YES,THANK YOU.I LOVE THE HECK OUT OF MY LEVI JEANS BECAUSE OF HOW DEEP THE POCKETS ARE.BUT THEN I GET PISSED WHEN I WEAR WOMEN SKINNY JEANS AND THE FRONT POCKETS ARE NON EXISTENT!!!!!!!!(someone please tell me why they torture us like this...*sobbing in a corner*)
This makes me think a lot about how so many girls have "baby dolls" when they're little, like they're pretending to be a mother. You'd never see a little boy carrying a baby doll or pushing a fake stroller. It annoys me a bit how that goes.
So because a woman has the ability to give birth to a baby she should be the only one caring for it? That's kind of the message it sends, if I'm being honest.
I played with those and my dad took it off me, thought it would turn me gay. But I also made Action Man make sweet love to Barbie before I properly knew what sex was, so I think he should have been a bit more chill about it. Its cos of numerous anti-gay shit my dad said I found it so funny when my dad had to have a camera up the arse and all those prostate exams, winded him right up for years... right up until I had a near-fatal internal bleed and had three of those tests in one day. Can't joke about it now, but at least the first one was done by a female doctor. I thought it would be less weird. I was wrong. Second one wasn't too bad, third one overdid it, he may have just molested me a bit.
@@cascadedangel7139 Well, yes. Even in the United States, the custody goes to women over 87% of all cases. So they are far more likely to care for Children than Men if they do Divorce, and are subsequently without a partner.
I work in a toy shop and my favourite thing to do is make parents realise they're being sexist. "Do you have anything for girls?" "Yes, everything in the shop."
When I became a teenager and started shaving, I noticed that my razors would either disappear or suddenly get very dull. It turned out that my dad was using them instead of his razors because I was buying a better brand that had a better angle to it. I asked him why he didn't buy a pack for himself instead of continuing to buy his bad razors. He couldn't answer the question because there was no reason beyond the packaging being pink to not buy them for himself.
Wow thats so creepy. The hell. I hope you told ur mother. She would have chewed his ass out! Seriously what the fuck. Who jus goas using there childs razors?!
I love how this isn’t sexist to anyone. It’s just straight up facts. Not “men bad” or “women shush”, it’s just straight up “girls are treated differently, that’s dumb.”
@adrianna True. However Russell seems to ignore preference a little bit. The reason people do different clothes for boys and girls is mainly because it wouldn't be profitable to do otherwise. There are plenty of designers that actually use the same designs for both girls and boys, and they still use sharper colour for boys and softer ones for girls. There is a clear preference, whether from their parents or the kids. Now should we ask toddlers what they want/prefer? Should we go against social norms even at the expense of the toddlers? Or should we indoctrinate children in either direction ? I believe we should maybe just move on and let the kids develop themselves, it is not the clothes or toys we buy them that defines them as people when they grow up.
Men and women are very different, physically and mentally. To treat them the same is to be unequal. Women choose less paying jobs and choose nurturing roles cuz those make them happier. Women are never happy being men.
My dad normally closed the door when taking a poop. Its when he's peeing that he leave the door wide open and the bathroom window wide open for the world to see. He's constantly leaving the bathroom window wide open. He doesn't care if the neighbours see us sitting on the toilet 🙄
God I love this guy. He literally understands sexism and instead of getting all defensive he is acknowledging and offering solutions to move forward and change.
Carl New I understand your point but u have to think about the kids. All the advertisement show girls playing with dolls and everything pink which makes them believe that that’s what they have to do. This created stereotypes and puts ideas and boys and girls heads that they have to only play with certain toys which can eventually effect bigger decisions like career paths. My parents let me wear and play with what I wanted but I couldn’t count the amount of times other kids called me stupid for wearing ‘boys shoes’ just because they had the colour blue on them. It’s a bigger issue than I think you’re making it out to be
@@carlnew2829 I'm assuming the boys laptop is more expensive due to the '50 functions' whereas the girls one only has '25'... No need to get so defensive mate
Carl New “Women are not discriminated against”, really? You didn’t state you were a woman, you’re arguing that we have achieved gender equality, and your name’s Carl so I think it’s safe to assume you’re male. When you aren’t the one being discriminated against, it’s so much harder to see the discriminatory actions unless they’re extremely explicit (e.g. when women weren’t allowed the vote). But have you looked at media representation? That’s what shapes young girls’ (and boys’!) mindsets. How many female characters can you think of in films/tv/books/comics/etc. who have their own storyline and personality besides being in love with a man or a narrative tool to further a man’s storyline? Sure, you can probably think of several. But what if I ask you that same question again, but switch the genders? How many male characters can you think of who have a storyline that isn’t focused on love for a woman or who is just used as a narrative tool to further a woman’s storyline? I can assure you the answer to that question will be lower.
Carl New How about the proportion of women to men in a situation? Whether that’s in real life, or in a film/show/etc., or even just a single scene. Because generally, if 17% of the people are female, men see it as equal gender representation. But if 33% are women, then men see it as predominantly women. So next time you think a scene is dominated by women, just do a quick tally of men to women. I bet there’ll be more men than you think.
More issues with clothing: Girls have clothes that cover nothing. At school, when the dress code is relaxed, we still can't wear shott shorts, baggy pants, tight pants, or spaghetti strap shirts. So girls can't wear anything but jeans and a t-shirt. All girls shorts are too short for dress code. Also, they don't have pockets. People wonder why girls wear purses and I know people who thought it was because of girls needing more space but it isn't. I have multiple pairs of pants and jeans with the front pockets, if not all of them, sewn on. If there is a pocket, it is incredibly small. I can't fit my phone into any pocket, but my dad can fit his phone, wallet, and keys into his with room to spare. TL:DR I hate women's clothing.
@@surprisinglysurviving751 most survive with purses but "you need a different one for every outfit." It's also more expensive. I hate it because it's not like we can boycott shorts without pockets so they change because there are no other options. I hate not having pockets
I'm a female and agree, my brother shows off how he can fit his phone and stuff into his pants while mine are all sewn on, like I got stuff to carry too! I don't want to carry an extra thing like a purse just for simple things that go into your pocket.
Policing women's/girls wardrobes is a huge part of implementing the idea that how they look is of the utmost importance. Guys can wear what they want to and still learn, but a girl has to follow rigid rules to not get sent home.
Also, women's pants don't come with pockets because we have to look less bulky and more streamlined in our pants, no one wants to see a girl comfortable in her pants while looking not sexy! We don't want to see pockets, we want to see ass and thighs! Rolls eyes*
I never really played with anything gendered, it was always stuffed animals. But fuck the baby dolls that come with strollers. That stroller is for my velociraptor thank you very much.
Unfortunately, women have not been listened too, and the only reason people are starting to listen is because some men are finally beginning to stand up too. Genuinely loved this video though
How gendered marketing is still a thing AND makes companies more money: Lego example: Mamma Jenny goes into the toy store with her kids Billy and May. A Lego set is of neutral colors. Mamma Jenny believes the kids can share, even build things together. She buys one Lego set. Gender marketing happens. Mamma Jenny goes into the toy store with her kids Billy and May. Lego sets are now in pink and blue. Billy and May have grown up being told in every facet of their lives that certain things are for boys and certain things are for girls. Billy won't play with icky weak girl's stuff and May doesn't want Billy to touch her things. The cootie effect from marketing. Mamma Jenny buys TWO Lego sets. Preying on children, families, and basic human function immediately doubles profits. They're just fucking coloured bricks.
It feels so relieving to hear somebody talk about this without people whipping out the usual "snowflakes" "you get offended too easily" "we've got bigger problems to worry about" "you need to get a life". I'm honestly too afraid to even voice my opinions half the time 'cause of the backlash.
TL;DR: I've got your back, Sara. ;P "Snowflakes" Why are people still saying this unironically? It was funny a couple of years ago. At this point it's about as cool a clapback, buzzword or comeback as rickrolling. Dead meme, man. More overused than Despacito is overplayed. People who still use it regularly PROBABLY wear socks with sandals. Just a hunch. "We've got bigger problems to worry about". Well... Yes. We've got bigger problems than gendered clothing and toys. Like North Korea. Or asteroids on collision course with our planet. Obviously so many things. We all knew that, but thank you for filling us in, Captain Obvious. Maybe we can do something about the small problem anyway somehow? I'm not a rocket scientist or someone that has indepth knowledge about North Korea, but I'm pretty good at a whole bunch of other things. It's almost as if different people have different skillsets, enabling to work on both big and small problems simultaneously!? "You get offended too easily". Thank you to this person for sharing their opinion on something that is so incredibly subjective? Lol. It's usually the pot calling the kettle black too, isn't it? I think most people have at some point been agitated or offended over something that most others might not give a rat's arse about, or see as a non-issue. We're all fucking triggered, and someone that says that they never are is either lying or dead inside. "You need to get a life" Now this is DEFINITELY the pot calling the kettle black. If expressing your opinions online is such a huge waste of your time, then surely reading said opinions and actually typing out a response is an even bigger waste of this person's time? This person is either a huge hypocrit or really doesn not understand this idiom.
Doctor Frank Poppy Onfey Wayne+ An SJW in essence is meant to be a good thing, even though some people over do it of course. However, on the other side of the argument there are too many people who deliberately are insensitive and insulting, and then label people who disagree as 'SJW' and 'snowflakes'. On one hand people are outraged by stupid things, and on the other hand, calling people an 'SJW' and 'snowflake' has become a defence-mechanism to maintain denial and the flow of insults.
Doctor Frank Poppy Onfroy Wayne+ You made a blank vague statement. You are not clear who you directed your point towards and why. But lets use your logic regarding being "entitled" - *SPECIFICALLY* what kind of things can people be entitled to talk or complain about?
That’s right! And it’s not just for girls! People with disabilities are constantly left out. I’m hearing impaired but that doesn’t mean I can’t use my brain. People ask deaf people if they can DRIVE. Like dude, I CAN USE MY BRAIN, HANDS, ABD EYEBALLS!
The only disability that had me a bit shocked on the theme of driving was the fact my friends dad is allowed to drive with only one eye... Surely having a massive gaping blind spot is a bit... dangerous? But they let him drive, so who cares. x'D
@@cian9393 but having only one eye versus two could create a problem with depth perception and could cause a crash from him possibly thinking a car is farther than it actually is
Funnily enough, if there had been "girl legos" when I was a kid I might have gotten to play with them. I asked every year for Christmas, my birthday, and somehow it always got ignored. My little brother had connectix and bionicals, off brand legos, Lego kits, ect. I got barbie dolls, and books, which after watching Chuckie lasted much longer than the dolls. I imagine "girls legos" is legos way of letting girls with sexist parents actually play with toys
@@artemisameretsu6905 That's tough. I mean, it's debatable whether this is altruism by LEGO or just an attempt to make more money, but your point stands. Kids have to go up against corporations *and* family who don't understand that kids should play with toys they like, not toys coloured like their pyjamas.
@@vinesta I don't really think that's super relevant? I mean, it's not like corporations are evil or something, but this is a problem regardless of whether it's caused by a desire for classification or an old dude labelling which genders get what toys.
@@MrLordFireDragon it's called generalising. Would you call discrimination to schools for not accommodating the the learning style of EVERY student they have???? No. Generalising makes it a bit easier.
As a kid, I always secretly wanted to play with remote control cars and construction sets, but they were always in the "boys' section" so I never actually told my parents. Fortunately, my mum, knowing I liked putting things together, bought me a giant tub of lego, which expanded my world. Possibly related, I'm now an engineer. I really REALLY want to see more female engineers, so parents, don't just encourage girls to build rockets or robots; EXPECT them to build rockets or robots.
Minty Well I don’t know about expecting them to do so. I think encouraging children to pursue a vast multitude of hobbies and activities is important and honing in on the few they truly feel passionate about, but being gender unbiased about introducing these activities. There’s nothing wrong with fashion, we need people passionate about it, but only targeting it towards girls and expecting them to only value their looks is toxic. And vice versa with boys. Everyone has a calling and when we force children to be so selective with their choices we hinder their true potential.
I know that a lot more people (girls) are becoming engineers as I'm about to start college and quite a few of the girls from my school are taking engineering courses or apprenticeships.
I’d really like to be an engineer, but I was always afraid I’d be made fun of. Everyone I live with in and around my area is very backwards minded and think that girls shouldn’t be doing that sort of stuff. I’m glad one of us made it
My favourite toys before the age of 5 were my building blocks, my doll, and my teddy bear. I had other dolls, stuffed animals, cars, and trucks. Then we moved back in with my dad and he wouldn't let me have as many "boy" toys. I always wanted a remote control car or Hot Wheels but never got them. I remember really liking my Barbie's roller-blades, because they made sparks, so it was the closet I got. The pinnacle of this was in grade 5 when he made me return a scythe my mom had bought me for my Grim Reaper costume, because apparently girls can't have weapons. After that we stopped taking him seriously. When I have kids I will get them any type of toy they want (age appropriate, obviously).
@@timriggins70 1st of all i was half joking 2nd of all its in the context of the video, if it was a Chinese guy talking about gender inequality in china i would make a comment about that Chinese guy's speech. Because if i were to watch this video then make a comment like this "Wow, Japanese people really have their society together, do better Scotland" It wouldn't make sense would it?
Tim Riggins Bigger issue is that America likes to defend sexist people and things. Despite being a modernized world power. And considering that we consider ourselves one of the most westernized/civilized countries its kind of horrible that people talk like they do. Because there is no excuse to defend behavior like that. Awhile back there was a video that went viral - a waitress at a bar got slapped on the butt by a guy and instead of walk off she body slammed him into the wall and gave him a piece of her mind. She was slapped, so she pushed him against wall to yell at him. Seems pretty self explanatory, he got treated the way one would expect if you slapped a stranger. Well it was considered “controversial” with a lot of people saying the girl should be sued for assault. That she should have just taken it, that he was not doing any harm. That his girlfriend was with him so clearly he was not going to do more then that. That she overreacted and he was harmless. This is America, we state we are for freedom and equality. There is no excuse for something like that to be “controversial” in this day and age. And thats just in how your treated at work by customers. The kind of dialog people get with rape is so much worse. Other countries have rape facilities that you go to and they take dna samples off you. You have to do that with the police in the USA and quite often the police will turn women away. Im not saying that they refuse to see them- what they do is basically talk you into doubting what happened. Not a great thing as people will agree to about anything while in shock. Most hospitals are not even prepared to take the needed dna test, and no one knows to even try there instead going strait to the police. Then anytime a woman speaks about this they are called horrible insults making the girls bitter and jaded.
Ever notice how videos about feminism gets more dislikes than other videos by the same producers? Y'all who say sexism isn't a thing are an interesting bunch.
its because feminism atm, is just a bunch of assholes who believe women are superior to men. sexism is a thing, just now the opposite way around. women in court are believed way faster than a man is. just look at those false rape accusations. the guys got their lives ruined by usually multiple females, then when it comes out as fake, even if the females said they lied, work wont hire the guy back, nobody will see that it was false, and absolutely nothing will happen to the woman, not even a month of jail time.
Jakob Wood first of all if you accuse smb of convicting a crime and you lie then you will be punished but false rape accusations are far less then actual rapes Just think of the girls life too Her life is gonna be ruined forever if she was raped People like you are scaring girls and women away from speaking up about what happened to them. This is very harmful And no I am not saying that false accusations are not a bad thing all I am saying is that we don’t talk about how the life of people that were falsely accused of steeling or anything was destroyed. This showed that this is only a way of belittling women’s experiences and changing our thought pattern of we hear of rapes into thinking that it is probably a false accusation although only a very small percentages of cases are actually made up I think we should rather tackle the actual problem which is rape than making up one that is not actually that big.(I am in no way saying that accusing someone of rape is not just as disgusting as rape itself but it just does not happen nearly as often as rapes)
Jakob Wood you’ve obviously been convinced wayyy too easily by a bunch of youtube compilations. What you’re saying are true issues but minuscule in scale compared to the issues women face.
