You can talk about:
- A time you witnessed a gender stereotype *involving toys*
- A time you broke a gender stereotype and how others responded to that *by playing with non stereotypical toys*
- A time you were treated differently due to a gender stereotype *you got all trucks for your birthday but you told everyone you really wanted a doll... (Please keep this one related to stereotypes please- thanks!)*
- Or come up with something on your own related to one of these! *Please make sure it has to do with toys*
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When I was in kindergarten I used play with these big wooden blocks. My friends and I were building a fort one day, when boys (I'm female) came up and said, "You can't play with the blocks! We get to play with them because boys should be the ones playing with blocks!"
ReplyDeleteThat was my first experience with gender stereotypes.
When I was little my favorite toy was Hot-Wheel cars, even though I was a girl. Even though I never got teased for it whenever I saw commercials for the cars I would always wonder why no girls were advertised playing with them.
ReplyDeleteHey guys, good luck with your action project! Let's see, I went to target once to find a nerf shooty gun thing and the man asked if it was for my brother...boo him. Also, in fifth grade, I was pretty convinced that I was a guy. Not biologically of course, but I wore all guy clothes and I thought I was really cool. A friend of mine asked, "Dude, why are you acting like a dude?" other than that it's just the usual female stereotypes...actually, my classmate told me to make them a sandwich because it was in my DNA...crazy person.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was littler, I used to play with the Hot Wheel Cars too!!!!! I also had,like, a bijillion legos. I brought them in for the 100 days of school, and all the other girls brought shells and Barbie clothes and such.....
ReplyDeleteUm, I know that I wanted to name my littlest pet shop fish a girl name and my friend told me it was a boy animal, so I couldn't.
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when i was a kid i stole my brothers tonka truck stickers. i was afraid that people would tease me about liking tonka trucks so i just kept them a secret. also, i had a phase where i loved power rangers. when my friend game over to play she got really mad because i wanted to play with power rangers and she wanted to play with horses. she said that power rangers were a boys toy. good luck with your blog!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved you video! I like how you compared the statistics to the questions that you asked. Anyways, when I was little, I remember being made fun of by some of my friends and cousins because I was a girl that liked to play with cars, be active, and loved action stuff. It made me mad and uncomfortable because I couldn't with what I wanted play in front of them. Because then they make fun of me, and they would call me a boy.
ReplyDeleteThe video was great!!!! I loved how you guys showed all those statistics. I never knew how much longer on average women spend getting ready then men, it was double the amount for women. I also liked the music in the background and how you showed the kids in half day pointing to the dolls instead of just telling us about the results you got. Great job guys and I love the background of the blog!
ReplyDeleteI was in kindergarden one time and playing with Legos and I was trying to build a spaceship like all of the boys. One turned to me, told me it was a "girly" spaceship, and then said I should make a house.
ReplyDeleteWhen we went to the half day, I was asking a boy if he liked to play with dolls. He said that dolls were for girls, as was the color pink. He said if he saw a boy wearing pink, he would tell him to change.
Great job on the video!
We really want to thank everyone who has posted so far- it has really helped our project!
ReplyDeleteThanks,
The Breakers' Staff
This is so funny, because when I was litlle, my favorite toys were power ranger action figures and other suoerheros. I hated barbies, bratz etc. Just shows how girls and boys can play with whatever they want!
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
Good luck on your project. When I was eight I really liked Bakugan but when I asked the guy on duty at Target for which aisle they were in they told me that I would rather get a barbie or a doll. It was quite annoying.
ReplyDeleteI used to always play legos with my little brother even though he never played dolls with me. We would build planes and boats and transport people. We would also play with playmobile and build castles
ReplyDeleteHey guys!!
ReplyDeleteI know that when I was little, I wasn't ever really into Barbies, but my relatives who didn't know me well would always give them to me for Christmas! My mom was kinda anti-Barbie, so she would just return them to the store or give them to someone else (and I never cared, since I didn't want them anyway!)
Also, when I babysit I often hear kids saying "That's a girl/boy color," etc. The other day, a boy who is about 3 told me that his little sister couldn't use his toy. Being a three-year-old, he's working on the whole idea of sharing, so I asked him why he couldn't let her have a turn. He, in turn, told me that she didn't really want the toy, because it was a boy toy. When I asked him what that meant, he told me that girls don't like to play with trucks.
Anyway, sorry this is so late. I loved your video- and good luck with the rest of your project!