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People Are Sharing Examples Of Pointless Gendering And It Shows How Stupid It Can Be (50 Pics)
Here's a radical thought. Maybe men and women would get along better if companies and institutions stopped yelling about how different they are? I get it, everyone has their own opinion, and it's a sensitive topic but come on. Toilet paper for women? A cookbook for men? Some things are just absurd. And you can find them on the subreddit r/PointlesslyGendered. This online community is dedicated to collecting examples of the division between the two genders our society so desperately insists on, and over the years have gotten themselves quite a load. Here are some of the worst ones.
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#1
Dinosaurs Are For Boys
Jayne Kyra 3 years ago
The correct response towards anyone meddling in what is none of their business.
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#2
I Feel This Belongs Here
Gender-tailored marketing messages are fairly common, but research shows they can have the opposite effect and repel consumers, especially women. In fact, they often backfire to the point of dissuading women from choosing a product they would have considered if the company hadn't talked about their gender so much, a study by Harvard Business School found.
The reason for this lies in human nature. People tend to resist being categorized (or made to feel like they are unwillingly reduced to a single identity) particularly when the product they're being nudged toward evokes a stereotype about their gender.
#3
Random Low Key Pic From 4chan
#4
Damn You, Spaghetti Sauce. If Only I Had A Man Around! Dinner Is Ruined!
#5
Gendering Eggs Now, Are We?
Suggesting that women will go crazy over a product wrapped in pink packaging just because some marketer assumes that all women love pink can come across as downright insulting, co-researcher Leslie K. John, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor at HBS, said.
"In a way, this project reminds me of my childhood," John explained. "When I was a kid, I had a babysitter who said, 'Leslie, your favorite color is pink.' She would put pink bows in my hair. Everything had to be pink. This project is partly a reaction against this feeling that just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I love pink! There's something very off-putting about feeling like you're being reduced to a single category of membership."
#6
And It’s Only $49.99!
sturmwesen 3 years ago
To be fair, a lot of women could buy one-for-all but don't and the variety for "male" body care grows.
#7
Names Have A Gender?
King Joffrey 3 years ago
To be fair, there are plenty of languages where names do have a gender.
#8
What To Get My Niece For Christmas
Bow, I’m a Slytherin 3 years ago
If my aunt was here, she’d say ‘makeup’. I’m not even a girl, I was AFAB, she doesn’t know that though, and for t he past 3 Christmases and my birthdays, she’s only gave me makeup-
But where does this false notion come from? Why do companies keep trying to sell their products by emphasizing the buyer's gender? Well, the answer to this question might lie in one 2017 Pew Research Center survey.
It discovered that Americans think men and women are basically different in the way they express their feelings, their physical abilities, their personal interests, and their approach to parenting. But there is no public consensus on the origins of these differences.
#9
Gatekeeping A Yellow Jacket, Among Other Normal Things
#10
Shaming Elephants
#11
"Male Doctor," "Male Chef, "Male Racecar Driver"
I think marketers know this. Maybe some of them just haven't realized that to have an opinion and to base your purchasing decision on it are two different things.
This applies to other aspects, not only gender. According to previous research, for example, even stereotypes that cast people in a positive light—such as Asians excel in math—can trigger a negative reaction from these groups.
#12
Girls Don’t Have Ankles
Haley Brock 3 years ago
ahhh i think thats worse than period pains *ow* and last time i checked... i have two ankles
#13
Fellas, Is It Gay To Touch Your Face?
Anna McHugh 3 years ago
It's true, though. Holding your face together is the only thing preventing his XY-jaw from dragging along the floor, with his XY-knuckles. Plus, he has bonus nose-picking modality this way.
#14
Sounds Very Mormon
#15
True!
#16
Cancer Isn't Gendered, Support Shouldn't Be Either
#17
This Guy Gets It
#18
In Estonian "Ta" (Or "Tema") Means Both "She" And "He", Google Translate Decides By Context
#19
Same Items Inside... Hers Costs 30% More
#20
Because That Is Totally How It Works
#21
Apparently It’s Gay To See Now
Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
Real men don't go out of their way for street signs, the street signs scarper out of the way.
#22
This Is The Worst One I've Ever Seen
#23
Girls Live On A Different Planet
#24
Toothpaste For Men Only!
Haley Brock 3 years ago
wtf i use that toothpaste and i use men's deodorent and its not to strong for my fragile feminine teeth or under arms this makes me so mad
#25
Wait Until He Learns That Men Have Butt Cheeks Too
#26
Pointlessly Gendered Shelter Caused Trans Student To Be Left Outside
Truth Monster 3 years ago
Bureaucracy at its finest.....lol. Also, what a stupid shooter plan. "Look, there's a shooter! Quick! separate by genders!"