When I was little I grew up with a book series all about Tinkerbell and her fairy friends. No. Not those ones. These ones each had talents just like the movies, but they also had a great deal of independence and spirit and wit and charm and above all other things *confidence*. There was ONE GIRL fairy struggling to find her place because she didn't quite belong, and it wasn't Tinkerbell. Her name was Prilla. She had the talent to basically astral project herself to the world of humans. No one understood her, but they tried to help her find her place. Except unlike the 'fitting the mold' lesson the movie teaches, in the end Prilla uses her unique skill to save all of Neverland, and is given her own Talent category. She is the only one, but they do everything for her and give her all the privilege of the other talents. They respect her. They revere her. Same with the water talent Fairy who cut off her wings to swim to partake in the saving as well. She is taught to be confident as a leader, to embrace her unique desire to swim and make the sacrifices necessary to do so. Except, she doesn't have to be flightless forever in the end. She's given not only a new means of flight, but a friend in the form of a bird who she rides upon and cares for and who cares for her. Every single book shows these girls as flawed, intelligent, brave, nervous, well rounded young women. Tinkerbell herself even maintained her temper from Peter Pan as the series is set AFTER her adventures with him. And the best part is....*the boy fairies aren't evil, they aren't mean, only one is shown to have a major crush but it doesn't control his character.* They're marketed at girls, to find *their* special talent and show the world how amazing they can be with it, but boys can read them too. Sure there are a lot of 'girly' elements and a lot of pink, but I personally feel the quality of the characters and the impression they made on me outweighs the need to market to girls specifically. Sure I also had Barbie and Polly Pocket and the princesses but *none* made an impact quite like the Disney Fairies book series did. I know this is a series of jokes, but some of it rings shockingly true. I'd hate to see the person I would have been without Disney Fairies and Kingdom Hearts in my life, and just raised in the shit bodyshaming and confidence destroying world so many girls unfortunately are raised in.
oh, how this comment takes me back. that was my absolute favorite series as a kid, and yeah, i think it did shape at least part of my childhood and help make me who i am today.
Jax Anderson toys are sold based on groups to which it sales, heroes and soldiers sell better for boys, fashion often sells better for girls. the toy laptops are crap either way, boy laptops are just plain laptops for an increased price and 25 more functions you'll never use. the nursery rhymes are some bs swell. old MacDonald doesn't specify gender marry had a little lamb is based on an actual girl who brought her lamb with her every where. the duke is just a man and his army, Polly, jack and the old woman I can't say. humpty Dumpty was a massive cannon that fell off the wall and couldnt be put back because of its weight. baby clothes go in all shapes ways and forms, you can literally find anything printed on a shirt for any gender of you look hard enough. another thing is that any child can be dressed in any color without having to imply anything of their gender, hell when blue and prink first got popular women were suppose to wear the soft blue and men were suppose to wear the brighter pink. imprinting on people because of gender happens to everyone. boys are expected to "man up" when they get hurt. if they dont preform well they're called a girl. fuck boys are even told that when a girl hits them they can't hit back because theyre a girl. thing is, this goes both ways, this guy just takes the most extreme cases of the female side of things for the sake of comedy. not to say he can't make comedy like that or anything because honestly its funny but we shouldn't just take this at face value.
Mystireon however heroes and soldiers sell better with boys and fashion for girls because children are being programmed to like these things more. Quite often I’ve seen young boys want ‘pinker’ things and girls want more ‘boy’ things but their parents reject it, telling them they can’t have it because it’s not what boys play with or girls play with. McDonald’s gender isn’t specified in the rhyme yes, however in any visual version of the rhyme McDonald is always shown as an older man. Sure Mary took her lamb everywhere but it still doesn’t change the point that’s made in the video. Any child should be able to dress in any colour and for it not to imply anything about their gender, but that’s not how it is for many kids. And you’re right about the fact that boys are always told to ‘man up’ when something is wrong. There are issues with the way society teaches boys and girls and instead of going along with it we might be able to make a healthier and happier generation after us if we start to make better decisions. A child of either gender should have some freedom and equal life lessons, otherwise it’s just going to create some psychological stress later in life.
Mystireon Just wanna add that I've volunteered for a children's charity event and often saw parents actively choosing their child's toy! I had a box of different coloured balls, and countless times I've seen mothers put back their little girl's chosen blue/green ball and pick up a pink one saying "no, you should take this one because you're a girl". I've seen a few cases where older tomboy-ish girls would outright refuse the pink toy, but it still made me realise how these small actions are so effective in teaching young girls to act a certain way/like certain things.
I am an 11 year old girl. In our guidance class we were taking a quiz to see what jobs we should take. As a kindergartner I wanted to be an Artist while my twin brother wanted to be a baseball player. I soon realized that in art you’re only famous after you’re dead so I gave up on that. Back to the quiz, my screen loaded and I saw all sorts of engineering and computer jobs. I went to go show my guidance counselor and she told me something that I will stand by. “You know there’s a heavy male dominance in that area of work, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t do it” So in my future, I’m entering middle school next year, and my top two elective choices are robotics, and architectural engineering. 🙂
Go for it! I'm 35 and I've worked a good decade and a half in consulting and education in information technology. Yeah, it's male dominated, but it's shifting. :)
When I took my quiz, the last job it said I should work in was a gunsmith and when I said it out loud someone said, "Is there something you're not telling us?" XD
Go for it, after all, what's the point in being in a job you aren't happy with? Girls these days are beginning to stand up and fight for their rights and freedom, and its the girls like you that are gonna change the world one day. Plus, I'm a 17 year old girl who wants to go into psychology, and I have had so many people tell me I can't, because no one will listen to me if I try and help them, but if they want help, then they will listen. Its all about pushing past the negativity, and focusing on what you want to do, not other's opinions.
What bothers me is when someone is complimenting their daughter, either to her or to someone else, and the first thing they say is, "you're so pretty/beautiful/some compliment about their looks." My mom never does that. Yeah she'll kind of say it off-hand, or she'll say it if I'm doubting myself, but the FIRST thing she always compliments me on is my intelligence, then my sense of humour, then my creativity, and THEN my looks if it comes to that. I dunno, physical appearance wasn't high on my list of priorities so when I do start to feel bad about it, I can always go back to, well at least I'm smart and funny and creative. It sucks when parents FIRST focus on looks. Like, my husband's mom and grandma always talk about how pretty his sister is. Which yeah, she IS really pretty, but she also had a PhD, so let's talk about that maybe?
Looks are the first thing people see, people do that to all children regardless of gender. Start complimenting on their intelligence and you'll have an army of people saying it's offensive because their kids have special needs or whatever. My self esteem never came from strangers' comments about me.
I had my mum say oh you look beautiful and I looked straight at her and said no, I'd rather dress like a guy than be told I'm pretty. I hate to be told shit like that.
I would accept either compliments myself but I usually get ones from my intelligence because I am seen as more of a “boyish” girl because I play video games and is good at maths??
Agreed. And like also- why can't women like pink...? Why is it suddenly bad to be girly and feminine? The guy is basically telling girls that being girly is lame and weak and that they should be more manly and get boy toys. ... In reality everyone should be able to just do what they want. There are strengths to both feminine and masculine energies- so whichever a person identifies with most, that is what they should be able to do without shame. And lets be honest those clothing items were cherry picked. Thoughts?
I just wanna say, the stereotype of witches being ugly old failures is an incredibly old, incredibly narrow-minded approach taken by people who lack the imagination required to see that the world is more than what you see, even through the lenses of science. None of you would actually recognize a witch if they bewitched you; you'd put it up to (bad) luck, or chance, or science. You have forgotten us, but you have not defeated us. And you never will. We are the guardians of the old world, the witches who maybe even burned at the stake in centuries past - and we remember. You will never know us, you will never prove us; and you will never destroy us. You will try, and we will watch as, in your panic, you burn your own people at the stake while we live on; unseen, unknown, alive. Forever alive.
This is true, but we rarely hear the other end of the spectrum. What about guys who want to be fashion designers, hair stylists, play stories with dolls, be a ballerina? The whole pink pink pink thing doesn't just stop girls being whoever, it stops boys being whoever. There's still a huge stigma that if you're male and into that stuff, you're either gay or camp, and that shouldn't be the case. It's great that the women are getting noticed, but we still don't consider the other side of things nearly as much.
+Leia That's a great point. And being considered gay or camp is only an issue in any case because of the association with the feminine; even within the gay community, there's a lot of bias towards more effeminite men, which many have understandably suggested is just another form of misogyny. That's why when it's pointed out that feminism is meant to support men as well, and people counter that it should therefore be called humanism, they're missing out on the point you make that many, if not most, of the biases and issues men face are due to the bias against and fear of the feminine.
Agreeing with you entirely, and also agreeing with LadyPennyroyal and bewtifulfreak. This is why it's called feminism - because somehow, things that are considered feminine are somehow "bad" or lesser. Let men be fashion designers, let men wear pink, let men be affectionate and all the things people consider "feminine" without ridicule, because feminine is not a bad thing.
You're absolutely right that there are boys/men who can't be what they want because "it's too girly." But that's not a result of an elevation of perceived "feminine" jobs above "masculine" jobs the way it typically is when a woman wants to do "men's work" (because men were originally the only ones not looked at sideways for having any job at all, meaning that virtually all jobs used to be men's jobs). As others have noted, that's because "the other end of the spectrum" is, unfortunately, still about women being lesser entities: "Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots. 'Cause it's okay to be a boy. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because you think that _being_ a girl is degrading." -Madonna (as I recall) This quote shows exactly why it's not okay for men to be into "women things," and why they're arbitrarily identified negatively if they admit that they are (e.g., drag queens). It's not something done to protect women (from what?). Consider the insults used against men who are perceived as noncompliant because of a physical or emotional weakness. How many of them are associated with being female? "Don't be a pussy," "Don't be a bitch," and "He bitched out" are frequently heard. There are also plenty of male-specific insults, of course, for bad male behavior in other situations (e.g., "dickhead" and "prick"). Generally speaking, genital-related (and sex-related, by extension) insults are quite common, and both sexes deal with it. However, women don't generally get referred to with male-specific insults (unless the goal is to shame them for not being adequately feminine) because that would imply male strength, and that's not acceptable. Uncooperative women are "cunts" or "bitches." Female things, because it's still popular to view being female as something implicitly undesirable. And this view hurts boys/men too.
Women can ignore the types of men offline who are angry they can't trap a woman in an abusive relationship with no confidence, so any subject on youtube about women, they usually turn into a chance to try to make women feel bad. There's man on here going on about how feminists want to kill men. When you consider more women are killed by men, and he's on here caring about something he imagined in his head
I have a corner in my room that is just a puddle of pink toys from when I was younger that don’t have anywhere else to go, the rest of my room is colour block and pop art styled. I feel so sorry for baby me cause looking at that corner makes me want to throw up
I agree with all of these but also as a woman it took me quite a while to accept that I actually love pink and doing my nails, wearing makeup and dresses, I rave about girly shit, we have to remember that it’s good to be feminine that you are not less powerful. It’s a problem in media too making every lead woman that’s on par with the men a tomboy
THANK. YOU. I've always been a big girl with curly hair, so I couldn't wear or use the kinds of clothes or hair products I saw my peers wearing. I started wearing adult-sized clothing at the age of ten, and all I could find was ugly stuff. That caused me to reject the feminine style, and I convinced myself that embracing a girly style would make me weak. So not true! You can have whatever style you want and still be strong and confident! The problem with these slogans on girls' apparel, however, is they are limiting. "Be awesome" and "be pretty" are not equivalent. Girls are taught that their looks determine their value, and that's not okay. You can be feminine or masculine or whatever, but we should encourage all children to pursue their passions (and not just assume what their passions are).
Anne Silva I think the phrase “tomboy” already reveals a problem though: the incorrect implication those female characters are somehow “like a boy” just because they do cool stuff and wear practical clothes, have short hair, or fight in action scenes, etc. That’s why I have a problem with the whole concept of “tomboy” and even “masculine and feminine” sometimes.
Let boys play with dolls, let girls play with cars. Teach girls their worth and teach boys love and emotional support. Teach boys that friends can be a support network, let boys love their friends! Let boys be vulnerable, teach them vulnerability! Personality is more complex than man vs women or this make you a man, this makes you a woman. Teach boys that conquest isn't necessary, coordination and cooperation is. Let boys wear makeup, paint their nails, teach boys that being pretty isn't bad. Teach boys to confide in adults when something serious happens, teach them "no" and teach them how to process trauma. Teach girls boundaries and what is and isnt okay, teach girls about autonomy.
Stardoo Galaxie My nephew loves playing with my barbie dolls. He just loves playing out scenes and the miniature barbie food items and dishes. I don't think he really cares they are rendered to girls at all.
And that's how to make them be made fun off, it would be a nice idea but there will always be repercussions, so give both and let them choose. Then atleast it's their choice
See. This is the thing so many people over look when we talk about the disproportionate ratio of females in STEM fields. Girls aren’t interested in going into STEM because we teach them not to be interested in it from the moment they’re born. For eighteen years of our children’s lives we bombard our boys with sports and science based interests and the boys who want to be in the fashion industry or do something “feminine”, even if they’re really good at it, loose out. And girls who might’ve excelled in STEM fields never even discover their interest in it until it’s too late because we tell them all they’re good for is their looks. Don’t get me wrong. There are physical differences in women and men that causes some skewed ratios in the workforce. But for anyone who thinks that the way our society categorizes our children has no effect on this is delusional.
Percy Ross By your logic, we should also teach women to become garbagemen, coal miners, and other jobs that are mostly occupied from men. Also, you need to take your tin foil hat off. We have the right to choose, and with as much power feminism has right now and how encouraging women to go into STEM fields maybe it’ll change. Or maybe not. Forcing it down peoples throats isn’t the way to do this. Men and women are biologically and psychologically different. Gender stereotypes will always exist. It’s their influence on people that can change. Personally (although I’m probably wrong) I think paying attention to them (like feminists do with the very idea of patriarchy) is part of the problem. Furthermore, our society isn’t directing stereotypes at our children. If a child sees a toy that appeals to them, they’ll ask their parents to buy it, and the company will gain profit, meaning that they’ll push out more of them which will gain profit. The main reason that women are interested in fashion is simple biology. Women and men have different brain chemistry, and generally, women have an innate desire to look pretty (which also can be explained by natural selection) which translates into the 21st century, where they are interested in fashion. I could make a similar argument for interests for men for example the reason why 93% of workplace fatalities are men. Is there a social construct adding on to these gender differences? Yes. But that’s to be expected, it happens all of the time not just with gender.
Lukayaba By what logic? We don’t tell our boys to be garbage men and coal miners. My point wasn’t encouraging our daughters to go into male dominated fields, it’s was just to encourage our children in general indiscriminately to pursue worthwhile careers. My point was that we teach our children their gender roles from a young age and the roles we have created are dangerous and harmful. There’s a reason why women in first world nations have the highest rate of depression and low self image. It isn’t that their problems are frivolous. It’s that we tell young girls that they have to be pretty, that their worth based on how beautiful they are, that the only major contribution they can make to society is skin deep. We don’t do this consciously of course because we too have grown up with these stereotypes. We naturally push “feminine” toys and products onto our girls because we were raised to believe these are things girls like. Our children have preferences because they grow up with society telling them what preferences they should have. I mean of course there are biological differences between men and women. I’m not disputing that. But to believe that the disparities of gender ratios in our work force is only due to biology is completely delusional. How we raise our children has a big effect on their preferences in the future. It’s why children often go into similar career paths as their parents, or have similar hobbies. Biology may play some role in this but really it’s a mixture of both nature and nurture. And right now on the nurturing side of the spectrum we are failing our children, and in this case our girls. We aren’t forcing anything down anyone’s throats. You speak from a perspective that our preferences are purely our choices and our upbringing have no effect on this but that simply just isn’t true. I’m not saying force all women to have an interest in STEM. I’m asking people to encourage all of our children, regardless of gender race and upbringing, to pursue worthwhile interests. And if they still aren’t interested then that’s fine. But it’s not fair to not even present the opportunity to our girls to grow an interest then use their lack of interest later in life to cite how girls inherently aren’t into STEM. On top of that it’s very frustrating when that small percentage of men cite the skewed ratio of women to men in the STEM fields as evidence for male superiority. Of course there will be some skew but they completely ignore the social aspect of it. They blame women for not being in STEM while at the same time discourage women from ever developing an interest in it. Do you see the hypocrisy? As a society we grow and evolve. We find things wrong with our society and fix and improve upon them. Tearing down these damaging gender roles in just the next step. But this doesn’t just get done by sitting back and assuming society will change on its own if that’s how it’s meant to be. Many of our rights and luxuries we enjoy today come from hard work and effort from those that came before us. Things don’t just magically get better.
Percy Ross You do realise that there have been tests on infants with little to no social interaction so they do not have a biased view. The girls mostly went for "girly toys" and the boys went for "boyish toys". This proves boys and girls are different. So they will have different career choices. IF they really wanted to go into science or engineering then they would not be deterred by having "girly toys". And also I'm pretty sure more women graduate from university then men it's just women chose to go into other professions even though they have a wide range of choice.
