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By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:13:39 +0000

Haha! No, I didn’t get that. I’m just tired of arguing with my dear hubby about this. I have 3 sons, no girls, and they all were given boy AND girl toys, and so far the 12 and 15 year old are loving the ladies (gawd help me, lol). I’m still hoping the 3 yo *might* be gay so I can have a girlfriend to shop with, enjoy the theater with and so on….lol.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:01:48 +0000

Uh, you get that those LEGOs are The Village People, right? The musical group? Consisting mostly of gay men? If I have to explain the joke more than that, maybe I should employ a visual aid.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:04:12 +0000

I just handed off my 12 year old sons Easy Bake Oven to a friend with a 7 yo girl. I was sad to see it go! So was my son, but- he knows how to use a REAL oven now, due to the fact that Mom lets him help in the kitchen, and that he has taken several cooking classes. Why suggest Lego’s as a boy toy? I’m confused about your post. On one hand, you’re saying pink is okay for boys and that we shouldn’t have gender specific toys, but on the other you’re saying if he’s asking for an oven it means he *might* be gay so buy Lego’s instead. Make up your mind! Which is it? The sexes ARE different, and I’m okay with gender specific toys as long as there is a masculine version available too. My sons have all played with dolls, ovens, play kitchens, you name it. They are well rounded and like girls very much. My husband didn’t like it, so I told him if they were going to be gay, they will be gay, doll or no doll, oven or no. Girls can cross the gender toy line, but we live in a soceity where it is much harder for boys to do so. As long as soceity is that frustrated, toy manufacturers should off masculine versions of all typical ‘girl’ toys.

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gezellig-girl.com » Gift Idea: Easy Bake Real Meal Oven For Manly Old Dudes — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:25:23 +0000

[...] Okay, so maybe there’s no actual way to cause physical harm to a store but come on: it is almost 2007. Can we all maybe agree to stop assigning gender roles to appliances? Because next time, I’m totally going to have an aneurysm and end up all ten kinds of crazy like Sharon Stone or something. December 12th 2006 Posted to Not Gezellig [...]

By: rachel

rachel — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:24:42 +0000

Oy! I hate stuff like that. I just emailed Hasbro.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:12:06 +0000

I _just_ put an Easy-Bake Oven on my daughter’s Christmas wish list. Now I’m torn among taking it off and telling Hasbro exactly why, switching to this one, or making sure we ask for the girliest of girly ones.

Ew.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:40:06 +0000

I WANTED a limp-wristed nancy boy but got a blood-thirsty Klingon!

You’re telling me NOW that I could have gayed him up with a PINK or PURPLE Easy Bake Oven?!

I wonder if it would take or is it too late to socialize him into a Joan Crawford-loving fudge-packer?

By: Lisa B-K

Lisa B-K — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:41:51 +0000

AHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHA!

Lilly would LOVE those Lego people. What’s that make her??