Monday, March 16, 2015

This bothers me- should it?

Children's toys- why is it that little girls get toy vacuum cleaners, mops, brooms, kitchens, and laundry rooms? They're all pink and cute! Chores are fun! Boys get grills, chain saws, tools and general implements of mass destruction all boyish and what not. Why don't they make vacuums that cater to boys? Are they afraid they will turn into self sufficent men? And girls- are they afraid they will be able to fend for themselves? It just seems to me that it is past time for traditional gender roles to be over. They're soooo passé. I really don't think that playing with a vacuum sounds like fun. It sounds like chores. And if they were really smart they'd make an actual working mini vacumm. If they wanna "play" might as well get some work done too! My vacuum isn't pink. It's red and black. Maybe they should make sparkly pink vacuums for adults or some MANLY vacuums with huge motors and tricked out wheels. Then maybe it wouldn't be regulated to "woman's work".

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