XTrojan XLMao What test could you possibly be talking about? And little to no social interaction? What. Are these infants a few days old? That sounds illegal and there’s no way I’m going to just take your word on such an outlandish claim. Likewise, what does “boyish” or “girly” even mean. On a historical context these definitions are constantly changing across all time periods and continents. How are these factors even measured.
As a member of the "Let kids be kids and screw gender roles society".... I DECLARE THEY SHALL BE GIFTED BOTH OF THOSE! ALL OF THOSE! TO BETTER LITERACY AND TALENTS HO!
I am a female who had male stuff pushed on me my whole life. The few times I tried to look pretty and attractive my parents shamed and ridiculed me. Advertisers are disgusting and shameless. But parents have the most influence when it's most important: those early formative years. Why not expose them to BOTH? For that matter expose boys to both. Big girls don't cry? Oh really? Where are we now, unable to express emotions, barely talking anymore, living inside my own head, clueless about my identity. At a healthy 53 years of age, I have probably quite a bit of time left on earth. I hope I do good with it.....
Tell me about it I was given 2 Barbie dolls as a kid I remember wondering what to do with them eventually I decided that they were spirits of winter and summer.I only found out what you were supposed to do with them when I was 11.😅
literally yesterday i was looking for a toy for my nephew and decided to take a look in the girls section guess what i found a cleaning kit with a mop, broom, bucket and some other stuff. an entire shelf of cleaning kits targeted towards young gire how messed up is that
I remember reading this action book when I was like 11, and when I got to the end, the back of the book was like ‘did you enjoy this book? Look for more like this in ‘Puffin’s Books for Boys’ and then it had six other book recommendations. And I remember thinking, I’m a girl and I really liked that book I guess I’m different from other girls. Which is where I believe the whole ‘I’m not like other girls’ issue stems from. The idea that you are alone when the things around you tell you that girls are more stereotypical to what they actually are. And when I grew up I realised that actually a lot of girls liked that book and I wasn’t the only one, however the ideas of ‘this gender likes this’ that are represented seemingly everywhere made me think that I was ‘different’, that I was like a boy. Idk that memory has just stuck with me for years.
yES we wouldnt have to deal with annoying girls pretending they are all quirky and better then everyone else IF GENDER STEREOTYPES NEVER HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE
Oh and that "footballer's wife" hat just drives me nuts: my partner is a football/soccer player and I refuse to be referred to footballer's wife or girlfriend. I am not defined by what my boyfriend does for sports or for a living. I am a dancer and I put way more hours into my sport than him (not that it's a contest), yet nobody would call him "dancer's boyfriend".
Anne R If we lived in a world where dancing was more popular than football then everyone would refer to him as the dancers boyfriend. Also, if both of you attended some high profile dance competition where the majority of people really gave a shit about dancing, then the power dynamic of the relationship would flip in that instance and when describing his relationship to you, he would be the dancers boyfriend.
@Wolfman7870 I politely disagree. It's not a problem linked with an activity, but with gender : a man defines the whole identity of his wife/girlfriend. Here in France, female soccer players have been existing for years but only were broadcast on television when the national (male) soccer teams were defeated while the female soccer players managed to reach the final. Same went for handball. I still didn't see any tee shirt proclaiming "futur husband of a soccer player" (which would be funny, for the double possibility, as gay marriage has been legalized recently) You'll never see a man defined by his wife/girfriend career or activity.
Anne R Sounds like you're having a contest. Do realise it is something that's ironic, and taken as a joke. Yet this generation makes everyone feel that every single thing is offensive. Also, you are not the only person married to a footballer. So some women actually might enjoy being called that- But we don't know, don't we.
Straw Berry clearly you have never heard of The UK PM Mrs May. Her husband is referred to as the PM husband. Victoria Beckham isn't a footballers wife because she is self empowered. She was already famous in her own right. If you marry a famous person with no fame of your own you become a husband or wife of that celebrity. Im a father of four daughters and zero sons I want my girls to be equal as they are. They are intelligent and beautiful and i want them treated on the beauty of their minds not their looks or being defined by their husbands or boyfriends.
This also explains why we've always put men in charge of social organisation, governments etc. Women simply LOVE male feminists who agree to play the white knight / heroic role. Just look at all the adoring comments on this video. RH is a a kind of rock star to feminist women. Any man (like RH) who is prepared to define women as weak, vulnerable, helpless princess damsels who need rescuing by male feminist white knights is going to earn a shit load of support, adoration and money...... RH is a smart guy.
I was in a shop and the boys t-shirts were really cool and the girls ones were pink with sparkles. One said “I’m with the band” why can’t she be in the band?
ARE YOU DUMB? MAH GOD. You do realise that just because one t-shirt that is meant to be quirky says something you get triggered. Gosh tell me you are joking, liberals these days want to get upset by everything that upsets them. Learn to live in the real world where there are things that are offensive just ignore it.
Altoid Bazingá because more girls buy pink princess stuff cos the LIKE that. That is a business you were in they are trying to make money so they make what is popular.
She can't be in the band because she lacks skill and creativity. She wants everything given to her without having to work for it and whines and screams until she gets her way. Her little brain can not understand the 1,000 of hours of practice that goes into being in the band. That's why she is not in the band, sweetheart. Have fun. : )
Actually at least in Australia it's boys clothes that are just black, grey or dark blue and girls have the rest of the colours, which frustrates me because I want my boy to wear bright colours, but I do agree with you that girls clothes send a horrible message.
Thank you so much for bringing attention to this issue! My parents always asked for the boys toys in McDonald’s happy meals. When women say this people judge them and say they hate men. That is not true! I’m glad you spoke up with platform you are given!
My only problem is... Why is liking pink bad. Being feminine isn't bad. Just because we appreciate and strive after the beautiful things in life doesn't mean that characteristic is a weakness. Its when we tell kids they *have* to be one way or another, and that one way is bad. This guy is basically telling us that girly things are bad and that girls would be better off being more manly and getting boy toys. In actuality- they should feel free to do either.
@@destineeneville9707 I think he's trying to say that girls toys are usually almost always centered around being pink and all things pretty and cute. And he's right about that because society really presses on the idea of being pretty and therefore successful. Society shouldn't favor the idea of being delicate and pretty, it should focus on girls aspirations and dreams instead of what they look like. And I'm not shitting on being feminine. Girls should embrace being girls if they want to and not have to convert to being boyish. I'm just saying that Russell's just saying that almost always girls are treated to things cute and pretty instead of hobbies, or intelligence, or something else.
@@destineeneville9707 I don't think that's what he's saying. Pink is my favourite colour, and I'm a hard core feminist. It's about the idea that girl's toys are made with the intent to portray women in stereotypical female roles, which is a harmful message for children to receive. Like toys or dress that only talk about finding one's own identity through someone else. Not saying that wanting a family, or being a stay at home mom or anything is bad, just that girls should be introduced to the same thing as boys during development. The idea that girls don't matter unless married with kids is very harmful, and is definitely something enforced during early childhood development.
@Kardz22 Toys targeted towards girls are often stereotyped to present roles stereotypically connected to women in the past. They can be harmful, but pink isn't the real issue being discussed, which is what I was saying. It's not about the fact that there are other toy options, it's about the fact that the ones targeted to girls do not usually send a great message.
@Kardz22 I was more saying that "girls" toys are targeted towards being caretakers of some sort, which is not the only message to send to children, especially when that is not the message also sent to boys via "boys" toys. Girls like superheroes as well but, unfortunately though, till quite recently there were no female superhero toys made so there was that complete lack of representation. Parents more than children decide what to get their children, and if all you see on tv are toys geared to your gender being dress up, or princess, or taking care of children, would you not think that society was expecting that of you? I know I felt that, even though I didn't like many of those toys personally. Princesses are also stereotypically bad, because in society, they are often represented as weak, or waiting around for a man, etc. none of which are good messages for children to be receiving. (almost all movies or books involving princesses portray this message)
Really? I always rather to play with boy toys then girl toys. Now when I don't have legs as tight as the ladies should have or when I say bad words, my mom tells me "what do you want to be, a boy?", "are you a boy?" and simular things. Well mum, it's not my fault that in my neighborhood are 10 boys and 2 girls. From that 2 girls you didn't allow me to hang out with one because she is a prostitute and other is 5 years younger then me. Who I supposed to hang out with? It wasn't my fault you let me watch war movies or not girly cartoons.
@@melaniay5521 well, then I guess in that extend, boys and girls have it similarly, except boys are not allowed to show any strong emotions because if they do, they're gay... But that's not what I was writing about anyway Xd
@@missinglegs that's true. That's stupid for me that boys shouldn't show any emotions. "Stop cry, you are boy". Well, they are humans too so they can cry.
Actually that's a nursery rhyme about Jack and Jill, two people who weren't married who went up the hill to go have some fun, jack died from falling down the hill and Jill died in child birth... They all died. Nursery rhymes and morbid and I love them ^-^
ugh finally im so happy you've spoken up about this it drives me nuts how girls toys/clothes are constantly being put down in some way by all the ridiculous stereotypes and toxic media played images that have been created about what a girl should or shouldnt be i'll admit i was one of the girls that wore cute stuff and everything was pink (and in someways im still like that) but its true that constantly being told that im only something to look at and have no brains to be used has definitely knocked my confidence, both in my skills and my appearance
The thing is, there's nothing wrong with pink or make-up and beauty products, the only thing is that they are only being marketed towards girls. We need to stop gendering toys and clothes for kids starting with providing more gender diversity in advertising.
Aegyo MC so your argument is that not all girls want to be a princess and like pink but then admit you were the same? And do you honestly believe you're/women are the only bloody people to get knocked or insulted?
@KushVader because girls buy them. There are two genders, one likes one category the other likes another. Its marketing. Marketing involves making money based off statistics. Statistically more girls like pink and princesses and boys like blue and kings
Unlike politics marketing revolves around the people. If tomorrow we see a celebrity or a group of mom prefers to buy this kind of things for girls, we can see them in new trendy section for girls. I know the world sees girls in certain way , but that confidence should be given by her mom . as much as I loved to, I don't know how girls will be separated from beauty. If you ask Me that's a strength but it shouldn't be only strength. Like a girl should can have barbie and science kit
I remember when I saw one of my goddaughters had a hairy back and I said something along the lines of it being great because I didn't want it to be a thing she felt bad about, which she was at the time, plus I know girls do sometimes have this when they're small. She was happy when I said that and relaxed about it but her mum then started moaning at me along the lines of not saying anything about it because it's a shameful thing to have. You could just see the confidence sapped straight back out of her.
Woah send my regards to your sis dude. That's such a great thing to do. When I'm older,I wanna make a whole bunch of unisex toys,like maybe a doll that says "for anyone who wants to have fun" instead of saying "for girls" or "for boys" and have boys in the advert
@Safia Kabiri , that would depend on definitions. To me, "toxic masculinity" is any aspect of the societally approved masculine gender role that is detrimental. An example would be the fact that men are not taken seriously if and when they complain about sexual harassment or sexual assault. Funnily enough, this is something that many anti-feminists complain about while simultaneously denying that "toxic masculinity" is anything more than a smokescreen for misandry. You can claim that it doesn't exist because that fits your narrative but at least some of the things that people mean when they use the term certainly do exist.
Yeah, sometimes I try men's clothing items and try to buy it the shopkeeper goes like it's from the men's section. Like why does it matter where it's from as long as I like it..
Xanxei if a woman shaved with a man's razor they'd bleed pretty badly. Biologically women have more sensitive skin than men so they need to make special razors most women need to shave and they're more expensive to make. Plus, women's razors are mainly designed for legs and men's for facial hair.
I find this interesting because when I was little I would always get Barbie and Bratz dolls and horse and princess related toys for birthdays and Christmases. Yet I never really played with those toys. The only time the Barbie dolls were removed from their packaging was when my cousin came ovr and she played with the dolls. Eventually I gave them to her. The gifts I liked getting and would actually play with were the 'boys toys', the science experiments and the cool contraptions and the little engineering project things. My favourite books, then and now in my later teens, have always been the ones targeted at boys. Action and adventure and science fiction have always been more interesting to me than books based in the real world, or focused entirely on romance. In fact, I've developed a habit of seeking out 'boys books' (if they're seperated), when I go to read, because at least I know I'll find those interesting and enjoyable to read. I remember reading a book one time, and in the back was a list of 'books for boys', and I went and read and loved every single series on that list. Having no gender specific toys (and books!) would be an amazing accomplihment, and would have stopped me getting so many toys when I was younger that I had absolutely no interest in, and fueled my love of and interest in science even further
Yep - I think I asked for a Cabbage Patch Kid one Christmas primarily because it was a THING. It was what EVERYONE wanted and I just felt left out not having one too, but when I was by myself I never did a single thing with it besides sit it on the shelf. What I REALLY wanted from my list and was SO excited to get was the little model Interstate Trucking set with the pipe loader and gravel hauler that actually collected the pipes and gravel and dumped the load at the other end of the run. I would prefer playing after school with the family that had three boys because they had cool stuff like electronic handheld games, model cars, and Voltron Lion ships and TRANSFORMERS while my girl friends all had Barbie stuff. Ugh. Though I did have exactly ONE Barbie, that was just so I could play with her fancy remote controlled corvette and her horses - I liked Barbie's toys better than Barbie! I was lucky though, because my mom was a biology teacher who was big on any kinds of educational toys that helped you learn things, and my favorites were puzzles and chemistry sets and microscopes and things to make and mix and build and BOOKS. Books were a solid hit no matter what. And I wouldn't sit through a second viewing of Titanic even if you paid me, as it was eye-rolling enough the first time around...
This says more about your parents than you. Your parents either intentionally refused to give you toys they knew you liked or you liked the dolls at one time which is why they got them for you. This also proves another point, that many girls like Barbies and other dolls which is why manufacturers keep making them! Nothing wrong with girls who like girly things, I am also a science bod but these days I find more girls seem to "identify" with this non-gender stereotype because it's fashionable than because they actually mean it. Who cares if you like barbie and the mainstream? I know a girl who has always liked Barbie and pink and sparkles, paints her face does her nails, wears dresses and has a PhD in microbiology and worked for Pfizer, the two are not mutually exclusive FFS.
I still have a huge collection of make up. Purely because people kept buying it for me for Christmas and birthdays and i never used it. It wasn't until recently I asked why they kept sending me it throughout my childhood. Because I don't wear make up, they assumed that I must have run out - rather than the actual reason which is that I can't be bothered with the stuff (except for prosthetics, that's fun to muck around with). I'm glad I had brothers, we used to mix our toys, so it didn't matter who got what. I played with action man and lego as much as they played with polly pocket and barbie
I've never related to a comment more. I don't feel like I wanna be transgender or anything, but I just like the things that say they're for boys, like action and science fiction, monster trucks, video games, etc. I wish that there was no gendered marketing ever. :(
Reminds me of when I walked into Kohls and the junior section where mid-teen girls shop (I’m 4’11 so I need to get smaller sized clothing) had pants with a tag that was labelled “makes your butt look rounder!” Like WHAT. What sick ass company manufactures this?? Dont even get me started with the non existent pockets. A cheap gimmick to get us to buy bags to carry things
Kuroba exactly, you still have the metal framework at the front and the chains are going to drag along the ground and possibly jam into the back wheel. It would be impossible to ride, and the brakes would still be there, the who thing would just be a mess. Something tells me my comment is too long...Is my comment too long? Tell me if my comments too long please
I was never interested into the gendered toys for girls they were to pink, so I played video games and my little brother LOVED my dolls (which I didn’t play btw) and the odd times I did play with em I would give them a pixie cut and make the boys girls and the girls boys! Who needs pink and boyfriends and makeup when you have pizza and WiFi
What girl would need a doll when they’re too busy annexing the Soviet Union for the Großdeutschtes Reich and encircling all of their infantry units in Hearts or Iron 4? I may be a boy, but I tell you, going through with Hitler’s policy on Lebensraum in a video game that simulates countries in WW2 is significantly more interesting.
OMG! YOU ARE SOO DIFFERENT! I MEAN REALLY! I can't even fit you into a specific box. You are just so unique, it's just amazing! How can someone be so special?
