Would you allow your son to play with girl toys?

Chris wrote:If you had a six year old son who wanted to play with a barbie doll, would you let him?

Forgiveness_Man wrote:Only if she's being killed by a antagonist action figure and needs GI Joe to save her!

Supernova wrote:Personally, I don't get what the big deal is. Why is the world suddenly going to end or whatever, if boys play with girls' toys?

CatEyes10736 wrote:Don't agree with the archaic, stereotypical gender roles.

I would let my little girl play with Spider Man & Iron Man toys, or whatever her preference is, if she's been good. So wouldn't that make me a hypocrite if I denied a son of mine a toy simply because it's not "geared towards his gender?"

No. I know we are just talking about children, but quite frankly, people need to get over the notion that boys and girls are so much equal and every single thing that is good for one should be good for the other. Boys and girls are different. It's that simple. Especially at that age. Let them play their position. They got the rest of their lives to figure out everything else.

A better question is why is this even a question? Are you afraid that if people let their sons play with dolls, then they'll automatically become effeminate, or "turn gay"?

You seem to equate dolls as being feminine or 'girly'. A doll doesn't have to be strictly for little girls. There are dolls for both sexes. My son can play with dolls. He just can't play with no Barbie doll. And whether or not he will 'turn gay' isn't the issue. Obviously if he gravitates towards a Barbie doll and I take it from him and he still insists on playing with it (by dressing it up and fixing her hair, not by popping her head off or simulating acts he prob. has no business knowing about) then there is something going on that I don't have any control over. And I'd just mentally prepare myself for his coming out party in 10 yrs. Barbies simply aren't for little boys. Period.

An even better question than that;

Why are toys for boys STILL mainly geared towards war & violence and toys for girls are STILL mainly geared towards dating, & homemaking in the supposedly so-advanced 21st century?


Why isn't anyone questioning that?

femme fatale wrote:Most likely not. I remind him that certain things are girls and certain things are for boys. If your 6 year old son wanted a dress, would you buy him one?

Nystyle709 wrote:No. I know we are just talking about children, but quite frankly, people need to get over the notion that boys and girls are so much equal and every single thing that is good for one should be good for the other. Boys and girls are different. It's that simple. Especially at that age. Let them play their position. They got the rest of their lives to figure out everything else.

You seem to equate dolls as being feminine or 'girly'. A doll doesn't have to be strictly for little girls. There are dolls for both sexes. My son can play with dolls. He just can't play with no Barbie doll. And whether or not he will 'turn gay' isn't the issue. Obviously if he gravitates towards a Barbie doll and I take it from him and he still insists on playing with it (by dressing it up and fixing her hair, not by popping her head off or simulating acts he prob. has no business knowing about) then there is something going on that I don't have any control over. And I'd just mentally prepare myself for his coming out party in 10 yrs. Barbies simply aren't for little boys. Period.

Nystyle709 wrote:Why would I want my son playing dress up with Barbie dolls and putting pigtails in her hair?

Supernova wrote:


So, girls MUST have pink toys and boys MUST have the manly blue and camouflage colors and girls better not watch a boy's movie and boys better not EVER watch a girls' cartoon because that's just SOOOOOO wrong since they're not equals?

Did I say that? Your fucking dramatics is quite annoying, I swear. READ WHERE I SAID HE CAN PLAY WITH DOLLS. HE JUST CAN'T PLAY WITH NO BARBIE DOLL.

And, you're at the same time saying 'if he later turns gay isn't the issue', but 'if he plays with Barbie dolls I'll look for him to come out in 10 years'. You can't have both, is him being gay simply because he likes girls' dolls the issue or not? And where does that conclusion come from? Isn't it usually the great big macho testosterone filled manly athletes that often turn out to be some of the biggest queens?

Supernova wrote:


Is that such an abomination against the whole male sex or something? Why is it okay for girls to do it? Because it's what society dictates as normal behavior for girls? And who gets to decide what's normal for them? What if a girl doesn't give a crap about dolls or clothes or hair, does that mean something went wrong somewhere with her?

Nhaiyel wrote:If someone gave my son a toy that was typically geared towards little girls, and he was in awe of it, then perhaps I wouldn't take it from him (I would, though, warn him to be mindful of who he plays with it around.) If he asked for a girls toy, then I can see my first, second and third response being no. Hard to say. Perhaps I'd let him have something like a Cabbage Patch doll, but Barbie, Skipper and Stacy are out.