#28
Accurate
#29
Food Is Feminine
#30
Pockets?!
Persp Gold 3 years ago
I used to wear mens slacks for this reason and too many people thought it was a strange thing for me (female) to do
#31
Men Can't Be Anorexic Apparently
#32
No Bro It’s War Paint
Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
Kinda contradicts the "You're a man you don't need a mirror" of nearby post.
#33
Gender Appropriate "Fun"
#34
Fruity Drinks Are Bomb
#35
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
#36
Had To Share
#37
Need I Say More
Imposmate 3 years ago
Boy's Life has actually been renamed to "Scout's Life" to make it more gender - inclusive.
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Pervinca 3 years ago
And the most sad thing is that usually women write this tipe of magazines for other women. But do we really care only about our hair and clothes and gossip the most? I might be wrong, but if this tipe of women's magazines are still so popular maybe is because women are the first to buy and care too much about this issues.
Jew 3 years ago
You've got a point but I think it's partly because it's been normalized by society
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Giles McArdell 3 years ago
If we want to change this s**t it is up to all of us to stop buying it in the first place.
artok 3 years ago
But, people like that. Who are you, or me or anyone, to decide what other people must like?
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LittleMissLotus 3 years ago
They are right- the titles of both should not be gendered. I would also like to clear something up about the magazine on the right- I have read Girl's Life magazine a number of times, and not all of it focuses on things like makeup and fashion, etc. There are quite a few articles on things like social issues, education, money and yes, your future. Obviously, though, that doesn't entirely make up for the gendered titles on both, but I would just like to have pointed that out.
Kristof De Smet 3 years ago
I have always and will always say: if my daughter wants to become a plumber, she will become one. And make a lot of money being one.
HelpdeskFrog 3 years ago (edited)
It's sad that those women's magazine get sold... Half of the content is adds that make you hate your own body...
Random Person 3 years ago
I think they just changed it to "scout's life" for this very reason.
Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff 3 years ago
I always read Boys Life, because I liked all the cool tricks and survival stories.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
Why it's so hard to get enough women into STEM programs, the depths society goes to in trying to make them think they should only be interested in beauty and fashion. Keep in mind both those publications are owned by the Boy Scouts of America organization and they are famously very socially conservative and regressive.
Whipple Walker 3 years ago
OK... This one is different, I don't know anything about Girl's Life, but Boys Life is a magazine for Boy Scouts and, since girls are now allowed in scouting has been renames to "Scout's Life". Which suits me fine as an Eagle scout, and current Scout Leader and father to 3 girls in the Scouting program.
Saara . 3 years ago
My parents got Popular Mechanics and Popular Science subscriptions for my brother when we were kids. Both he and I would sit and read them, and talk about what we read. We were both under the age of 10. Good times. Good parents; they didn't buy "girl" magazines for me. My mom did buy a sewing machine, but my brother learned to sew, too.
Hiker Chick 3 years ago
I always read my brother's Boys Life (Boy Scout) magazines and handbook when we were kids because it was much more interesting and useful than the Girl Scout publications. I still don't know why they were different. Lots of my women friends did the same.
Jenn C 3 years ago
Yes, I loved Boys Life. I was also super jealous that they got to do more and cooler stuff at scout camp.
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Barb Holland 3 years ago
the problem is that girls don't have magazines like the one on the right. Either screw "girls life" or make something motivating for young women. This s**t makes me sad.
RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
they changed boys life to scouts life now. they are completely seperate magazines. boys life is for boy scouts.
Your_local_introvert 3 years ago
They changed the title of "Boy's life" to "Scout's life" after a lot of girls that joined BSA messaged them :)
Luna Lovegood! 3 years ago
do they have one for witches about nargles perhaps? or maybe a small article on wrackspurts and derigible plums?
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
"Wake up pretty! My first kiss!".... or go do something interesting. Hmm....
Rida Hartdige 1 month ago
We need a girl scouts magazine: it can teach girls how to be successful (and cute) entrepeneurs!
Olivia Hull 2 years ago
I HATE THIS, I AM A GIRL BUT I DONT LIKE CLOTHES SHOPPING, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT I JUST DONT LIKE IT AS MUCH AS OTHER GIRLS SO I DONT WANT TO LOOK AT A MAGAZINE FULL OF CLOTHES AND STUFF ITS PRETTY BORING
Nicole Holt 3 years ago
I'm not familiar with Girls' Life, Boys' Life is a magazine for boy scouts, so it promotes the merit badges etc. That magazine makes perfect sense to me.