+IIsuperstarII being awful to a stranger on the Internet because you don't like it when women share their experiences is sooo different. You're so unique, it's not like there's so many assholes trolling thru the comment section, looking for anything that 'triggers' them to be a dick over. Of course, I'm wrong. You're not that much of a snowflake, that girl didn't even bother you. You're far too special to let anything some tomboy types upset you, least of all a person like myself. Stay special and classy :)
What also bugs me is how women and girls' interests are undervalued. Fashion, creativity, and art are all great, too! Boys should be able to be nurturing and soft if they want to be.
When I was you ger I had a friend that had a brother and I always played with his castles and monsters cos I found them cool My female friend wanted me to play with her but his toys were so much more fun
I have a theory that some women (and poor men) had the brains in previous centuries that could have cured cancer or helped solve problems of the time, but they weren't given any attention.
goldengirl2482 It isn't a matter of being intelligent enough but a matter of trial and error. Finding a magic combination of atoms which not only kill cancer but don't kill people takes a long ass time.
It's a huge issue for those of us with young girls who love dinosaurs but all the dinosaur sweaters in the shop are pink with tutus and the dinosaur nails painted
Its not just an issue for the kids, it when they grow up. Kids believe pretty much everything when they're young, so if they're told they can only play with certain toys, all pink and beauty based, that's gonna stick with them into adulthood.
Indeed. I had the most crippling self esteem issues from 11-21 (I'm 23 now) and I'm pretty sure its due to what's marketed towards women. So much importance placed on physical beauty. Not to mention pink washing machines as "girl's toys". Sigh.
I'm seeing my parents view on this to be very different This video: girls toys are just pink like jeez My parents: why are people getting so offended just get the boys toys or smth I agree with both e.e But that friggin. ’I hate my thighs’ thing *LiKE WHAT WHO MADE THAT STO-*
Being "offended" (within reasonable conditions) means there is something wrong that needs fixing, or at least needs attention. Which is a good thing because then the situation can improve. Unfortunately we can't see that anymore because a CERTAIN group of people ruined that for all us normal people.
me as a kid: can I have this cool thing from the boy's section my parents: but there's a lame version of it in the girl's section I know that's on my parents, but people like them exist, and it's not easy as a child to get them to buy the things you want.
I agree 100%, when I walk around the shop I get really annoyed about how shit girls thing are and how amazing boys stuff is. What is wrong with girls playing with cars and toy guns, and it works the other way around too. When I was younger I usually played with my brothers toys and my brother played with my toys, we turned out fine.
Im a twelve year old girl and whenever I go shopping just in a shop it's near impossible to get anything that isn't pink or than doesn't have a unicorn or a heart on it. It's so annoying all the cloths I want to get are in the boys section blue and green are my favourite colours and the only things in the girl section that are blue are freaking love hearts. I'm also a self proclaimed nerd and all superhero merch seems to always be targeted at boys as I'm a girl I clearly can't like batman or the green arrow or dare devil or the flash. I know I'm only 12 but right now I want to be an astrophysicist yet as a 2-9 year old nearly all science related things were targeted at boys and it took me until I was 11 to be able to propably discover this passion that I had. Sorry if this was quite long but to me this is a serious problem that's too often ignored I mean a gender doesn't change who we are or what are likes and dislikes are going to be what shapes us is how society expects us to act and how it tries to brain wash girls to like pink and love hearts and not science or comic books.
Except growing up, kids genders are policed severely. Shes a girl talking about the impact this disgusting sexism has had on her personally, Doctor L, and its comments like that that make it difficult for women to speak up in the first place. Super Sophie, you go on out there and show the stem field what youve got. Im sorry it took so long for you to find that passion. Never let men silence you. Doctor L, take a step back and stop belittling twelve year old girls on the internet for speaking their mind. Youre part of the problem.
I'm 17 and I have the same problem. Most of the time I end up shopping in the boy's section of the store, and the proportions of the clothing are often so uncomfortable because they are tailored to fit a boy's body proportion instead of accommodate breasts, which I have a lot of. I'm forced to be uncomfortable in clothing I adore because it's the only way I can express what I like through my clothing at an expense of my comfortability.
See, thing is, more boys like superhero stuff than girls, that's just the way it is. Nobody is brain washing girls to like pink; a council of elders didn't sit around a table and decide what colors they should assign the genders, it's what's been gathered, analysed and marketed upon.
I remember not being allowed to take a construction gcse in school, as a disabled girl they decided I wasn't fit to pick my own options so I got stuck with a load that I hated! Luckily my mum changed some of them but I couldn't have construction as the class was full.
@@Ben-cx5qp it's a class in a school and all schools have an obligation to make all classes accessible. If it can't be they shouldn't be offering it or they should have just allowed her to do the bits she could do.
I remember being stuck with textiles as an option that I had to do and the teacher was shit. She would tell us how boys can do textiles as well as girls and was all nice, but when we were shit she did nothing about it. She only cared for those who were good at the subject. If I actually wanted to take that subject I would have been devastated, but textiles is shit anyway. Still, poor teaching there Mrs.Smith
@@Ben-cx5qp I'm not physically disabled, I'm aspergers. I understand danger and rules and have always been told that I'm polite and well behaved so it wasn't because I was any danger to anyone including myself, they just wanted me to be in the same classes as other autistic kids so we would be easier to keep an eye on and used my aspergers as an excuse. they just love to use their power over us for some reason? another autistic girl was told that she "couldn't do romeo and juliet because it takes a certain level of intelligence to understand" she was a very clever girl, got level 7 in her mocks!
I walked past the children's section the other day and saw boy's pyjamas which said "I wanna be a TV male feminist propagandist who ironically plays the heroic white knight who treats women as poor fragile princesses while simultaneously claiming to be opposed to these gender roles and attitudes" Unbelievable! It's political correctness gone maaaaad!.
Even if you don't have kids yourself, surely you remember being a child and seeing gendered advertisements? I also don't watch regular TV and don't have kids, but I remember vividly growing up in the 90s and walking past the very much gender segregated toy aisle when my parents took me to the store, and seeing commercials of boys playing with transformers that had a bunch of functions and girls playing with dolls that had... pink, mostly. And brushable hair because brushing hair is the glass ceiling of fun I guess.
Girls like brushing / styling hair and hair products and accessories because thick, long glossy hair is a sign of fertility and health. Female hormones produce thicker hair (hence the market for 'volumising' products). And dressed hair is a sign of social status (you do not scrub floors for a living). What feminism is doing by attacking gendered toys and gendered behaviour is attacking the very biological essence that drives men and women. Loads of young women are now being pushed into careers and lifestyles they do not really want, only to drop out and have to go back and do what they wanted to do all along .... or hit 30 and panic because they actually want a baby and a husband and now they have 5 years to find one and all the good men are already taken and they have hit the wall and must now compete with women 10 years younger than them..... cue low self esteem problems and loads of cosmetic surgery and botox etc. Feminist just cannot leave people alone, they want girls to be more like boys and boys to be more like girls. It is deeply disturbing.
@@surprisinglysurviving751 That and the fact that the term "girl" is used as a derogatory description of a, apperently, lower form of human being. Like when people call something or someone "gay" to actually ridicule that person. Or when they say something like "You throw like girl!" etc. What I mean to say is that not only the bullying itself is a terribly horrendous act but also its frequent terminology.
What pisses me off is the amount of "Girl Power" shirts, i hate it. When I was little girls would literally berate and abuse boys and vice versa for just being a different gender, sometimes physically. If a girl had turned up to school wearing a shirt like that a mob would start, and I'm being litteral, the teachers didn't give a shit if we killed each other (I was choked out myself). I remember getting bullied and called names because I refused to wear a dress and didn't like girly things; I was too busy reading science books on spiders and playing pokemon. I'd rather be a Pokemon Trainer than a princess.
I have watched you, Russell, time and time again. If anyone deserves an award for eloquent delivery of amazing and important subjects having to do with life in the 21st-century you deserve it!
Dear Dawn, Thank you for your reply, From your name, I take that you are female. I do not know your age or in what country or area you live. I grew up in the adjacent city from Boston called Cambridge, Massachusetts Boston and Cambridge and the surrounding cities and towns hold the highest concentration of upper degree granting institutions in the world. Here we encourage women as well as men to become involved in a form of education called STEAM. That is the sciences, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics. Russell is correct in his commentary that young girls are, practically from birth, encouraged to be princesses and and housewives, and are not encouraged to pursue STEAM as a career path. Comedy can sometimes be as powerful as any speech from the leader of any nation, sometimes more so. Russell opened up a very important subject and I hope it is discussed amongst many people wherever you live. Edward J. Shields III, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
Edward Shields But men are also encourage to hide their emotions and males make up 78% of suicides. Yet no one brings that up. Also women don't go into to science because it is their choice, women dominate things like nursing and other jobs so why are you not complaining about that? Cause your a biased feminist who only cares about improving their own life and hate on men to make it out like they are the bad guys.
XTrojan XLMao This is the toxic logic that makes talking with people like you damn near impossible. Yes, is bad that men commit suicide more often. No, this doesn’t mean men automatically have it worse off. There are problems we need to solve for both genders instead of just shrugging our shoulders and saying “but things are fucked for us too so that makes it fair”.
I’m only 14 and right now I’m taking media studies as a GCSE, so this is an amazing video which really made me think. My parents always made sure that me and my brother played with whichever toys we liked, and mentally it has helped me a lot. Last year I had sexuality issues, but I have now come out as bi, and that’s not a problem for anyone. Please buy your kids non-gender based toys!! 😁
Growing up I loved playing with action man and with hot wheels cars,I loved playing with the superhero costume on with the cape flowing in the breeze while rescuing the damsel in distress (barbie dolls),...... and now my little brother loves dressing up in princess dresses and wearing my cosplay wigs, he loves playing with dolls, he could play with polly pocket for hours. He has his little guy moments but it's just nice to see that there is no judgement so that he can do that.
Grown up in a house with only sisters. When I was younger I loved dresses and My Little Pony but, i felt so unaccepted because I was weird and different for liking things like fishing because it wasn’t apparently normal to other girls my age. Now I feel more accepted than I ever was and more comfortable, I hate makeup and the colour pink. I live for baggy hoodies, T-Shirts, Video games and you’ll never catch me wearing a dress normally only if it’s on a very very rare occasion. I am still a girl but I love what I want because it makes me feel comfortable.. I’m not just gonna magically like the colour pink or like makeup as well as things such as dresses. That’s stereotypical and I never fit in that way, we shouldn’t ever be defined by our gender or what we like shouldn’t. Let boys wear dresses, makeup and let them be princess if they really want to be and let girls be knights or mighty battle warriors if they desire to. Material possessions never made us who we were or defined us as individuals and they never will. We are who we are because it’s just who we are, stop killing equality with outdated stereotypes. Stop making boys feel like they always have to be manly and stop making girls feel like they always have to be womanly.
Sadly enough it is an issue for both sides if a female wants to be a super hero let her if a boy wants to play with barby why stop him, unfortunately only one of these sides has any credible momentum behind it, i dont want to try and pull the attention away from the female perspective but this is an issue that both genders suffer from and only acknowledging one side of it is niave, and the only way to truely step forward is to acknowledge that both genders are affected and to push together. Anyway ive put in my opinion responses welcome!
Rory - Bearonpc I agree with you. It's the same kind of problem that intersectional feminism faces. Because a lot of the issues that tie into other biases like racism and ablism are kicked to the curve. So that's why it's a work in progress where people from all walks of life need to work together and fight alongside each other.
from my experience its the complete opposite, females are encouraged to pursue there dreams much more than males for example university degrees a lot more than men, 30'000 more females were accepted into university's then male counterparts (Source - the Guardian). females are encouraged to get careers in IT, Medicine and other speciality courses far more than males are going as far as to have quotas on how many men/female ratio to employ. in schools male students are forbidden and actively punished for doing boys things such as "playing ruff" going as far as banning activities such as bull dog and telling them they cant do something,for example the secondary school i went to rugby wasn't taught in PE because it "wasn't inclusive enough of a sport." and only encouraged the tough kids to play. whilst we're here lets talk about how "weak men" are treated, since you want to talk about society. the biggest killer of men in thew UK under 45 years of age is suicide (Source - independent news) in society if you are a male you are expected to be the provider of the family, and don't have a well paying job, can't support your family you are considered by many as a waste or Un-Manly and being brought up in a society were being un-manly is the biggest embarrassment that a man can be, is extremely damaging and is one of the main reasons why male suicide is such a huge problem. showing emotion as a man is considered a weakness so at a young age we are taught to bottle up the emotions until it get to a dangerous level and it all explodes at once. when i did work experience i worked with primary school kids on sports related basis, the amount of times i saw girls cry and be cradled by the teacher telling them its alright everything will be fine, and the complete opposite when the boys start crying being told to that its just a scraped knee stop crying and get on with it. was appalling. so yes females do suffer from many things but saying they are being told NOT to do stuff in a time where there are dozens if not hundreds of programs going to encourage females to do things and encourage them to explore there career options, yet there are barely any for men. (from my experience growing up in the UK)
Well, boys are told only to be 'one way' I think girls in the western world have more culturally accepted freedoms to be who they wanna be. Boys who act feminine get hatred. `Girls who act masculine are celebrated.
The thing is that while women are encouraged to pursue their dreams, workplaces aren’t exactly pro female. People find or treat women as if they don’t know how to do their jobs when it is a position generally seen as male dominated such as a manager or technician. Men are raised with a sense of masculinity that deprives them from being able to give in to their feelings. I think a problem is that we associate perfectly healthy things as weak, such as crying. We see anything labeled as “feminine” wrong unless done by a female. Honestly, I feel that gender norms and stereotypes have been putting down people for far too long.
@Kardz22 omg XDDdDD 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣❤️👌💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😜😜👌💯👌🤣😝😂👌💯😜😛😝😂👌🤣 Lmao imagine unironically using a joke from 2013, it's like you're not even trying ahahahah snowflake
@@sofiawaqasi5947 Gender is a scale between Female and Male, there are no extra genders because they are between male and female Female ------------ NB ------------ Male
Mary had a little lamb, who's fleece was white as snow Everywhere Mary went, the lamb was sure to go It followed her to school one day Which was against the rules And when the teacher found the lamb They chopped it up and the kids all had lamb burgers for lunch Kudos to anyone who's heard this version from Caddicarus
I’m a girl and I didn’t care about my looks until secondary school. Social media dosent affect me, it’s the bullying and the judging face to face because it always the boys in my school thinking the girls all want to look beautiful but I really couldn’t give a shit. They had no idea that I’m in army cadets, like cars and hate pink, the look on their faces 😂. They said “why aren’t u wearing a crop top and skirt or a dress or makeup?” On a non uniform day, my reply:” because I don’t like those things” boys:”why not, YOUR A GIRL” me:”because its gross and u r sexist for thinking that”.
+May Winterburn unlikely. scientists don't carry out research based on their own personal problems, they carry out research based on what they have been funded to do.
But more women do biology then men nowadays anyway (at least undergrads at uni), its the mathsy stem subjects like engineering and maths that women are in low ratios for
XTrojan XLMao you know how they figured out viagra gave men erections? It was originally being tested for pulmonary hypertension. Scientist can figure shit out more than one thing at a time so try not to get your balls in a twist.
HAHA You clearly have a narrow mind and narrow view of males. And a narrow friendship group. Heterosexual men can be feminine and like feminine things without being gay. ANd being gay doesnt mean you automatically would like feminine things more than heterosexuals. Your toxic ideology is the reason many heterosexual men and gay men (and a lot of males) feel they have to suppress their expressions. Stop policing EXPRESSION. The reason why more young men commit suicide is because of the policing of masculinity-and the one way men should be. Life is more ambiguous than you would like.
Boys can be feminine and effete, but this will mean most women will not want to have anything to do with them. A feminine man is also less able to compete in the real world and make a comfortable life for himself, but unlike women he will have much less support and protection from the state and no financial support from women.
I remember going to shops and only seeing pink and unicorns on sparkling crop tops, then had to got to the boys isle and seeing plain clothes that actually looked nice and just being annoyed that everything in every shop that's meant for girls was covered in sparkles and unicorns.
I love this, I am an electrical engineer, I am female, I fkin love my job, wouldnt trade it for anything I am late 30's and I am more than happy with my appearance as I look how I look and if anyone doesn't like the way I look, fk off I never asked you to gorp at me lol be who you are and reach for your own goals, be a human not a sheep... we are diverse, we are unique, and most of all we are who we are deal with it... love, laugh, and live.. be happy and make people smile, best feeling ever. :) Mr Howard another wonderful rant lol
Caitlin Morgan explain to me why this is such a big deal. Girls are allowed to get toys marketed for boys and boys are allowed to get toys marketed for girls. There is nothing stopping a little innocent girl from wanting to get the latest hot wheels car and there is nothing stopping a boy from buying a new barbie doll.
