Toys R Us?? Toys R Us still carries the same old games I used to play with. They also market in the same old way. Boys are supposed to like trucks, manly “action figures,” (not dolls!), and gross-out novelties like slime, eyeballs and oozing blood. This has been the case ever since I can remember. It might even be more extreme now.
Girls still get the pink offerings of all kinds, Barbie & Pony-like characters, and a few “tough chick” action figures, but they are still very “girly.” Likewise, it’s hard to understate how extreme the toys go in representations of excessive femininity and unrealistic ideas of beauty. The “educational toys” are more gender-neutral, but are still marketed towards a male-oriented idea for engineering/
Girls still get the pink offerings of all kinds, Barbie & Pony-like characters, and a few “tough chick” action figures, but they are still very “girly.” Likewise, it’s hard to understate how extreme the toys go in representations of excessive femininity and unrealistic ideas of beauty. The “educational toys” are more gender-neutral, but are still marketed towards a male-oriented idea for engineering/