Suzanne Metcalf 3 years ago (edited)
ok so the difference in these is that "girl's life" is just a typical magazine, however "boy's life" is something that gets mailed to you monthly when you join boy scouts if you subscribe to it, which is why it has more science and outdoorsy stuff on the cover. they aren't doing the Boy's Life anymore though since they added in girls to Boy Scouts
Suzanne Metcalf 3 years ago
ok, so the difference in these is the "girl's life" is just a common magazine, however "boy's life" is a boy scout thing that you get when you are in the boy scouts, which is why they're diffrent
Agent47 3 years ago
Here's the thing, the boy is the lease fortunate here. Girls would get away with being seen with both magazine, but boys would get mocked for having the girl mag. Until they both grow up and stop giving a s**t about what other people think
Shirley Heyn 3 years ago (edited)
If this bothers you, become an editor, or simply don't buy the "girls" magazine, only the "boys". You could also write to the editor and plead your cause. Magazines publish what the public wants. Also, the ads in these magazines pay for most of the publishing costs, does your daughter (or you) look for, and buy, what the ads are touting? Is this your view of what your daughter "should" read (Boy's Life), or her view of what she wants to read (Girl's Life). Again, are you trying to censor the children's reading choices?
Lorelai Purvis 3 years ago
*me, picking up the boys magazine* random sexist person in the place: "put that down it's for boys" *tries to give me the girls one* me: "i can read what i want and you're not my parent so bye" *sits down and reads magazine*
Blue Dream 3 years ago
This is why I never ever buy this stupid s**t. They make us look dumb. The content of magazines is not satisfying for any intelligent woman. Please stop buying them, there are plenty of useful "feminine" things you can buy with your money.
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago
Idk why this reminded me of this story, but Idc either. One time my little sister was at a museum and was playing with an interactive thing where you could build something and a boy older than her came up to her and told her this place was for boys. She told my mom and my mom told the boy off and we left that area. I wish I could have punched him.
the warner sister 3 years ago
"How to have, fun make friends, and get all A's" GET ALL A'S???? wtf? Are girls supposed to have all A's and boys aren't?
MERCI LANGSTON 3 years ago
i actually go on girl"s life website every day. I wouldn't say anything on there is only for girls.
heystobit1231 3 years ago
It really makes me mad how everyone expects me and women in general to be in love with makeup and hairstyles. I don't bother about my looks why can't I do that without being called unfeminine
Donkey boi 3 years ago
Now to be fair, on the GIRLS' LIFE it does say 'Best. Year. Ever. How to have fun, make friends and get all A's'. Granted it's probably only one article but they seem to be trying... maybe it's the start of something....
#38
Because Sexualising Babies Is Okay...
#39
Pointlessly Gendered Lit Sides
#40
Low Testosterone Male Pink Tool Set
#41
If This Ain’t The Truth
#42
“Things To Say When You’re Staring At A Boy Trying To Think Of What To Say”
#43
Fathering A Child? Sounds Pretty Girly To Me
Truth Monster 3 years ago
having a designer bag doesn't make you afraid of not being masculine. Why do you think there are diaper bags with flowers and cute baby animals? Because the demographic they are trying to sell the diaper bag to like it.
#44
Because Somehow Exercise And Dieting Can Be Gender Specific?
#45
Found This Gem On Tumblr
#46
Fellas, Is It
#47
Green Is Man, Red Is Woman
Persp Gold 3 years ago (edited)
Unclear whether this is gendering or just keeping a theme edit: Just realized these are different white people on unrelated album?movie? covers.
#48
This Sign On The Door To Our Laundry Room
#49
Pointlessly Gendered And Homophobic At The Same Time
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Rae Reyn 3 years ago
To be fair, I took pink plasti-dip to the handles of a lot of my tools. Buts that's not because I need pink tools for my delicate lady hands, but so the guys in my shop won't borrow them.
Simon Kwan 3 years ago
Smart way to use their fragile masculinity to your advantage
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
My dad one day in the 1970s: "Tennis is gay." .....My mom in reply: "So football is manly?"......My dad: "Hell yeah."...... My mom: "A sport where you're rubbing up against other men and sharing showers naked in a room together is manly."..... And that's when I think my dad's brain melted and he never made such comments again.
Cori 3 years ago (edited)
This gender BS is so annoying. I've been dealing with it my whole life. All I wanted to do as a kid was run around outside, climb trees, catch bugs, play in the mud. But my older, female cousins would insist on dragging me into the bathroom to fix my hair, do my makeup and harass me about why I wasn't wearing a training bra. I've never liked pink. I very much wanted to join the boy scouts because they got to do all the fun stuff. I hated being forced to wear dresses and I loved unicorns because putting a horn on a horse just made it even more bad ass. Now I'm an adult and trying to raise boys and am having to deal with all the problems at the other end of the spectrum. I make a point of not even introducing any of that toxic masculinity crap, but my 7 year old watches cartoons and picks up snippets of it from that. Lately he's been trying to tell me boy's hearts aren't as big as girl's, and that boys are supposed to be meaner than girls. We had a nice long conversation about that one.
hi myself 3 years ago
Yeah, I'm a girl and I don't like fixing my hair, doing makeup, or like pink either.