There is nothing valid or anything worth pointing out that russell said in this episode clip. Toys were the same for boys and girls decades ago and it was fine up until 2016 and 17 when a bunch of feminazis had to start attacking innocent kids toys
I've worked in a toy shop for a few years now. Seen all kinds of thing. Little boys pushing baby dolls in prams and seen mothers scream at their sons until they cry because he wanted a pink unicorn toy. Watched a girl cry because her dad said she couldn't have a dinosaur toy set, that she had to have a jewlery or makeup set. Sucks everytime I watch a kid get yelled at for not liking the stereotypical boy/girl toys.
I'm a girl, and I like stuff like Transformers, not painting nails or fucking Barbies. These toy companies are fucking sexist and they should stop saying "Oh, girls only like pink and nice shoes etc." Also, I think Russell Howard should be the next Prime Minister.
ItsMePhoebe 1161 nope, real feminism is protecting the women who are stoned to death in foreign countries over menial tripe like leaving the house without a male relative. This bollocks should be the least of feminists' worries.
Ferris Kanto well it's feminism to an extent but this isn't the type of issue that should be mattering to a feminist in the face of all the other fuckshittery women in third world countries have to put up with
ComradeTrick Why can't we care about both? And why should women gain only so much progress towards equality and then give up fighting for the ideal (and why shouldn't men who care about them want that for them as well)?
totally agree!!! for those people that think it's no big deal, it is! these things mess with people's mind!! and all the gifts for a girl is likely some of these! let's be reasonable, building legos or bridge sets and playing with trucks or remote ctrl planes are much more fun than playing with a barbie!!! come on!!! i'm a girl, i am comfortable and proud of being a girl, i like looking feminine, but i always hated being what society told me was 'girly' as a kid, which made my parents worry that i had 'wrong gender identity' or was gay (i'm chinese, my parents grew up in extreme poverty without any merchandise culture, so they could only reference tv commercials and trends). i wasn't. i just didn't care about grown-ups awwwing 'omg she's a pretty girl she'll become a beautiful woman', and thought barbie looked weird and those bow ties and hairclips and glittery blinky pink things tacky and redundant. i didn't want frivolous tassels on my bike and i didn't want disney princesses on my water bottle and backpack. and now that my parents think back about it, i was on point. my only problem was that i had a better sense of aesthetic than most toddlers.. oooo my mom was worried that i was a weirdo...
Thank you Russell. I spent 35 years teaching in a girls' school, taking every opportunity to build their self confidence. It was an uphill battle, and one that I rarely won. It was so ingrained in their thinking that most would shy away from anything that might make them appear less "girlie". Too many thought that you could not be feminine and have a non-traditional career. I've nothing against girls having toys, etc., that are pink and sparkly, but why can't some of the manufacturers (and the families who buy these things) realise that a super hero doesn't have to have to be super macho. Feminine and super hero are not opposites. Feminine and engineering are not impossible.
Sorry, I paused half way through. Tell me if he says anything in my comment or makes an argument against it. But boys toys have the same problems as girls. ... Not as much, but they still have problems. In today's world we say we want gender equality, but at the same time we're contradicting ourselves with how we go about it. You've seen many a time where it is socially acceptable for a girl to like boy things. Like Transformers, Star Wars, cars, superheroes and so on. Everyone is ok with girls liking these things. Now let's look at the opposite. When a boy like girl things. That's a problem todays world seems to ignore. And its not the boy liking dolls, fashion or the color pink that's the problem. Its people's reactions to it. Hell, how they react to when even girls like it. Why are the 'girly' things considered bad? It doesn't make you weaker. You can like dolls, fashion, makeup, ponies, and so on and still like superheroes, video games, trucks, sword fights and more 'boy' things. Hell, on the thing of fashion, girls can now wear pants, cut their hair short, and be sloppy and lazy. They are considered cool and proud most of the time. But if a boy dares to wear a dress, make up, heels and so forth, they are considered 'weird'. And should be ashamed of themselves. We spend so much time focusing on girls and women getting 'equality' and doing what boys do that we've completely forgotten about boys and men wanting to do what girls do. That isn't equality. Idk if I explained this right but I did my best.
@The Whisperer of Death I am a feminist myself, and I totally, utterly, on all counts agree with you. Can you imagine a world where a girl wore boys' jeans, walked out of the door and was called a drag king? But at the same time, I think it's time we began seeing things not just as boy things that a girl can like or girl things a boy can like, but as non gender specified full stop. Like, we should look at a Luke Skywalker figurine and think "that's something for people who like starwars" instead of "that's a boy thing, but girls can like it too". So I agree totally with you, but just to add to your point 😁
What you're saying is absolutely true, but you yourself said that girly things are considered week and shameful - it's true for both men and women in many contexts. So the true goal of most feminists, getting rid of the many biases towards women specifically, is the primary way to ensure that everyone can enjoy "feminine" things without that automatically meaning "weak".
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GIVE WOMEN POCKETS GODDAMN IT.
Yes! Why do we get fake non-pockets and boys can fit a 2-6 in theirs?
YES,THANK YOU.I LOVE THE HECK OUT OF MY LEVI JEANS BECAUSE OF HOW DEEP THE POCKETS ARE.BUT THEN I GET PISSED WHEN I WEAR WOMEN SKINNY JEANS AND THE FRONT POCKETS ARE NON EXISTENT!!!!!!!!(someone please tell me why they torture us like this...*sobbing in a corner*)
So we buy purses?
Looking cool and edgy in the lines sewn onto my jeans, thank God for cargo pants
YES. WE DEMAND REAL, LARGER POCKETS
All we want is pockets, just give girls pockets
thatoneawkwardturtle whenever someone in my family gets dress with pockets, they will scream the word *pockets*
@@abithefallenhuman921 thats modern womanhood right there
So it’s not just me who wants pockets? 😂😂😂
Lmao whenever I get new jeans and people are like “ooh nice jeans” and I’m like “it’s got pockets!”
@@doodars9357 honestly if i ever choose to wear jeans again imma just start shopping in the men's section
This makes me think a lot about how so many girls have "baby dolls" when they're little, like they're pretending to be a mother. You'd never see a little boy carrying a baby doll or pushing a fake stroller. It annoys me a bit how that goes.
You don’t see a pregnant man...
So because a woman has the ability to give birth to a baby she should be the only one caring for it? That's kind of the message it sends, if I'm being honest.
I played with those and my dad took it off me, thought it would turn me gay. But I also made Action Man make sweet love to Barbie before I properly knew what sex was, so I think he should have been a bit more chill about it. Its cos of numerous anti-gay shit my dad said I found it so funny when my dad had to have a camera up the arse and all those prostate exams, winded him right up for years... right up until I had a near-fatal internal bleed and had three of those tests in one day. Can't joke about it now, but at least the first one was done by a female doctor. I thought it would be less weird. I was wrong. Second one wasn't too bad, third one overdid it, he may have just molested me a bit.
To be fair men are a lot more likely to abandon their families and not care for children... maybe more boys should be made to play with baby dolls...
@@cascadedangel7139 Well, yes. Even in the United States, the custody goes to women over 87% of all cases. So they are far more likely to care for Children than Men if they do Divorce, and are subsequently without a partner.
I work in a toy shop and my favourite thing to do is make parents realise they're being sexist.
"Do you have anything for girls?"
"Yes, everything in the shop."
Awesome :D
What do they answer to that?
Tea Outón
Karen: BuT mOsT oF tHiS iS dIrEcTeD tOwArDs BoYs!!
Employee: *grabs shotgun* I’ll give you three seconds to take that back.
fog99uk you’re awesome
Haaaahahaha
When I became a teenager and started shaving, I noticed that my razors would either disappear or suddenly get very dull. It turned out that my dad was using them instead of his razors because I was buying a better brand that had a better angle to it. I asked him why he didn't buy a pack for himself instead of continuing to buy his bad razors. He couldn't answer the question because there was no reason beyond the packaging being pink to not buy them for himself.
Zela Morre hahahahahha😜😭😭😭🤪omggg !!!
Thats creepy more than anything
If he had had a blood borne disease...
The girls one is more expensive the
It better be good
Wow thats so creepy. The hell. I hope you told ur mother. She would have chewed his ass out! Seriously what the fuck. Who jus goas using there childs razors?!
I love how this isn’t sexist to anyone. It’s just straight up facts. Not “men bad” or “women shush”, it’s just straight up “girls are treated differently, that’s dumb.”
Yes!
Girls are different to men though...
@adrianna True. However Russell seems to ignore preference a little bit. The reason people do different clothes for boys and girls is mainly because it wouldn't be profitable to do otherwise. There are plenty of designers that actually use the same designs for both girls and boys, and they still use sharper colour for boys and softer ones for girls.
There is a clear preference, whether from their parents or the kids. Now should we ask toddlers what they want/prefer? Should we go against social norms even at the expense of the toddlers? Or should we indoctrinate children in either direction ?
I believe we should maybe just move on and let the kids develop themselves, it is not the clothes or toys we buy them that defines them as people when they grow up.
Men and women are very different, physically and mentally. To treat them the same is to be unequal.
Women choose less paying jobs and choose nurturing roles cuz those make them happier. Women are never happy being men.
Tom Hung lots of women are forced into those roles and aren't happy
I agree with Russ
I too do not want to see my dad when he poops
My dad normally closed the door when taking a poop. Its when he's peeing that he leave the door wide open and the bathroom window wide open for the world to see.
He's constantly leaving the bathroom window wide open. He doesn't care if the neighbours see us sitting on the toilet 🙄
@@flatcatart Self closing doors have been around since western cowboy movies. they were invented by a man XD
My dad would shit with the door open, yes.
Doesn't every dad do this? Sometimes I think they do it to piss of everyone
My mum does this
God I love this guy. He literally understands sexism and instead of getting all defensive he is acknowledging and offering solutions to move forward and change.
@@carlnew2829 you completely missed the point...
Carl New I understand your point but u have to think about the kids. All the advertisement show girls playing with dolls and everything pink which makes them believe that that’s what they have to do. This created stereotypes and puts ideas and boys and girls heads that they have to only play with certain toys which can eventually effect bigger decisions like career paths. My parents let me wear and play with what I wanted but I couldn’t count the amount of times other kids called me stupid for wearing ‘boys shoes’ just because they had the colour blue on them. It’s a bigger issue than I think you’re making it out to be
@@carlnew2829 I'm assuming the boys laptop is more expensive due to the '50 functions' whereas the girls one only has '25'...
No need to get so defensive mate
Carl New “Women are not discriminated against”, really? You didn’t state you were a woman, you’re arguing that we have achieved gender equality, and your name’s Carl so I think it’s safe to assume you’re male. When you aren’t the one being discriminated against, it’s so much harder to see the discriminatory actions unless they’re extremely explicit (e.g. when women weren’t allowed the vote). But have you looked at media representation? That’s what shapes young girls’ (and boys’!) mindsets. How many female characters can you think of in films/tv/books/comics/etc. who have their own storyline and personality besides being in love with a man or a narrative tool to further a man’s storyline? Sure, you can probably think of several. But what if I ask you that same question again, but switch the genders? How many male characters can you think of who have a storyline that isn’t focused on love for a woman or who is just used as a narrative tool to further a woman’s storyline? I can assure you the answer to that question will be lower.
Carl New How about the proportion of women to men in a situation? Whether that’s in real life, or in a film/show/etc., or even just a single scene. Because generally, if 17% of the people are female, men see it as equal gender representation. But if 33% are women, then men see it as predominantly women. So next time you think a scene is dominated by women, just do a quick tally of men to women. I bet there’ll be more men than you think.
More issues with clothing: Girls have clothes that cover nothing. At school, when the dress code is relaxed, we still can't wear shott shorts, baggy pants, tight pants, or spaghetti strap shirts. So girls can't wear anything but jeans and a t-shirt. All girls shorts are too short for dress code. Also, they don't have pockets. People wonder why girls wear purses and I know people who thought it was because of girls needing more space but it isn't. I have multiple pairs of pants and jeans with the front pockets, if not all of them, sewn on. If there is a pocket, it is incredibly small. I can't fit my phone into any pocket, but my dad can fit his phone, wallet, and keys into his with room to spare. TL:DR I hate women's clothing.
Leah Swanstrom womens clothing is BS..!
@@surprisinglysurviving751 most survive with purses but "you need a different one for every outfit." It's also more expensive. I hate it because it's not like we can boycott shorts without pockets so they change because there are no other options. I hate not having pockets
I'm a female and agree, my brother shows off how he can fit his phone and stuff into his pants while mine are all sewn on, like I got stuff to carry too! I don't want to carry an extra thing like a purse just for simple things that go into your pocket.
Policing women's/girls wardrobes is a huge part of implementing the idea that how they look is of the utmost importance. Guys can wear what they want to and still learn, but a girl has to follow rigid rules to not get sent home.
Also, women's pants don't come with pockets because we have to look less bulky and more streamlined in our pants, no one wants to see a girl comfortable in her pants while looking not sexy! We don't want to see pockets, we want to see ass and thighs! Rolls eyes*
I never really played with anything gendered, it was always stuffed animals. But fuck the baby dolls that come with strollers. That stroller is for my velociraptor thank you very much.
Well said I remember walking my Action Man, pretending it was a tank.
Imagining a velociraptor in a stroller makes me happy
Legos were the best, no bullshit, just building shit
I got a stroller to put my dog in
I had so many dinosaur toys when i was little, i was deadset on being a paleontologist.
Someone said it
And it was a guy
Women have been saying for generations, you just won’t listen
@@dudamendesmili1071 Exactly. No one takes anything seriously if it comes from a female's mouth. Speaks for itself.
Unfortunately, women have not been listened too, and the only reason people are starting to listen is because some men are finally beginning to stand up too. Genuinely loved this video though
Oooooooh boy, some one has not looked at tumblr.
Because when a girl does it shes called an sjw or feminist lol
my favorite part of this is the audible disgust from the audience when he shows the "I hate my thighs" outfit
Literally no one has that, this video is just anecdotes
@@ziyaaddhorat That onesie was for sale in America.
MyFriendlyGiant so?
That's the sound of faith in humanity being somewhat restored.
IKR! WHY WOULD YOU BODY SHAME A BABY?!
How gendered marketing is still a thing AND makes companies more money:
Lego example:
Mamma Jenny goes into the toy store with her kids Billy and May.
A Lego set is of neutral colors.
Mamma Jenny believes the kids can share, even build things together.
She buys one Lego set.
Gender marketing happens.
Mamma Jenny goes into the toy store with her kids Billy and May.
Lego sets are now in pink and blue.
Billy and May have grown up being told in every facet of their lives that certain things are for boys and certain things are for girls.
Billy won't play with icky weak girl's stuff and May doesn't want Billy to touch her things. The cootie effect from marketing.
Mamma Jenny buys TWO Lego sets.
Preying on children, families, and basic human function immediately doubles profits.
They're just fucking coloured bricks.
Exactly, marketing goes with facts, that's the only way to make money.
And it exists because the consumers buy into it.
seraphilight It exists because girls biologically are more likely to like girl toys and colours.
seraphilight Louder for the people in the goddamn back.
Buy the "Classic Legos" package.
Problem Solved.
It feels so relieving to hear somebody talk about this without people whipping out the usual "snowflakes" "you get offended too easily" "we've got bigger problems to worry about" "you need to get a life". I'm honestly too afraid to even voice my opinions half the time 'cause of the backlash.
TL;DR: I've got your back, Sara. ;P
"Snowflakes" Why are people still saying this unironically? It was funny a couple of years ago. At this point it's about as cool a clapback, buzzword or comeback as rickrolling. Dead meme, man. More overused than Despacito is overplayed. People who still use it regularly PROBABLY wear socks with sandals. Just a hunch.
"We've got bigger problems to worry about". Well... Yes. We've got bigger problems than gendered clothing and toys. Like North Korea. Or asteroids on collision course with our planet. Obviously so many things. We all knew that, but thank you for filling us in, Captain Obvious. Maybe we can do something about the small problem anyway somehow? I'm not a rocket scientist or someone that has indepth knowledge about North Korea, but I'm pretty good at a whole bunch of other things. It's almost as if different people have different skillsets, enabling to work on both big and small problems simultaneously!?
"You get offended too easily". Thank you to this person for sharing their opinion on something that is so incredibly subjective? Lol. It's usually the pot calling the kettle black too, isn't it? I think most people have at some point been agitated or offended over something that most others might not give a rat's arse about, or see as a non-issue. We're all fucking triggered, and someone that says that they never are is either lying or dead inside.
