• Rachelhazideas
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    8 hours ago

    Boys can like barbies too. We can acknowledge that gender stereotyping kid’s interests was wrong, while acknowledging that their interests don’t always define their gender.

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      5 hours ago

      Yes, but I didn’t like Barbie toys. That was my first hint I didn’t fit into the gender box that had been prepared for me. I’m not going to retcon my experiences at the age of 4 to fit into a modern concept of how I should have figured out my gender.

    • 4grams@awful.systems
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      6 hours ago

      No shit, my boy wanted a Barbie when he was little, so he had a Barbie. He also had Legos, and played with blocks, board games and eventually video games. Let kids play with whatever the fuck they want to, they are exploring.