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ZooMom 3 years ago (edited)
I laugh at a lot of these but I did just want to put it out in the universe that while we should support men and women that subvert “traditional gender roles” we also need to show support for men and women who tend to fall into them. I had a coworker tell my boss she wanted to be a stay at home mom and raise a large family and he told her she was too smart to waste her life like that. And she was incredibly smart but her excitement about wanting to make a home and be a full time mom apparently made her goals ridiculous. We shouldn’t shame men who go to the gym and lift weights by assuming they are just “grunts” or women who enjoy manicures and shoe sales as “airheads”. Bottom line, but what you want, do what you want but also let others be too.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
We need to allow people to habe their own choices. But we really need to stop gendering actions, careers, clothes or everything else.
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K. 3 years ago
At the time of this comment, the article has war paint for men as a header. I’ve always referred to cosmetics as war paint. When I put on red lipstick, most people in my life know it’s a day for me to be productive...that it’s my war paint.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Exactly. It conceals and diverts. My true self passes unseen.
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For gender-freak parents: a boy being feminine does not mean he will be gay. He may be masculine and gay, or masculine and straight, or feminine and gay, or feminine and straight. He may be trans and a lesbian. Gender is not the same as sexuality and stop mixing the two up!
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Or less rephrase it. There arent femenine or masculine things. That boy is just wearing long hair or a skirt, not being feminine :)
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hi myself 3 years ago
I also hate the stereotype that girls love princesses but boys hate them, and that boys love superheroes, and girls hate them. I am a girl, and I love superheroes! Honestly, I prefer Marvel to DC, but of course, that is the business of fandom. I don't really wear women's clothing, but more men's because I find that men's are actually way cooler. I really, REALLY wish that the world didn't have to genderize everyday things!
Random Anon 3 years ago
All said and done, these things exist because there is a market for them. Let us be honest that our society has not reached the point where people are just people. Men, women, black, white, tall, short or whatever, doesn't matter. Hopefully I live long enough to see the majority finally discarding these nonsensical stereotypes. But it ain't looking good at the rate I'm going.
Dest 3 years ago
One of the biggest issues that I noticed that even though consciously we are trying to think without the stereotypes, our brains saw so many of them that it automatically thinks it's normal subconsciously.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
It's okay. I'm apparently not a girl. Gonna be a hell of a shock to my OB/GYN.... ;-D
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Rick Seiden 3 years ago
In Animal Crossing New Horizons, the carpet selling camel, Sahara, is a girl in the US version, but in Japan, Sahara is a guy. I heard it's because they were afraid that the long eyelashes would be a problem on a guy. Camels have long eyelashes to protect their eyes from the sand and other crap in the desert. But in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the lead character, Link, a guy, has to dress up as a girl to get into a city of all women. If you don't do this, you can't complete the game. And, he actually does it more than once. So Nintendo had no problem with forcing one of their iconic characters to cross dress, but didn't want to make a camel male because it had long eyelashes. That's messed up.
artok 3 years ago
For me it is more surprising to find animals talking and behaving like humans.
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William Teach 3 years ago
It's amazing how some people can be so smug with their beliefs, yet, are completely intolerant of other people's opinions.
Bean O 3 years ago
Shoes are a big problem for (at least) kids , the female shoes are all sparkly and pink, and the male shoes are all kinds of colors. I wanted to cry when my mom said no to shoes "for boys" and made me get the sparkly crap. And she still wonders why I dont wear the shoes she gets me. Then again I could just be over dramatic-
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Same for my grandma. She used to buy me super "girly" clothes and also usually tight. I never wore them and she kept being sad about it. Well maybe buy me the clothes I liked as a kid.
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This is why I'm non-binary. Not only because I felt really confident in that identity, but partly because of stereotypes. When you say it 'stereotypes', it seems to be just a word. However they are painfully restricting in what you can do and be accepted for. They appear so often that subconsciously our brains perceive them as normal (I even noticed it in my own thoughts. Like when i was picking a toy for my brother, i reached for blue instead of pink). It's a sad reality that harms both genders
Anna McHugh 3 years ago
I adore them all. We should have a permanent collection of these strangely-gendered things, and at the end of the year a Golden Tin-opener should be given to the best one.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
You can check the reddit pointlesslygendered most examples in this post are there.
