Gender and age neutral toys and Bronies

[ManaMinori 4,146]

its 2017, and frankly- its baffling to me that people are still insentitive to boys who want to like "girly" toys and boys who want to like "girly" toys. Bronies have long been the cause of outcry and stares because people fear what they don't (or are unwilling to) understand. How can boys and grown men like girls toys? Fact of the matter is- these "girls" toys that male adult or child fans like- nowhere do they say on their packaging that they're a "boy" or "girl" toy. And though they do say that people of a certain starting age can enjoy them (3 and up) there is no cap to that age. To me, "and up" could mean someone in their hundreds could enjoy the product as well. And while color plays a major role in decision making and thought process, Hasbro has taken steps to switch their products over from pink to purple, a combination of pink and blue, which I feel is good middle ground for both sexes of any age. Even if they hadn't, people generally are unaware, or do the research needed, to know that pink only became related "to girls" not that long ago, and boys/men used to wear dresses and heels (a man, in fact, invented heels!), and girls use to wear blue. Are people just ignorant, and unwilling to look back at history, to know these things, to shun Bronies, in their ignorance, today? Age is just a number, and colors like pink and blue doesn't mean a thing, when it was just the opposite not too long ago. Should gender and age0neutral toys among both sexes be as big a deal as people are making it out to be, in their ignorance? Are Bronies really the ones who are weird?

 

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Edited July 29, 2017 by Nightmare Muffin

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,907]

From what I know, the whole color thing goes way back in civilization. If I recall correctly, the colors used to be swapped, pink for boys blue for girls, I could be wrong on that I remember reading about it. Fact is, the whole gender specific toys and colors' thing is very, VERY antiquated and idiotic and at this point it is just used as some stupid marketing gimmick, as this kind of thing has no real meaning other than societal stereotypes. And the age thing in particular, it doesn't really matter on that either. Younger audiences might want to play with them, while older audiences could want to collect them or even use them for roleplays or something like that. The age and color thing needs to go away, the stereotypes that they create are basically harmful in todays environment, dictating what people should allow and shouldn't allow, when it is all harmless. A boy with a Barbie is completely normal, yet the stereotypes fight to make people think it isn't. The age and gender thing is a huge problem in overall media that needs to end, so we can stop hearing bullshit about how boys or an older audience can't enjoy something like MLP that is clearly intended for anyone, and that's just one example.

And the brony thing, well, a lot of people don't want to admit it, but we did go against societal stereotypes and outdated norms that plague it, which to me, us doing that is a great thing. We are normal just like the girl with a transformer or a boy with a barbie.

[Glacies Frost 428]

As long as the person, kid or otherwise, actually wants the toy, let them get what they want. My only problem is if a parent tries to shove a toy onto a kid who doesn't want it and makes it clear that they don't. Otherwise, do what thou wilt.