"You need to get a life" Now this is DEFINITELY the pot calling the kettle black. If expressing your opinions online is such a huge waste of your time, then surely reading said opinions and actually typing out a response is an even bigger waste of this person's time? This person is either a huge hypocrit or really doesn not understand this idiom.
He’s still turning into a fucking sjw tho
Doctor Frank Poppy Onfey Wayne+ An SJW in essence is meant to be a good thing, even though some people over do it of course. However, on the other side of the argument there are too many people who deliberately are insensitive and insulting, and then label people who disagree as 'SJW' and 'snowflakes'. On one hand people are outraged by stupid things, and on the other hand, calling people an 'SJW' and 'snowflake' has become a defence-mechanism to maintain denial and the flow of insults.
shyz it’s not a good thing to be an whiney entitled piece of shit
Doctor Frank Poppy Onfroy Wayne+
You made a blank vague statement. You are not clear who you directed your point towards and why. But lets use your logic regarding being "entitled" - *SPECIFICALLY* what kind of things can people be entitled to talk or complain about?
That’s right! And it’s not just for girls! People with disabilities are constantly left out. I’m hearing impaired but that doesn’t mean I can’t use my brain. People ask deaf people if they can DRIVE. Like dude, I CAN USE MY BRAIN, HANDS, ABD EYEBALLS!
The only disability that had me a bit shocked on the theme of driving was the fact my friends dad is allowed to drive with only one eye... Surely having a massive gaping blind spot is a bit... dangerous?
But they let him drive, so who cares. x'D
@@smoogirl being able to see with one eye is not a big disability blindspots arent a problem unless the cars are in sneaking up on you or something
@@cian9393 but having only one eye versus two could create a problem with depth perception and could cause a crash from him possibly thinking a car is farther than it actually is
@@marshmallowswirl1392 But you can tell how far away a car is by how big it looks.
@@cian9393 I get that a lot
The worst offender is 'girl's LEGO'.
They already made a LEGO for girls.
It's called LEGO.
Funnily enough, if there had been "girl legos" when I was a kid I might have gotten to play with them.
I asked every year for Christmas, my birthday, and somehow it always got ignored.
My little brother had connectix and bionicals, off brand legos, Lego kits, ect.
I got barbie dolls, and books, which after watching Chuckie lasted much longer than the dolls.
I imagine "girls legos" is legos way of letting girls with sexist parents actually play with toys
@@artemisameretsu6905
That's tough. I mean, it's debatable whether this is altruism by LEGO or just an attempt to make more money, but your point stands.
Kids have to go up against corporations *and* family who don't understand that kids should play with toys they like, not toys coloured like their pyjamas.
None of you seem to realise that it's not intentionally sexist. So in toys were made conjunction to the interests of boys.
@@vinesta
I don't really think that's super relevant? I mean, it's not like corporations are evil or something, but this is a problem regardless of whether it's caused by a desire for classification or an old dude labelling which genders get what toys.
@@MrLordFireDragon it's called generalising. Would you call discrimination to schools for not accommodating the the learning style of EVERY student they have???? No. Generalising makes it a bit easier.
As a kid, I always secretly wanted to play with remote control cars and construction sets, but they were always in the "boys' section" so I never actually told my parents. Fortunately, my mum, knowing I liked putting things together, bought me a giant tub of lego, which expanded my world. Possibly related, I'm now an engineer.
I really REALLY want to see more female engineers, so parents, don't just encourage girls to build rockets or robots; EXPECT them to build rockets or robots.
Minty Well I don’t know about expecting them to do so. I think encouraging children to pursue a vast multitude of hobbies and activities is important and honing in on the few they truly feel passionate about, but being gender unbiased about introducing these activities.
There’s nothing wrong with fashion, we need people passionate about it, but only targeting it towards girls and expecting them to only value their looks is toxic. And vice versa with boys. Everyone has a calling and when we force children to be so selective with their choices we hinder their true potential.
I know that a lot more people (girls) are becoming engineers as I'm about to start college and quite a few of the girls from my school are taking engineering courses or apprenticeships.
I’d really like to be an engineer, but I was always afraid I’d be made fun of. Everyone I live with in and around my area is very backwards minded and think that girls shouldn’t be doing that sort of stuff. I’m glad one of us made it
You can't force girls to become engineers if they don't want to because most of the time they will be disappointed.
My favourite toys before the age of 5 were my building blocks, my doll, and my teddy bear. I had other dolls, stuffed animals, cars, and trucks. Then we moved back in with my dad and he wouldn't let me have as many "boy" toys. I always wanted a remote control car or Hot Wheels but never got them. I remember really liking my Barbie's roller-blades, because they made sparks, so it was the closet I got. The pinnacle of this was in grade 5 when he made me return a scythe my mom had bought me for my Grim Reaper costume, because apparently girls can't have weapons. After that we stopped taking him seriously. When I have kids I will get them any type of toy they want (age appropriate, obviously).
Britain is doing their equality speeches right
Meanwhile in America....
So America is the only country with gender inequality. Or is it only bad when its America.
@@timriggins70 1st of all i was half joking
2nd of all its in the context of the video, if it was a Chinese guy talking about gender inequality in china i would make a comment about that Chinese guy's speech. Because if i were to watch this video then make a comment like this
"Wow, Japanese people really have their society together, do better Scotland"
It wouldn't make sense would it?
Tim Riggins
Bigger issue is that America likes to defend sexist people and things. Despite being a modernized world power.
And considering that we consider ourselves one of the most westernized/civilized countries its kind of horrible that people talk like they do. Because there is no excuse to defend behavior like that.
Awhile back there was a video that went viral - a waitress at a bar got slapped on the butt by a guy and instead of walk off she body slammed him into the wall and gave him a piece of her mind.
She was slapped, so she pushed him against wall to yell at him. Seems pretty self explanatory, he got treated the way one would expect if you slapped a stranger.
Well it was considered “controversial” with a lot of people saying the girl should be sued for assault. That she should have just taken it, that he was not doing any harm. That his girlfriend was with him so clearly he was not going to do more then that. That she overreacted and he was harmless.
This is America, we state we are for freedom and equality. There is no excuse for something like that to be “controversial” in this day and age.
And thats just in how your treated at work by customers. The kind of dialog people get with rape is so much worse. Other countries have rape facilities that you go to and they take dna samples off you.
You have to do that with the police in the USA and quite often the police will turn women away. Im not saying that they refuse to see them- what they do is basically talk you into doubting what happened. Not a great thing as people will agree to about anything while in shock.
Most hospitals are not even prepared to take the needed dna test, and no one knows to even try there instead going strait to the police.
Then anytime a woman speaks about this they are called horrible insults making the girls bitter and jaded.
-do you wanna build a wall?
No. No I do not.
Meanwhile in America we already have equality.
Ever notice how videos about feminism gets more dislikes than other videos by the same producers?
Y'all who say sexism isn't a thing are an interesting bunch.
R u being serious?
its because feminism atm, is just a bunch of assholes who believe women are superior to men. sexism is a thing, just now the opposite way around. women in court are believed way faster than a man is. just look at those false rape accusations. the guys got their lives ruined by usually multiple females, then when it comes out as fake, even if the females said they lied, work wont hire the guy back, nobody will see that it was false, and absolutely nothing will happen to the woman, not even a month of jail time.
Jakob Wood first of all if you accuse smb of convicting a crime and you lie then you will be punished but false rape accusations are far less then actual rapes
Just think of the girls life too
Her life is gonna be ruined forever if she was raped
People like you are scaring girls and women away from speaking up about what happened to them.
This is very harmful
And no I am not saying that false accusations are not a bad thing all I am saying is that we don’t talk about how the life of people that were falsely accused of steeling or anything was destroyed. This showed that this is only a way of belittling women’s experiences and changing our thought pattern of we hear of rapes into thinking that it is probably a false accusation although only a very small percentages of cases are actually made up
I think we should rather tackle the actual problem which is rape than making up one that is not actually that big.(I am in no way saying that accusing someone of rape is not just as disgusting as rape itself but it just does not happen nearly as often as rapes)
Wtf shut up. Femenatzis deserve the dislikes lmao. Have to heard some of the stuff they say?
Jakob Wood you’ve obviously been convinced wayyy too easily by a bunch of youtube compilations. What you’re saying are true issues but minuscule in scale compared to the issues women face.
When I was little I grew up with a book series all about Tinkerbell and her fairy friends. No. Not those ones.
These ones each had talents just like the movies, but they also had a great deal of independence and spirit and wit and charm and above all other things *confidence*. There was ONE GIRL fairy struggling to find her place because she didn't quite belong, and it wasn't Tinkerbell.
Her name was Prilla. She had the talent to basically astral project herself to the world of humans. No one understood her, but they tried to help her find her place. Except unlike the 'fitting the mold' lesson the movie teaches, in the end Prilla uses her unique skill to save all of Neverland, and is given her own Talent category. She is the only one, but they do everything for her and give her all the privilege of the other talents. They respect her. They revere her.
Same with the water talent Fairy who cut off her wings to swim to partake in the saving as well. She is taught to be confident as a leader, to embrace her unique desire to swim and make the sacrifices necessary to do so. Except, she doesn't have to be flightless forever in the end. She's given not only a new means of flight, but a friend in the form of a bird who she rides upon and cares for and who cares for her.
Every single book shows these girls as flawed, intelligent, brave, nervous, well rounded young women. Tinkerbell herself even maintained her temper from Peter Pan as the series is set AFTER her adventures with him. And the best part is....*the boy fairies aren't evil, they aren't mean, only one is shown to have a major crush but it doesn't control his character.* They're marketed at girls, to find *their* special talent and show the world how amazing they can be with it, but boys can read them too.
Sure there are a lot of 'girly' elements and a lot of pink, but I personally feel the quality of the characters and the impression they made on me outweighs the need to market to girls specifically. Sure I also had Barbie and Polly Pocket and the princesses but *none* made an impact quite like the Disney Fairies book series did. I know this is a series of jokes, but some of it rings shockingly true. I'd hate to see the person I would have been without Disney Fairies and Kingdom Hearts in my life, and just raised in the shit bodyshaming and confidence destroying world so many girls unfortunately are raised in.
Yeah, I'm personally a Warhammer 40K person myself. Glory to the God Emperor, in duty to his name I serve.
oh, how this comment takes me back. that was my absolute favorite series as a kid, and yeah, i think it did shape at least part of my childhood and help make me who i am today.
Yeah, I ain't reading all that.
Oh wow people usually try to publish their short stories but you're just like yeah, wow, here you go
I LOVED these books when I was young!! Such a wonderful introduction to unique and compelling characters!
It actually hurts how true this is...
Jax Anderson no it's not true
jim bill Please justify your answer
Jax Anderson toys are sold based on groups to which it sales, heroes and soldiers sell better for boys, fashion often sells better for girls. the toy laptops are crap either way, boy laptops are just plain laptops for an increased price and 25 more functions you'll never use.
the nursery rhymes are some bs swell.
old MacDonald doesn't specify gender
marry had a little lamb is based on an actual girl who brought her lamb with her every where.
the duke is just a man and his army,
Polly, jack and the old woman I can't say.
humpty Dumpty was a massive cannon that fell off the wall and couldnt be put back because of its weight.
baby clothes go in all shapes ways and forms, you can literally find anything printed on a shirt for any gender of you look hard enough. another thing is that any child can be dressed in any color without having to imply anything of their gender, hell when blue and prink first got popular women were suppose to wear the soft blue and men were suppose to wear the brighter pink.
imprinting on people because of gender happens to everyone. boys are expected to "man up" when they get hurt. if they dont preform well they're called a girl. fuck boys are even told that when a girl hits them they can't hit back because theyre a girl.
thing is, this goes both ways, this guy just takes the most extreme cases of the female side of things for the sake of comedy. not to say he can't make comedy like that or anything because honestly its funny but we shouldn't just take this at face value.
Mystireon however heroes and soldiers sell better with boys and fashion for girls because children are being programmed to like these things more. Quite often I’ve seen young boys want ‘pinker’ things and girls want more ‘boy’ things but their parents reject it, telling them they can’t have it because it’s not what boys play with or girls play with.
McDonald’s gender isn’t specified in the rhyme yes, however in any visual version of the rhyme McDonald is always shown as an older man.
Sure Mary took her lamb everywhere but it still doesn’t change the point that’s made in the video.
Any child should be able to dress in any colour and for it not to imply anything about their gender, but that’s not how it is for many kids.
And you’re right about the fact that boys are always told to ‘man up’ when something is wrong. There are issues with the way society teaches boys and girls and instead of going along with it we might be able to make a healthier and happier generation after us if we start to make better decisions. A child of either gender should have some freedom and equal life lessons, otherwise it’s just going to create some psychological stress later in life.
Mystireon Just wanna add that I've volunteered for a children's charity event and often saw parents actively choosing their child's toy! I had a box of different coloured balls, and countless times I've seen mothers put back their little girl's chosen blue/green ball and pick up a pink one saying "no, you should take this one because you're a girl".
I've seen a few cases where older tomboy-ish girls would outright refuse the pink toy, but it still made me realise how these small actions are so effective in teaching young girls to act a certain way/like certain things.
I am an 11 year old girl. In our guidance class we were taking a quiz to see what jobs we should take. As a kindergartner I wanted to be an Artist while my twin brother wanted to be a baseball player. I soon realized that in art you’re only famous after you’re dead so I gave up on that. Back to the quiz, my screen loaded and I saw all sorts of engineering and computer jobs. I went to go show my guidance counselor and she told me something that I will stand by. “You know there’s a heavy male dominance in that area of work, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t do it” So in my future, I’m entering middle school next year, and my top two elective choices are robotics, and architectural engineering. 🙂
Go for it! I'm 35 and I've worked a good decade and a half in consulting and education in information technology. Yeah, it's male dominated, but it's shifting. :)
Tech is a great field to work in, and I think you'll do great!
Wow, how have you already made a choice about your future?!?! 😂 I'm 16 and still have no idea, send help
When I took my quiz, the last job it said I should work in was a gunsmith and when I said it out loud someone said, "Is there something you're not telling us?" XD
Go for it, after all, what's the point in being in a job you aren't happy with? Girls these days are beginning to stand up and fight for their rights and freedom, and its the girls like you that are gonna change the world one day.
Plus, I'm a 17 year old girl who wants to go into psychology, and I have had so many people tell me I can't, because no one will listen to me if I try and help them, but if they want help, then they will listen. Its all about pushing past the negativity, and focusing on what you want to do, not other's opinions.
What bothers me is when someone is complimenting their daughter, either to her or to someone else, and the first thing they say is, "you're so pretty/beautiful/some compliment about their looks." My mom never does that. Yeah she'll kind of say it off-hand, or she'll say it if I'm doubting myself, but the FIRST thing she always compliments me on is my intelligence, then my sense of humour, then my creativity, and THEN my looks if it comes to that. I dunno, physical appearance wasn't high on my list of priorities so when I do start to feel bad about it, I can always go back to, well at least I'm smart and funny and creative. It sucks when parents FIRST focus on looks. Like, my husband's mom and grandma always talk about how pretty his sister is. Which yeah, she IS really pretty, but she also had a PhD, so let's talk about that maybe?
Looks are the first thing people see, people do that to all children regardless of gender. Start complimenting on their intelligence and you'll have an army of people saying it's offensive because their kids have special needs or whatever. My self esteem never came from strangers' comments about me.
I had my mum say oh you look beautiful and I looked straight at her and said no, I'd rather dress like a guy than be told I'm pretty. I hate to be told shit like that.
Wait a minute... you hate it when people say your daughter is pretty.... lol jk know what your mean! 🤣
I would accept either compliments myself but I usually get ones from my intelligence because I am seen as more of a “boyish” girl because I play video games and is good at maths??
this !!!!
but i liked my barbie dolls. and they really liked each other. A LOT.
This comment wins
Glad to know I wasn't the only kid who made do with the fact that I didn't have Ken dolls and just just kinda had a baby gay awakening
My barbie dolls got married. Then I switched to ponies. Man pinkie pie sure married her clone a lot
mine were girlfriends and they got married then they went to Japan and became serial killers and died in each other's arms. I loved them alot
@@teumessian108 this is the type of stuff they should be making barbie tv shows out of.
I was also looking at kids pyjamas, mainly because I’m....
vertically challenged.
Hah!
Vertically challenged, lmao! If I were, I'd use this phrase all the time.