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Tahani 3 years ago (edited)
There was an article online some time ago about men who considered it to be gay to wipe themselves after going to the bathroom. They rather had skidmarks on their clothes and bedsheets then wipe themselves or shower themselves. So disgusting. (Google men refusing to wipe because it is gay, you’ll find several...)
Fuzzy Johnson 3 years ago
I buy nothing but hot pink lighters (5-packs) because they're easier to locate in the pile of crap on my desk.
CatWoman312 3 years ago
They have wipes now (the kind you use after you use the toilet) that are called “dude wipes” apparently they’re bigger or something because it’s gay to touch your asshole when you s**t
Al Christensen 3 years ago
I'd like to believe all this gender crap is in the past, but I know it's not.
Pamela Scott 3 years ago
I had trouble with my tools at work disappearing till I engraved daisies and little hearts all over them. Well one of the mechanics did take one and the other guys teased him so much that somehow it was put back 9n my desk while I was at break.
Dog Fan For Life 3 years ago
My sister and I play baseball, soccer, basketball, and hockey. Me being the more "girly" got teased by the boys on the baseball team 24/7. They would actually stand on the bench, chew up sunflower seeds, and spit the soggy shells at me, aiming at my face and getting the already chewed seeds into my mouth. One boy, in particular, would make fun of my name and change my name to inappropriate things...all because I was "girly." Later in the year I proved to be better at those sports than him and continued to be myself, and try not to react to the comments. Eventually, my coach stepped in and stopped it all together. I have 2 moms, and both of them are all for girl power and us continuing to play. They still bring us to every game, every practice, and take us to practice by ourselves. So both girls and boys, continue to be yourself and ignore these people who have no sense of direction in life and keep up doing what you love...NO MATTER WHAT!!!! 💕💕
Pezor Zass 3 years ago
I'm not saying that gender roles haven't always been an issue, because obviously they have, but the particular way that it hits us now is mostly due to advertising. Companies found that they sold more if they had gender-specific versions and that became the way that society saw gender. Imagine that, advertising can affect how people see their own gender. Advertising is a truly scary then when you look into it
artok 3 years ago
Not only gender, also hair color, race, social group you belong to, income level, ...
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Kamila Podolak 3 years ago
I've stopped laughing around #20 and told a friend I've send the link to, to rather not read it, cos it has began to sound depressing not funny very quickly :(
Wendy Chenoweth 3 years ago
I always hated the gender thing and bucked it as much as possible with my sons 35 years ago. It's easier to do with girls as people are more afraid of homosexuality than they are of lesbianism. Anyways, I owned a children's clothing and toy store and took great pleasure in asking every customer who walked in if their baby was a boy or girl, especially if the child was dressed very obviously. They'd look at me like there was something wrong with me if I couldn't tell the kid was a girl with a big stupid pink bow on their head.
Shmoopaloop 3 years ago (edited)
I hate this anti-Mormon Bullcrap Edit: the anti-Mormon posts, not the whole post.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
The one picture that doesnt say anything bad about your cult except that its absurd to separate women and men by colours?
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Kathleen van der Gryp 3 years ago
I'm a girl who loves pink - does that mean there's something wrong with me?!
Ozacoter 3 years ago
It means that you are a person that liked pink. Being a girl has nothing to do with it.
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Christine Curtiss 3 years ago
I've seen pink boxing gloves for women. If I was into boxing I wouldn't want pink gloves.
Tinho 3 years ago
So...late reaction from my side. But here is the problem. When is - except from the obvious- is someone being a jerk? Isnt it possible that you make a - perhaps misplaced- joke? Does it mean that you ARE a jerk? In other words who has the monopoly on judging somebode on making mistakes?
fuggnuggins 3 years ago
This isn't gendering. Pink is for females. Blue is for males. They're sexes, not genders. This is sexing.
Hilzillah 3 years ago
Listen, I'm 100% be who you want to be. If my boy wants to wear a pink sweater or even a dress, we're going dress shopping. That being said, I do get why some items are pink for Girls. It's just bc most Girls like pink. And yes, it's stupid that the pink or blue objects have 'boy- or girlwhatever' on the box.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
But most girls like them because they have been conditioned to believe that pink means girl. Its not the cause, its the consecuence.
