blue sports and cars for boys. Cups and plates-can't kids even take a drink without being gender-conscious? I couldn't find plain pajamas for my kids. Things that should never ever be gender specific suddenly were. If you had a girl, everything had to be PINK! Even car seats for crying out loud. I also had kids in the 2000s-2010s and was really frustrated with the shopping choices. It wasn't so mean, like today's politicians making laws about medical treatments, banning books, and just society in general telling people that they're morally wrong for how they feel. It was just like any other personality descriptor and you would still be friends with them. it wasn't a judgment of someone's character. Talk about gender wasn't nearly as intense and pervasive. I feel like it was weirdly better in the 80s. I accept their pronouns and stuff, but it does make me wonder if society created this need to un-identify with a gender so someone doesn’t feel like they’re supposed to be very feminine or very masculine and can’t be in between. Most of the gender neutral kids I know (and I know a lot!) are biological girls, so I wonder if they choose gender neutrality because they don’t fit into the girl-role Marketing tried to put them in. I feel like this is a reaction to that trying to define what a girl is and what a boy is. Legos started having sets and the aisles were divided into big toys and girl toys. In the 2000s when my kids were little, I couldn’t find a gender neutral castle. Castle play sets ware like gray stone castles. In the 1970s, legos we’re marketed to boys and girls. Then I’m the 1990s I started getting like questioned about it. Like in my childhood and teen years I don’t recall anyone thinking I was an odd girl for playing with Star Wars toys or watching and talking about science fiction. I was disappointed how in the 90s and early 2000s we started to almost hyper fixate on gender roles and norms. Well we had a lot of androgyny in the 80s, so girls and boys not wearing gender defining clothing or make up is like whatever. ![]() ![]() People have the right to believe anything they want but you shouldn't enforce your will or beliefs on others. I'm not saying Thomas shouldn't swim.just not for money or scholarships. Like the woman in the article, Riley Gaines I applaud her efforts because if biological women competing in these sports don't stand up for themselves it's apparent they will end up getting run over by people like Thomas ala South Parks Heather Swanson. I have no skin in this game as I am neither a woman or have a daughter effected by this. People will be upset by this.thats fine, but to me its on the same level as "stolen valor". The biggie as of late was L Thomas exposed "male" genitslia in women's locker room. My only real issue with today events is the biological males playing in women's sports. If a women want s to wear mens clothing or a guy wants to wear a ballgown and try to look like Barbie, or you want to get implants and call yourself a "genderless Dragon" what you do on your time in your life is all good as long as you're not trying to force others to do it your way. I'm a you do you anyway you want as long as what you do doesn't effect or stop me from doing me. ![]()
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