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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!"
Cori 3 years ago
In Virginia, boys and girls crouching on the ground together is WAY scarier than any gun. 🙄
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Marcellus the Third 3 years ago
I thought "go to nearest shelter" would make sense to the planners?
AngelWings 3 years ago
Thats my school. Whatever room your in. Lights off n hide! You NEVER leave the room
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Dest 3 years ago
What the f**k. How is gender supposed to matter? Why is school so focused on that in stead of survival of the students???
Sum Guy 3 years ago
You know Dave Chappele once said these things are stupid because if you're training the kids to avoid being shot, you're also training the shooter on what will happen since most times, its their classmate
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Why are they separated in the first place? Shelter is shelter. Would the school turn away a passerby looking for safety who knocked on the door of the shelter for the gender opposite their own? Would it be “I’m sorry lady. This is the boys shelter, and you’re not a boy, so you’re not allowed in here. You have to either find the girls shelter or just, you know, die. Sucks for you. Bye!” I mean, really?
NinjaWolfy94 3 years ago
Or just don't have boys and girls in separate shelters during a friggin school shooting. Making sure no one gets shot is the only thing that should matter.
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Louloubelle 3 years ago
Although I wish my transgender daughter could have been who she was meant to be earlier in life, I'm glad she didn't come out until after she was done with high school. And hasn't had any issues with college.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Yes, because it's important to separate girls and boys during an active shooter situation. Otherwise, whilst fearing for their lives, they might have sex. *rolls eyes*
Haunting Spirit 3 years ago
The problem isn't where the student should be sheltered. The problem is why would you need a shooter drill. Come on US. Stop making the rest of the world laugh at you.
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
You separate by roles. Kids in the classrooms behind locked boarded up doors and shooter as far away as you can safely put them
I'm a gay trans bitch 3 years ago
SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH THE GIRLS!!!! That is so f****d up!!!!
Faith Nicole 3 years ago (edited)
1st. Wtf does it matter , during an active shooting if girls are sheltered up with boys while praying they all make it out alive? 2nd who the f**k cares where a Trans person goes as far as shelter, what are their pronouns(he/she), that's where you send them, geez. Had to edit my comment as I thought this was an active shooting, not a drill. Oopsie
Susan Egan 3 years ago
At least she can run away and go some place safer than staying with those idiots.
Shinomi Chan 3 years ago
What the hell???? Why would you gender the goddamn shelthers?! Besides that, if she is s transwoman then obviously she would go with other girls? And if transman then with the other boys?? Not that it would make your gendering system any better though.
Elaine Mattingly 3 years ago
Now about religion and what color you wore and did you touch your face? Oh never mind the shooter left because he felt the school was too heartless.
Marky Mark 3 years ago
America solution to gun violence: Pink coffins for the schoolgirls, Blue coffins for the schoolboys?
Bow, I’m a Slytherin 3 years ago
You can come to the special shelter, with all the other genderqueers. We have pizza!
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~*Zodiac lover~* 3 years ago
Bruh seperate by the grade not gender what is wrong with y’all -_-
Olivia Hull 2 years ago
WHY EVEN SEPERATE AT ALL LIKE SERIOUSLY LITTLE TIMMY IS GONNA GET SHOT WHILE RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO FIND THE OTHER BOYS
Enby.Minecraft.Bee. 3 years ago
They are really gonna be Transphobic and Sexist when she can literally die? Im guessing this was in the U.S.
a Minecraft girl 3 years ago
Why separate though, just hide, who cares if you’re in a group with all males or females, just get safe!
AngelWings 3 years ago
Why gender seperate during a shooting!?!?! At my school you duck for cover in whatever room your in !!
Caitlin Holcomb 3 years ago
dude just take the kids and hide don't just ditch one, everyone is important no matter their gender.
Shull GaRett 3 years ago
What i fail to grasp is why do they try to separate students in such a drill? I mean it probably takes time to separate them in the first place and i guess in case of this situation the fastest you get your ass of the danger area the better?
a Minecraft girl 3 years ago
Oh no, we’re under attack! Quick get into the gender group! It will take you longer to be safe!
bill marsano 3 years ago
Administrators too dumb to do the smart thjing: have each kid go to nearest shelter regardless of sex.
Vicki Perizzolo 3 years ago
that is just beyond unacceptable - you're saving a life you morons - you should all be fired
Judy Windham Saunders 3 years ago
uh. . .how about sheltering in the nearest shelter, rather than running past the shooter to get to the properly gendered shelter. If that's the way they treat transgender students, I wouldn't be surprised if she were the shooter. Dang, people.
Shirley Heyn 3 years ago
. . . and just why are boys separated from girls for sheltering??? Are the shelters actually different? Why? Are they planning ahead for an overnight situation or what??? . . . and why are the flags blue/pink/white - so they know the "Trans" kid is one, both or all of the colors? How can that "Trans" kid ever be expected to fit into society after having been singled out for their 12 grades of schooling? How are the other, "normal" students to ever be expected to not single out "Trans" from "normal" after being taught this behavioral modification for 12 years??? How do I spell Asinine? With a capital "A"!!!!!
M Kate McCulloch 3 years ago
If the students are sheltered in place during an active shooter drill, why would they take the time to separate by so called gender. They should separate by humanity next time and leave the teachers outside.
Jackie Wacky 3 years ago
Why do boys and girls even have to be segregated if they are sheltering from a nutcase with a gun?
Steve in Denver 3 years ago
A lot of transgender students are "left outside" by arguments among stupid adults.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 3 years ago
omg. what!? I'd be terrible there - I'd be herding them all into together. F**k that.
Ruth Fichter 3 years ago
I don't understand their problem. Does the child identify as male or female? Well, there you go, then. Problem solved. How does anyone NOT understand this today?
Ruth Beaty 3 years ago
Why were they wasting time sorting everyone by gender? Making them better targets?
NinjaWolfy94 3 years ago
Or, don't separate by genders in a shooting when all you should be worrying about is people's safety.
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Peter Ledoux 3 years ago
How did the idiot get a job controlling anything? Let alone a young life??
Patti Nash 3 years ago
makes it easier to victimize the girls, like so many killers seem to want
The weird one! 3 years ago
Thsi makes me so made who give a frick if she or he should be in what area to be safe like i wouldnt care if soemone is trans and he or she can sit with me .
Vanessa Nunez 3 years ago
So, because their not what you want them to be they have to fend for themselves?!?!?!? How does this make sense.
Analyn Lahr 3 years ago
In my school, during those drills, we went to the nearest classroom, no matter what.
BAILEY PANELLI 3 years ago (edited)
well what gender do they identify as? that IS their gender
Donkey boi 3 years ago
Surely they should all be together right? I know I would want to be looking out for my friends of all genders in a situation like that. I'm not leaving them alone!
#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
#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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What do you think ?
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 :)
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.
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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.
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.
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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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