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bill marsano 3 years ago
Good points but, often, poor expression. Several people here seem to forget that not everyopne in their potential audiemce is the same age as they are and equally tolerant of the promiscuous use of the F-bomb. Maybe more people would hear you if you left that out? Also: use of the term 'straight people' as an all-inclusive is as offensive as, for example, 'all gays' in that ignores individuality.
xvslnx 3 years ago (edited)
The only really wrong things I saw up there were the reaction of the mom with the Kinder eggs (poor little boy) and the different pricing of differently coloured identical item. Nobody can really tell you which item to choose for yourself and buy. Companies are simply trying to provide a bigger variety for all the different people. People (no matter if they are for or against it) are the ones who think something is for girls if it’s pink. Pink is a colour. If we get this in our minds then we won’t be that annoyed by the variety. Why do you need to pay attention whether it says “for boys” or “for girls” on the pack. At the end, the companies will produce whatever people would buy and stop producing whatever they don’t buy. I think we are reading too much into these items. It is a problem if we try to make a problem out of it. There will always be guys that like pink and girls that hate it, same for all other colours. I vote for diversity in people and items.
xvslnx 3 years ago (edited)
I don’t know...some of those were really unnecessary gendered, but others...I think people just got way too “sensitive”. Downvote me as much as you want, but I don’t see the huge problem with animations. I am sick of having all the classics from my childhood ruined because someone finds them gender or race offensive. Better pay attention to what you do now than looking for problems in the good stuff from the past. EDIT: I see all of us who tend to thing differently (don’t see a problem with some of the above photos) are benign downvoted. I am not okay with people pressuring others to have things gendered, but I also don’t like people being pressured for liking gendered things. Or what? Is this site (or at least this post) ruled by snowflakes?! Seems like it.
Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)
How the female characters not being pink or having eyekeashes or fakw boobs ruins your childhood? Maybe you are being too sensitive.
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Iapetos 3 years ago
We are making fun of silly companies pointlessly gendering stuff. What offends you about that?
Load More Replies... Rae Reyn 3 years ago
To be fair, I took pink plasti-dip to the handles of a lot of my tools. Buts that's not because I need pink tools for my delicate lady hands, but so the guys in my shop won't borrow them.
Simon Kwan 3 years ago
Smart way to use their fragile masculinity to your advantage
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
My dad one day in the 1970s: "Tennis is gay." .....My mom in reply: "So football is manly?"......My dad: "Hell yeah."...... My mom: "A sport where you're rubbing up against other men and sharing showers naked in a room together is manly."..... And that's when I think my dad's brain melted and he never made such comments again.
Cori 3 years ago (edited)
This gender BS is so annoying. I've been dealing with it my whole life. All I wanted to do as a kid was run around outside, climb trees, catch bugs, play in the mud. But my older, female cousins would insist on dragging me into the bathroom to fix my hair, do my makeup and harass me about why I wasn't wearing a training bra. I've never liked pink. I very much wanted to join the boy scouts because they got to do all the fun stuff. I hated being forced to wear dresses and I loved unicorns because putting a horn on a horse just made it even more bad ass. Now I'm an adult and trying to raise boys and am having to deal with all the problems at the other end of the spectrum. I make a point of not even introducing any of that toxic masculinity crap, but my 7 year old watches cartoons and picks up snippets of it from that. Lately he's been trying to tell me boy's hearts aren't as big as girl's, and that boys are supposed to be meaner than girls. We had a nice long conversation about that one.
hi myself 3 years ago
Yeah, I'm a girl and I don't like fixing my hair, doing makeup, or like pink either.
Load More Replies... ZooMom 3 years ago (edited)
I laugh at a lot of these but I did just want to put it out in the universe that while we should support men and women that subvert “traditional gender roles” we also need to show support for men and women who tend to fall into them. I had a coworker tell my boss she wanted to be a stay at home mom and raise a large family and he told her she was too smart to waste her life like that. And she was incredibly smart but her excitement about wanting to make a home and be a full time mom apparently made her goals ridiculous. We shouldn’t shame men who go to the gym and lift weights by assuming they are just “grunts” or women who enjoy manicures and shoe sales as “airheads”. Bottom line, but what you want, do what you want but also let others be too.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
We need to allow people to habe their own choices. But we really need to stop gendering actions, careers, clothes or everything else.
Load More Replies... K. 3 years ago
At the time of this comment, the article has war paint for men as a header. I’ve always referred to cosmetics as war paint. When I put on red lipstick, most people in my life know it’s a day for me to be productive...that it’s my war paint.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Exactly. It conceals and diverts. My true self passes unseen.
Load More Replies... another one 3 years ago
For gender-freak parents: a boy being feminine does not mean he will be gay. He may be masculine and gay, or masculine and straight, or feminine and gay, or feminine and straight. He may be trans and a lesbian. Gender is not the same as sexuality and stop mixing the two up!