Snow White and the seven vertically challenged people
MUM GET THE CAMERA! I GOT 900 likes!!!!
Thank you for using the correct terminology. Some people are even calling vertically inclined people "tall". It's bizzare
I saw a friendship bracelet maker advert and right at the end there was a boy making a pink one and it made me happy
that’s great
that's great! can you please send me the link to the advertisement?
Tbh i think its both ways
Why cant boys be princes?
Why can men use pink
men can be princes. Its not like a woman can be a prince.
You. I like you❤
Agreed. And like also- why can't women like pink...? Why is it suddenly bad to be girly and feminine? The guy is basically telling girls that being girly is lame and weak and that they should be more manly and get boy toys.
... In reality everyone should be able to just do what they want. There are strengths to both feminine and masculine energies- so whichever a person identifies with most, that is what they should be able to do without shame. And lets be honest those clothing items were cherry picked. Thoughts?
Dndneneje Eehehehe explain to me your view I want your perspective on this (literally)
Khm *boy with love mv*
"they are either witches or princesses, you can either be pretty and win or ugly and lose" I SENSE WICKED. girls AND BOYS lets go defy gravity...
Y e s
Y e s
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I just wanna say, the stereotype of witches being ugly old failures is an incredibly old, incredibly narrow-minded approach taken by people who lack the imagination required to see that the world is more than what you see, even through the lenses of science. None of you would actually recognize a witch if they bewitched you; you'd put it up to (bad) luck, or chance, or science. You have forgotten us, but you have not defeated us. And you never will. We are the guardians of the old world, the witches who maybe even burned at the stake in centuries past - and we remember.
You will never know us, you will never prove us; and you will never destroy us. You will try, and we will watch as, in your panic, you burn your own people at the stake while we live on; unseen, unknown, alive. Forever alive.
@@sorrowandsufferin924 sis are you joking? I hope not.
Boys can be princesses
Girls can be knights
Let them be what they wanna be
I'm a single celled organism.
But according to Russell boy's cant multi task.
@@timriggins70 you're taking this too seriously mate
Tim Riggins
He just said his dad couldn’t multi-task.
Or they can be neither and become an accountant.. If they're that sure😂
This is true, but we rarely hear the other end of the spectrum.
What about guys who want to be fashion designers, hair stylists, play stories with dolls, be a ballerina? The whole pink pink pink thing doesn't just stop girls being whoever, it stops boys being whoever. There's still a huge stigma that if you're male and into that stuff, you're either gay or camp, and that shouldn't be the case.
It's great that the women are getting noticed, but we still don't consider the other side of things nearly as much.
Leia Triplett Yes, yes, yes. 10000% agreed
+Leia
That's a great point. And being considered gay or camp is only an issue in any case because of the association with the feminine; even within the gay community, there's a lot of bias towards more effeminite men, which many have understandably suggested is just another form of misogyny.
That's why when it's pointed out that feminism is meant to support men as well, and people counter that it should therefore be called humanism, they're missing out on the point you make that many, if not most, of the biases and issues men face are due to the bias against and fear of the feminine.
Agreeing with you entirely, and also agreeing with LadyPennyroyal and bewtifulfreak. This is why it's called feminism - because somehow, things that are considered feminine are somehow "bad" or lesser. Let men be fashion designers, let men wear pink, let men be affectionate and all the things people consider "feminine" without ridicule, because feminine is not a bad thing.
You're absolutely right that there are boys/men who can't be what they want because "it's too girly." But that's not a result of an elevation of perceived "feminine" jobs above "masculine" jobs the way it typically is when a woman wants to do "men's work" (because men were originally the only ones not looked at sideways for having any job at all, meaning that virtually all jobs used to be men's jobs). As others have noted, that's because "the other end of the spectrum" is, unfortunately, still about women being lesser entities:
"Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots. 'Cause it's okay to be a boy. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because you think that _being_ a girl is degrading." -Madonna (as I recall)
This quote shows exactly why it's not okay for men to be into "women things," and why they're arbitrarily identified negatively if they admit that they are (e.g., drag queens). It's not something done to protect women (from what?). Consider the insults used against men who are perceived as noncompliant because of a physical or emotional weakness. How many of them are associated with being female? "Don't be a pussy," "Don't be a bitch," and "He bitched out" are frequently heard.
There are also plenty of male-specific insults, of course, for bad male behavior in other situations (e.g., "dickhead" and "prick"). Generally speaking, genital-related (and sex-related, by extension) insults are quite common, and both sexes deal with it. However, women don't generally get referred to with male-specific insults (unless the goal is to shame them for not being adequately feminine) because that would imply male strength, and that's not acceptable. Uncooperative women are "cunts" or "bitches." Female things, because it's still popular to view being female as something implicitly undesirable. And this view hurts boys/men too.
Thank you!
this comment section is surprisingly great
Thank you.
Yeah. But I am replying because I freaking love your name?
Was a guy who say it
Go look to similar videos done by woman
That’s because the subject is and no deadheads will be interested in it, so there’s only intelligent comment. Tada!
Women can ignore the types of men offline who are angry they can't trap a woman in an abusive relationship with no confidence, so any subject on youtube about women, they usually turn into a chance to try to make women feel bad.
There's man on here going on about how feminists want to kill men. When you consider more women are killed by men, and he's on here caring about something he imagined in his head
Boys toys: cool and colorful
Girls toys:
P I N K
You know where that came from? Hitler and the Nazis. That's right; let's watch that panic unfold.
@@sorrowandsufferin924 Well, If you say so.
EXACTLY!!!! I’m a girl and pink BURNS!
And glitter!
I have a corner in my room that is just a puddle of pink toys from when I was younger that don’t have anywhere else to go, the rest of my room is colour block and pop art styled. I feel so sorry for baby me cause looking at that corner makes me want to throw up
I agree with all of these but also as a woman it took me quite a while to accept that I actually love pink and doing my nails, wearing makeup and dresses, I rave about girly shit, we have to remember that it’s good to be feminine that you are not less powerful. It’s a problem in media too making every lead woman that’s on par with the men a tomboy
Same here ❤️
Being feminine is fine. Putting a baby in a onesie that says “I hate my thighs” is gross. There’s a middle ground.
THANK. YOU. I've always been a big girl with curly hair, so I couldn't wear or use the kinds of clothes or hair products I saw my peers wearing. I started wearing adult-sized clothing at the age of ten, and all I could find was ugly stuff. That caused me to reject the feminine style, and I convinced myself that embracing a girly style would make me weak. So not true! You can have whatever style you want and still be strong and confident!
The problem with these slogans on girls' apparel, however, is they are limiting. "Be awesome" and "be pretty" are not equivalent. Girls are taught that their looks determine their value, and that's not okay. You can be feminine or masculine or whatever, but we should encourage all children to pursue their passions (and not just assume what their passions are).
Anne Silva I think the phrase “tomboy” already reveals a problem though: the incorrect implication those female characters are somehow “like a boy” just because they do cool stuff and wear practical clothes, have short hair, or fight in action scenes, etc. That’s why I have a problem with the whole concept of “tomboy” and even “masculine and feminine” sometimes.
I agree! So many stories and films show that in order to be successful, you have to be masculine.
Let boys play with dolls, let girls play with cars. Teach girls their worth and teach boys love and emotional support. Teach boys that friends can be a support network, let boys love their friends! Let boys be vulnerable, teach them vulnerability! Personality is more complex than man vs women or this make you a man, this makes you a woman. Teach boys that conquest isn't necessary, coordination and cooperation is. Let boys wear makeup, paint their nails, teach boys that being pretty isn't bad. Teach boys to confide in adults when something serious happens, teach them "no" and teach them how to process trauma. Teach girls boundaries and what is and isnt okay, teach girls about autonomy.
Stardoo Galaxie My nephew loves playing with my barbie dolls. He just loves playing out scenes and the miniature barbie food items and dishes. I don't think he really cares they are rendered to girls at all.
Stardoo Galaxie we should teach all kids all of these and it really sucks hat we don’t
Boys know what no means. I didn't have to be told that no means no in the context that I think you mean.
And that's how to make them be made fun off, it would be a nice idea but there will always be repercussions, so give both and let them choose. Then atleast it's their choice
And you assume that boys don't know how to love and be emotionally supportive. What a sexist generalizing stereotype.
See. This is the thing so many people over look when we talk about the disproportionate ratio of females in STEM fields. Girls aren’t interested in going into STEM because we teach them not to be interested in it from the moment they’re born. For eighteen years of our children’s lives we bombard our boys with sports and science based interests and the boys who want to be in the fashion industry or do something “feminine”, even if they’re really good at it, loose out. And girls who might’ve excelled in STEM fields never even discover their interest in it until it’s too late because we tell them all they’re good for is their looks.
Don’t get me wrong. There are physical differences in women and men that causes some skewed ratios in the workforce. But for anyone who thinks that the way our society categorizes our children has no effect on this is delusional.
Percy Ross By your logic, we should also teach women to become garbagemen, coal miners, and other jobs that are mostly occupied from men. Also, you need to take your tin foil hat off. We have the right to choose, and with as much power feminism has right now and how encouraging women to go into STEM fields maybe it’ll change. Or maybe not. Forcing it down peoples throats isn’t the way to do this.
Men and women are biologically and psychologically different. Gender stereotypes will always exist. It’s their influence on people that can change. Personally (although I’m probably wrong) I think paying attention to them (like feminists do with the very idea of patriarchy) is part of the problem. Furthermore, our society isn’t directing stereotypes at our children. If a child sees a toy that appeals to them, they’ll ask their parents to buy it, and the company will gain profit, meaning that they’ll push out more of them which will gain profit. The main reason that women are interested in fashion is simple biology. Women and men have different brain chemistry, and generally, women have an innate desire to look pretty (which also can be explained by natural selection) which translates into the 21st century, where they are interested in fashion. I could make a similar argument for interests for men for example the reason why 93% of workplace fatalities are men. Is there a social construct adding on to these gender differences? Yes. But that’s to be expected, it happens all of the time not just with gender.
Lukayaba By what logic? We don’t tell our boys to be garbage men and coal miners. My point wasn’t encouraging our daughters to go into male dominated fields, it’s was just to encourage our children in general indiscriminately to pursue worthwhile careers.
My point was that we teach our children their gender roles from a young age and the roles we have created are dangerous and harmful. There’s a reason why women in first world nations have the highest rate of depression and low self image. It isn’t that their problems are frivolous. It’s that we tell young girls that they have to be pretty, that their worth based on how beautiful they are, that the only major contribution they can make to society is skin deep. We don’t do this consciously of course because we too have grown up with these stereotypes. We naturally push “feminine” toys and products onto our girls because we were raised to believe these are things girls like. Our children have preferences because they grow up with society telling them what preferences they should have.
I mean of course there are biological differences between men and women. I’m not disputing that. But to believe that the disparities of gender ratios in our work force is only due to biology is completely delusional. How we raise our children has a big effect on their preferences in the future.
It’s why children often go into similar career paths as their parents, or have similar hobbies. Biology may play some role in this but really it’s a mixture of both nature and nurture. And right now on the nurturing side of the spectrum we are failing our children, and in this case our girls. We aren’t forcing anything down anyone’s throats. You speak from a perspective that our preferences are purely our choices and our upbringing have no effect on this but that simply just isn’t true. I’m not saying force all women to have an interest in STEM. I’m asking people to encourage all of our children, regardless of gender race and upbringing, to pursue worthwhile interests. And if they still aren’t interested then that’s fine. But it’s not fair to not even present the opportunity to our girls to grow an interest then use their lack of interest later in life to cite how girls inherently aren’t into STEM.
On top of that it’s very frustrating when that small percentage of men cite the skewed ratio of women to men in the STEM fields as evidence for male superiority. Of course there will be some skew but they completely ignore the social aspect of it. They blame women for not being in STEM while at the same time discourage women from ever developing an interest in it. Do you see the hypocrisy?
As a society we grow and evolve. We find things wrong with our society and fix and improve upon them. Tearing down these damaging gender roles in just the next step. But this doesn’t just get done by sitting back and assuming society will change on its own if that’s how it’s meant to be. Many of our rights and luxuries we enjoy today come from hard work and effort from those that came before us. Things don’t just magically get better.
wrong I wasn't told I couldn't do what guys mostly like to do
Percy Ross You do realise that there have been tests on infants with little to no social interaction so they do not have a biased view. The girls mostly went for "girly toys" and the boys went for "boyish toys". This proves boys and girls are different. So they will have different career choices. IF they really wanted to go into science or engineering then they would not be deterred by having "girly toys". And also I'm pretty sure more women graduate from university then men it's just women chose to go into other professions even though they have a wide range of choice.
XTrojan XLMao What test could you possibly be talking about? And little to no social interaction? What. Are these infants a few days old? That sounds illegal and there’s no way I’m going to just take your word on such an outlandish claim. Likewise, what does “boyish” or “girly” even mean. On a historical context these definitions are constantly changing across all time periods and continents. How are these factors even measured.
That's why my mom let me play with any toys i wanted. Now I'm in the STEM field....
What’s that like? Is it cool?! The STEM field is so fascinating to me and I get all happy thinking about it.
My parents let me play with everything I wanted, now I'm not in the STEM field
Mom’s a rock star
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Regardless of gender, give the kid some video games.
or better... books
Ninja Toe
OR best......both
Ninja Toe 😍 bookkkksss
As a member of the "Let kids be kids and screw gender roles society".... I DECLARE THEY SHALL BE GIFTED BOTH OF THOSE! ALL OF THOSE! TO BETTER LITERACY AND TALENTS HO!
Ninja Toe debatable
I am a female who had male stuff pushed on me my whole life. The few times I tried to look pretty and attractive my parents shamed and ridiculed me. Advertisers are disgusting and shameless. But parents have the most influence when it's most important: those early formative years. Why not expose them to BOTH? For that matter expose boys to both. Big girls don't cry? Oh really? Where are we now, unable to express emotions, barely talking anymore, living inside my own head, clueless about my identity. At a healthy 53 years of age, I have probably quite a bit of time left on earth. I hope I do good with it.....
the god shut the fuck up.
Over Comer Good point... i hope you heal, fully, and soon
+Molten Kitty
Do you have a split personality or did you forget to switch accounts
TableWrens IKR
Same.
my sisters use to prefer playing with my toys. lets face it ''girls'' toys are bloody boring just need rid of them.
Tell me about it I was given 2 Barbie dolls as a kid I remember wondering what to do with them eventually I decided that they were spirits of winter and summer.I only found out what you were supposed to do with them when I was 11.😅
literally yesterday i was looking for a toy for my nephew and decided to take a look in the girls section guess what i found a cleaning kit with a mop, broom, bucket and some other stuff. an entire shelf of cleaning kits targeted towards young gire how messed up is that
I mean, don't get rid of them, just get rid of the secret message they give. A guy can play with feminine things
I like the sound of u. Our toys r shit. Although my little brother dosent think so
Actually my dolls were my fave so instead of attacking dolls maybe we should change the message they give instead .
I remember reading this action book when I was like 11, and when I got to the end, the back of the book was like ‘did you enjoy this book? Look for more like this in ‘Puffin’s Books for Boys’ and then it had six other book recommendations. And I remember thinking, I’m a girl and I really liked that book I guess I’m different from other girls.
Which is where I believe the whole ‘I’m not like other girls’ issue stems from. The idea that you are alone when the things around you tell you that girls are more stereotypical to what they actually are. And when I grew up I realised that actually a lot of girls liked that book and I wasn’t the only one, however the ideas of ‘this gender likes this’ that are represented seemingly everywhere made me think that I was ‘different’, that I was like a boy. Idk that memory has just stuck with me for years.
yES
we wouldnt have to deal with annoying girls pretending they are all quirky and better then everyone else
IF GENDER STEREOTYPES NEVER HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE
Wow, I completely agree with you, so well explained 😊👍👍👍
No one is like the other girls, each girl is different and has different likes
Oh and that "footballer's wife" hat just drives me nuts: my partner is a football/soccer player and I refuse to be referred to footballer's wife or girlfriend. I am not defined by what my boyfriend does for sports or for a living. I am a dancer and I put way more hours into my sport than him (not that it's a contest), yet nobody would call him "dancer's boyfriend".
Anne R If we lived in a world where dancing was more popular than football then everyone would refer to him as the dancers boyfriend. Also, if both of you attended some high profile dance competition where the majority of people really gave a shit about dancing, then the power dynamic of the relationship would flip in that instance and when describing his relationship to you, he would be the dancers boyfriend.
