In this passage the author Katha Pollitt is speaking out about gender differences in kids toys. Pollitt is trying to inform her readers about understanding how things like TV commercials play a roll in what toys belong to what gender. Her main topic in this passage is that kids should not have to try to conform to social preferences in what toys or stereotypes belong to what gender, instead parents and media should try to make gender rolls equal, so that kids don't grow up thinking that if you're a boy who likes to cook you would be seen as gay. This passage to me was trying to open peoples eyes to the truth about gender stereotyping. When children are born they immediately start to see things like commercials showing boys playing