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Or less rephrase it. There arent femenine or masculine things. That boy is just wearing long hair or a skirt, not being feminine :)
Load More Replies... hi myself 3 years ago
I also hate the stereotype that girls love princesses but boys hate them, and that boys love superheroes, and girls hate them. I am a girl, and I love superheroes! Honestly, I prefer Marvel to DC, but of course, that is the business of fandom. I don't really wear women's clothing, but more men's because I find that men's are actually way cooler. I really, REALLY wish that the world didn't have to genderize everyday things!
Random Anon 3 years ago
All said and done, these things exist because there is a market for them. Let us be honest that our society has not reached the point where people are just people. Men, women, black, white, tall, short or whatever, doesn't matter. Hopefully I live long enough to see the majority finally discarding these nonsensical stereotypes. But it ain't looking good at the rate I'm going.
Dest 3 years ago
One of the biggest issues that I noticed that even though consciously we are trying to think without the stereotypes, our brains saw so many of them that it automatically thinks it's normal subconsciously.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
It's okay. I'm apparently not a girl. Gonna be a hell of a shock to my OB/GYN.... ;-D
Load More Replies... Rick Seiden 3 years ago
In Animal Crossing New Horizons, the carpet selling camel, Sahara, is a girl in the US version, but in Japan, Sahara is a guy. I heard it's because they were afraid that the long eyelashes would be a problem on a guy. Camels have long eyelashes to protect their eyes from the sand and other crap in the desert. But in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the lead character, Link, a guy, has to dress up as a girl to get into a city of all women. If you don't do this, you can't complete the game. And, he actually does it more than once. So Nintendo had no problem with forcing one of their iconic characters to cross dress, but didn't want to make a camel male because it had long eyelashes. That's messed up.
artok 3 years ago
For me it is more surprising to find animals talking and behaving like humans.
Load More Replies... William Teach 3 years ago
It's amazing how some people can be so smug with their beliefs, yet, are completely intolerant of other people's opinions.
Bean O 3 years ago
Shoes are a big problem for (at least) kids , the female shoes are all sparkly and pink, and the male shoes are all kinds of colors. I wanted to cry when my mom said no to shoes "for boys" and made me get the sparkly crap. And she still wonders why I dont wear the shoes she gets me. Then again I could just be over dramatic-
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Same for my grandma. She used to buy me super "girly" clothes and also usually tight. I never wore them and she kept being sad about it. Well maybe buy me the clothes I liked as a kid.
Load More Replies... Dest 3 years ago
This is why I'm non-binary. Not only because I felt really confident in that identity, but partly because of stereotypes. When you say it 'stereotypes', it seems to be just a word. However they are painfully restricting in what you can do and be accepted for. They appear so often that subconsciously our brains perceive them as normal (I even noticed it in my own thoughts. Like when i was picking a toy for my brother, i reached for blue instead of pink). It's a sad reality that harms both genders
Anna McHugh 3 years ago
I adore them all. We should have a permanent collection of these strangely-gendered things, and at the end of the year a Golden Tin-opener should be given to the best one.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
You can check the reddit pointlesslygendered most examples in this post are there.
Load More Replies... Tahani 3 years ago (edited)
There was an article online some time ago about men who considered it to be gay to wipe themselves after going to the bathroom. They rather had skidmarks on their clothes and bedsheets then wipe themselves or shower themselves. So disgusting. (Google men refusing to wipe because it is gay, you’ll find several...)
Fuzzy Johnson 3 years ago
I buy nothing but hot pink lighters (5-packs) because they're easier to locate in the pile of crap on my desk.
CatWoman312 3 years ago
They have wipes now (the kind you use after you use the toilet) that are called “dude wipes” apparently they’re bigger or something because it’s gay to touch your asshole when you s**t
Al Christensen 3 years ago
I'd like to believe all this gender crap is in the past, but I know it's not.
Pamela Scott 3 years ago
I had trouble with my tools at work disappearing till I engraved daisies and little hearts all over them. Well one of the mechanics did take one and the other guys teased him so much that somehow it was put back 9n my desk while I was at break.
Dog Fan For Life 3 years ago
My sister and I play baseball, soccer, basketball, and hockey. Me being the more "girly" got teased by the boys on the baseball team 24/7. They would actually stand on the bench, chew up sunflower seeds, and spit the soggy shells at me, aiming at my face and getting the already chewed seeds into my mouth. One boy, in particular, would make fun of my name and change my name to inappropriate things...all because I was "girly." Later in the year I proved to be better at those sports than him and continued to be myself, and try not to react to the comments. Eventually, my coach stepped in and stopped it all together. I have 2 moms, and both of them are all for girl power and us continuing to play. They still bring us to every game, every practice, and take us to practice by ourselves. So both girls and boys, continue to be yourself and ignore these people who have no sense of direction in life and keep up doing what you love...NO MATTER WHAT!!!! 💕💕
Pezor Zass 3 years ago
I'm not saying that gender roles haven't always been an issue, because obviously they have, but the particular way that it hits us now is mostly due to advertising. Companies found that they sold more if they had gender-specific versions and that became the way that society saw gender. Imagine that, advertising can affect how people see their own gender. Advertising is a truly scary then when you look into it
artok 3 years ago
Not only gender, also hair color, race, social group you belong to, income level, ...
Load More Replies... Kamila Podolak 3 years ago
I've stopped laughing around #20 and told a friend I've send the link to, to rather not read it, cos it has began to sound depressing not funny very quickly :(
Wendy Chenoweth 3 years ago
I always hated the gender thing and bucked it as much as possible with my sons 35 years ago. It's easier to do with girls as people are more afraid of homosexuality than they are of lesbianism. Anyways, I owned a children's clothing and toy store and took great pleasure in asking every customer who walked in if their baby was a boy or girl, especially if the child was dressed very obviously. They'd look at me like there was something wrong with me if I couldn't tell the kid was a girl with a big stupid pink bow on their head.
Shmoopaloop 3 years ago (edited)
I hate this anti-Mormon Bullcrap Edit: the anti-Mormon posts, not the whole post.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
The one picture that doesnt say anything bad about your cult except that its absurd to separate women and men by colours?
Load More Replies... Kathleen van der Gryp 3 years ago
I'm a girl who loves pink - does that mean there's something wrong with me?!
Ozacoter 3 years ago
It means that you are a person that liked pink. Being a girl has nothing to do with it.
Load More Replies... Christine Curtiss 3 years ago
I've seen pink boxing gloves for women. If I was into boxing I wouldn't want pink gloves.
Tinho 3 years ago
So...late reaction from my side. But here is the problem. When is - except from the obvious- is someone being a jerk? Isnt it possible that you make a - perhaps misplaced- joke? Does it mean that you ARE a jerk? In other words who has the monopoly on judging somebode on making mistakes?
fuggnuggins 3 years ago
This isn't gendering. Pink is for females. Blue is for males. They're sexes, not genders. This is sexing.
Hilzillah 3 years ago
Listen, I'm 100% be who you want to be. If my boy wants to wear a pink sweater or even a dress, we're going dress shopping. That being said, I do get why some items are pink for Girls. It's just bc most Girls like pink. And yes, it's stupid that the pink or blue objects have 'boy- or girlwhatever' on the box.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
But most girls like them because they have been conditioned to believe that pink means girl. Its not the cause, its the consecuence.
Load More Replies... bill marsano 3 years ago
Good points but, often, poor expression. Several people here seem to forget that not everyopne in their potential audiemce is the same age as they are and equally tolerant of the promiscuous use of the F-bomb. Maybe more people would hear you if you left that out? Also: use of the term 'straight people' as an all-inclusive is as offensive as, for example, 'all gays' in that ignores individuality.
xvslnx 3 years ago (edited)
The only really wrong things I saw up there were the reaction of the mom with the Kinder eggs (poor little boy) and the different pricing of differently coloured identical item. Nobody can really tell you which item to choose for yourself and buy. Companies are simply trying to provide a bigger variety for all the different people. People (no matter if they are for or against it) are the ones who think something is for girls if it’s pink. Pink is a colour. If we get this in our minds then we won’t be that annoyed by the variety. Why do you need to pay attention whether it says “for boys” or “for girls” on the pack. At the end, the companies will produce whatever people would buy and stop producing whatever they don’t buy. I think we are reading too much into these items. It is a problem if we try to make a problem out of it. There will always be guys that like pink and girls that hate it, same for all other colours. I vote for diversity in people and items.
xvslnx 3 years ago (edited)
I don’t know...some of those were really unnecessary gendered, but others...I think people just got way too “sensitive”. Downvote me as much as you want, but I don’t see the huge problem with animations. I am sick of having all the classics from my childhood ruined because someone finds them gender or race offensive. Better pay attention to what you do now than looking for problems in the good stuff from the past. EDIT: I see all of us who tend to thing differently (don’t see a problem with some of the above photos) are benign downvoted. I am not okay with people pressuring others to have things gendered, but I also don’t like people being pressured for liking gendered things. Or what? Is this site (or at least this post) ruled by snowflakes?! Seems like it.
Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)
How the female characters not being pink or having eyekeashes or fakw boobs ruins your childhood? Maybe you are being too sensitive.
Load More Replies... Iapetos 3 years ago
We are making fun of silly companies pointlessly gendering stuff. What offends you about that?
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