@Wolfman7870
I politely disagree.
It's not a problem linked with an activity, but with gender : a man defines the whole identity of his wife/girlfriend. Here in France, female soccer players have been existing for years but only were broadcast on television when the national (male) soccer teams were defeated while the female soccer players managed to reach the final. Same went for handball. I still didn't see any tee shirt proclaiming "futur husband of a soccer player" (which would be funny, for the double possibility, as gay marriage has been legalized recently)
You'll never see a man defined by his wife/girfriend career or activity.
Anne R that's cause football's shit
Anne R Sounds like you're having a contest. Do realise it is something that's ironic, and taken as a joke. Yet this generation makes everyone feel that every single thing is offensive. Also, you are not the only person married to a footballer. So some women actually might enjoy being called that- But we don't know, don't we.
Straw Berry clearly you have never heard of The UK PM Mrs May.
Her husband is referred to as the PM husband.
Victoria Beckham isn't a footballers wife because she is self empowered.
She was already famous in her own right.
If you marry a famous person with no fame of your own you become a husband or wife of that celebrity.
Im a father of four daughters and zero sons I want my girls to be equal as they are.
They are intelligent and beautiful and i want them treated on the beauty of their minds not their looks or being defined by their husbands or boyfriends.
“Where have you been, Jenny?”
“Nowhere”
Made me laugh 😂
AMEN! And I think more people will listen that its a guy saying it because its not just another "crazy feminist rant"
no less people listen to beta male feminist freaks its far more pathetic
MaSoNGaMeR115 'beta male' XD who tf do you think you are. A man from the 70s. Beta isnt even a real thing in nature
perfect example of a white knight beta male ^
Yep. I experimented on 9gag. When i used a female username - "shut up, freaking feminist." Male user - "lol m8, youre right"
This also explains why we've always put men in charge of social organisation, governments etc. Women simply LOVE male feminists who agree to play the white knight / heroic role. Just look at all the adoring comments on this video. RH is a a kind of rock star to feminist women.
Any man (like RH) who is prepared to define women as weak, vulnerable, helpless princess damsels who need rescuing by male feminist white knights is going to earn a shit load of support, adoration and money...... RH is a smart guy.
“Where you been, Jenny?”
“Nowhere :/“
I died oml 😂
Love Russell Howard. Just an all around decent human being.
H Wh
Going to an all girls school, I can say that barely any girls will be left on this world.
I was in a shop and the boys t-shirts were really cool and the girls ones were pink with sparkles. One said “I’m with the band” why can’t she be in the band?
ARE YOU DUMB? MAH GOD. You do realise that just because one t-shirt that is meant to be quirky says something you get triggered. Gosh tell me you are joking, liberals these days want to get upset by everything that upsets them. Learn to live in the real world where there are things that are offensive just ignore it.
Altoid Bazingá because more girls buy pink princess stuff cos the LIKE that. That is a business you were in they are trying to make money so they make what is popular.
Omg so true. I remember I had a tshirt that said “I’m with the drummer” or something like that. First of all I was like fucking 9 years old, wtf??
She can't be in the band because she lacks skill and creativity. She wants everything given to her without having to work for it and whines and screams until she gets her way. Her little brain can not understand the 1,000 of hours of practice that goes into being in the band. That's why she is not in the band, sweetheart. Have fun. : )
Actually at least in Australia it's boys clothes that are just black, grey or dark blue and girls have the rest of the colours, which frustrates me because I want my boy to wear bright colours, but I do agree with you that girls clothes send a horrible message.
Thank you so much for bringing attention to this issue! My parents always asked for the boys toys in McDonald’s happy meals. When women say this people judge them and say they hate men. That is not true! I’m glad you spoke up with platform you are given!
My only problem is... Why is liking pink bad. Being feminine isn't bad. Just because we appreciate and strive after the beautiful things in life doesn't mean that characteristic is a weakness. Its when we tell kids they *have* to be one way or another, and that one way is bad.
This guy is basically telling us that girly things are bad and that girls would be better off being more manly and getting boy toys. In actuality- they should feel free to do either.
@@destineeneville9707 I think he's trying to say that girls toys are usually almost always centered around being pink and all things pretty and cute. And he's right about that because society really presses on the idea of being pretty and therefore successful. Society shouldn't favor the idea of being delicate and pretty, it should focus on girls aspirations and dreams instead of what they look like. And I'm not shitting on being feminine. Girls should embrace being girls if they want to and not have to convert to being boyish. I'm just saying that Russell's just saying that almost always girls are treated to things cute and pretty instead of hobbies, or intelligence, or something else.
@@destineeneville9707 I don't think that's what he's saying. Pink is my favourite colour, and I'm a hard core feminist. It's about the idea that girl's toys are made with the intent to portray women in stereotypical female roles, which is a harmful message for children to receive. Like toys or dress that only talk about finding one's own identity through someone else. Not saying that wanting a family, or being a stay at home mom or anything is bad, just that girls should be introduced to the same thing as boys during development. The idea that girls don't matter unless married with kids is very harmful, and is definitely something enforced during early childhood development.
@Kardz22 Toys targeted towards girls are often stereotyped to present roles stereotypically connected to women in the past. They can be harmful, but pink isn't the real issue being discussed, which is what I was saying. It's not about the fact that there are other toy options, it's about the fact that the ones targeted to girls do not usually send a great message.
@Kardz22 I was more saying that "girls" toys are targeted towards being caretakers of some sort, which is not the only message to send to children, especially when that is not the message also sent to boys via "boys" toys.
Girls like superheroes as well but, unfortunately though, till quite recently there were no female superhero toys made so there was that complete lack of representation. Parents more than children decide what to get their children, and if all you see on tv are toys geared to your gender being dress up, or princess, or taking care of children, would you not think that society was expecting that of you? I know I felt that, even though I didn't like many of those toys personally.
Princesses are also stereotypically bad, because in society, they are often represented as weak, or waiting around for a man, etc. none of which are good messages for children to be receiving. (almost all movies or books involving princesses portray this message)
But a girl playing with boy's toys is way more socially acceptable, then a boy playing with girl's toys...
Exactly, because girls are seen as lesser still and girly things are seen as undesirable.
Yeah that's true sexism goes both ways
Really? I always rather to play with boy toys then girl toys. Now when I don't have legs as tight as the ladies should have or when I say bad words, my mom tells me "what do you want to be, a boy?", "are you a boy?" and simular things. Well mum, it's not my fault that in my neighborhood are 10 boys and 2 girls. From that 2 girls you didn't allow me to hang out with one because she is a prostitute and other is 5 years younger then me. Who I supposed to hang out with? It wasn't my fault you let me watch war movies or not girly cartoons.
@@melaniay5521 well, then I guess in that extend, boys and girls have it similarly, except boys are not allowed to show any strong emotions because if they do, they're gay... But that's not what I was writing about anyway Xd
@@missinglegs that's true. That's stupid for me that boys shouldn't show any emotions. "Stop cry, you are boy". Well, they are humans too so they can cry.
At least Jill didn't fall down a hill attempting to do a simple task...
That's a fairy tale dipshit. And most of the time in fairy tales it is the lady getting saved so shut up.
Actually that's a nursery rhyme about Jack and Jill, two people who weren't married who went up the hill to go have some fun, jack died from falling down the hill and Jill died in child birth... They all died. Nursery rhymes and morbid and I love them ^-^
Captain Dani Which verse does Jill die in?
didnt "jill came tumbling after?"
FEMINIST ALERT MAN THE STATION
ugh finally
im so happy you've spoken up about this
it drives me nuts how girls toys/clothes are constantly being put down in some way by all the ridiculous stereotypes and toxic media played images that have been created about what a girl should or shouldnt be
i'll admit i was one of the girls that wore cute stuff and everything was pink (and in someways im still like that)
but its true that constantly being told that im only something to look at and have no brains to be used has definitely knocked my confidence, both in my skills and my appearance
The thing is, there's nothing wrong with pink or make-up and beauty products, the only thing is that they are only being marketed towards girls. We need to stop gendering toys and clothes for kids starting with providing more gender diversity in advertising.
Aegyo MC so your argument is that not all girls want to be a princess and like pink but then admit you were the same? And do you honestly believe you're/women are the only bloody people to get knocked or insulted?
@KushVader because girls buy them. There are two genders, one likes one category the other likes another. Its marketing. Marketing involves making money based off statistics. Statistically more girls like pink and princesses and boys like blue and kings
Unlike politics marketing revolves around the people. If tomorrow we see a celebrity or a group of mom prefers to buy this kind of things for girls, we can see them in new trendy section for girls. I know the world sees girls in certain way , but that confidence should be given by her mom . as much as I loved to, I don't know how girls will be separated from beauty. If you ask Me that's a strength but it shouldn't be only strength. Like a girl should can have barbie and science kit
Blanko all my female friends like blue
my parents solved this problem by not buying toys at all when I was younger
i am jungshook that took a dark turn
I... How am I supposed to respond to this??
...Do... do you want some of mine?
You turned out okay anyways❤️
lmao
I remember when I saw one of my goddaughters had a hairy back and I said something along the lines of it being great because I didn't want it to be a thing she felt bad about, which she was at the time, plus I know girls do sometimes have this when they're small.
She was happy when I said that and relaxed about it but her mum then started moaning at me along the lines of not saying anything about it because it's a shameful thing to have.
You could just see the confidence sapped straight back out of her.
That's horrible, it makes me sad to think that little girls confidence just got ripped out of her, nobody should be shamed for that.
My sister designed clothes that were unisex and she did really well on her score in uni
MiSKx ST3LL4 your sister is cool in my books
Thats just about as valid as gender studies class
Woah send my regards to your sis dude. That's such a great thing to do. When I'm older,I wanna make a whole bunch of unisex toys,like maybe a doll that says "for anyone who wants to have fun" instead of saying "for girls" or "for boys" and have boys in the advert
I have never related to another human beings anger as much as this before.
You may be a sociopath. Just saying.
it was suppose to be a joke
My comment too
oh, ok. sorry for the misunderstanding.
They can be what they want to be. But don’t forget about the criticism on boys who want to do ballet or play with dolls
This is exactly why toxic masculinity is a society problem and not just a woman problem. Toxic masculinity is bad for men as well as women.
wunnell, there’s more examples of toxic femininity than there are toxic masculinity in the Western World.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr like higher suicide rates because men have to bottle up their feelings? Tell me more
@Safia Kabiri, I disagree with your assertion.
@Safia Kabiri , that would depend on definitions. To me, "toxic masculinity" is any aspect of the societally approved masculine gender role that is detrimental. An example would be the fact that men are not taken seriously if and when they complain about sexual harassment or sexual assault. Funnily enough, this is something that many anti-feminists complain about while simultaneously denying that "toxic masculinity" is anything more than a smokescreen for misandry. You can claim that it doesn't exist because that fits your narrative but at least some of the things that people mean when they use the term certainly do exist.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ALSOALSO: CAN WE STOP UNNECESSARILY GENDERING THINGS LIKE NO I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S A BOYS TOOTHPASTE.
on the flip side just imagine all those boys who missed out on the strawberry flavoured toothpaste oml
Yes! Remember "Bic: for women"? Gendered pens? 😂
Yeah, sometimes I try men's clothing items and try to buy it the shopkeeper goes like it's from the men's section. Like why does it matter where it's from as long as I like it..
Vijay Ani what?
Xanxei if a woman shaved with a man's razor they'd bleed pretty badly. Biologically women have more sensitive skin than men so they need to make special razors most women need to shave and they're more expensive to make. Plus, women's razors are mainly designed for legs and men's for facial hair.
I find this interesting because when I was little I would always get Barbie and Bratz dolls and horse and princess related toys for birthdays and Christmases. Yet I never really played with those toys. The only time the Barbie dolls were removed from their packaging was when my cousin came ovr and she played with the dolls. Eventually I gave them to her. The gifts I liked getting and would actually play with were the 'boys toys', the science experiments and the cool contraptions and the little engineering project things. My favourite books, then and now in my later teens, have always been the ones targeted at boys. Action and adventure and science fiction have always been more interesting to me than books based in the real world, or focused entirely on romance. In fact, I've developed a habit of seeking out 'boys books' (if they're seperated), when I go to read, because at least I know I'll find those interesting and enjoyable to read. I remember reading a book one time, and in the back was a list of 'books for boys', and I went and read and loved every single series on that list. Having no gender specific toys (and books!) would be an amazing accomplihment, and would have stopped me getting so many toys when I was younger that I had absolutely no interest in, and fueled my love of and interest in science even further
I did play with my barbies - if pulling the head off the body counts. Otherwise it was lego and doctor who figures for me.
Yep - I think I asked for a Cabbage Patch Kid one Christmas primarily because it was a THING. It was what EVERYONE wanted and I just felt left out not having one too, but when I was by myself I never did a single thing with it besides sit it on the shelf. What I REALLY wanted from my list and was SO excited to get was the little model Interstate Trucking set with the pipe loader and gravel hauler that actually collected the pipes and gravel and dumped the load at the other end of the run. I would prefer playing after school with the family that had three boys because they had cool stuff like electronic handheld games, model cars, and Voltron Lion ships and TRANSFORMERS while my girl friends all had Barbie stuff. Ugh. Though I did have exactly ONE Barbie, that was just so I could play with her fancy remote controlled corvette and her horses - I liked Barbie's toys better than Barbie! I was lucky though, because my mom was a biology teacher who was big on any kinds of educational toys that helped you learn things, and my favorites were puzzles and chemistry sets and microscopes and things to make and mix and build and BOOKS. Books were a solid hit no matter what.
And I wouldn't sit through a second viewing of Titanic even if you paid me, as it was eye-rolling enough the first time around...
This says more about your parents than you. Your parents either intentionally refused to give you toys they knew you liked or you liked the dolls at one time which is why they got them for you. This also proves another point, that many girls like Barbies and other dolls which is why manufacturers keep making them! Nothing wrong with girls who like girly things, I am also a science bod but these days I find more girls seem to "identify" with this non-gender stereotype because it's fashionable than because they actually mean it. Who cares if you like barbie and the mainstream? I know a girl who has always liked Barbie and pink and sparkles, paints her face does her nails, wears dresses and has a PhD in microbiology and worked for Pfizer, the two are not mutually exclusive FFS.
I still have a huge collection of make up. Purely because people kept buying it for me for Christmas and birthdays and i never used it. It wasn't until recently I asked why they kept sending me it throughout my childhood. Because I don't wear make up, they assumed that I must have run out - rather than the actual reason which is that I can't be bothered with the stuff (except for prosthetics, that's fun to muck around with). I'm glad I had brothers, we used to mix our toys, so it didn't matter who got what. I played with action man and lego as much as they played with polly pocket and barbie
I've never related to a comment more. I don't feel like I wanna be transgender or anything, but I just like the things that say they're for boys, like action and science fiction, monster trucks, video games, etc.
I wish that there was no gendered marketing ever. :(
This is why youtube needs a Love button!
Reminds me of when I walked into Kohls and the junior section where mid-teen girls shop (I’m 4’11 so I need to get smaller sized clothing) had pants with a tag that was labelled “makes your butt look rounder!”
Like WHAT. What sick ass company manufactures this??
Dont even get me started with the non existent pockets. A cheap gimmick to get us to buy bags to carry things
@jay cartwright Girl here, I can confirm absolutely nobody wants this.
I hate carrying stuff. Just want pockets
Thats disgusting. I don't understand how such stuff exists.
the company is probabbly ran by pedophiles
Okay, if this man ever decided to make and run a country, then I would sign up to be a citizen. Russell is glorious!!!!
a bike with one wheel is a unicycle russell
Isn't a bike anymore though so they aren't equal.
I HAVE A UNICYCLE!!
Bi and Uni...
A bicycle with one wheel is not a unicycle. It's a broken bicycle.
Kuroba exactly, you still have the metal framework at the front and the chains are going to drag along the ground and possibly jam into the back wheel. It would be impossible to ride, and the brakes would still be there, the who thing would just be a mess. Something tells me my comment is too long...Is my comment too long? Tell me if my comments too long please
I was never interested into the gendered toys for girls they were to pink, so I played video games and my little brother LOVED my dolls (which I didn’t play btw) and the odd times I did play with em I would give them a pixie cut and make the boys girls and the girls boys! Who needs pink and boyfriends and makeup when you have pizza and WiFi
Human Garbage YES! Pizza and wifi are life XD
What girl would need a doll when they’re too busy annexing the Soviet Union for the Großdeutschtes Reich and encircling all of their infantry units in Hearts or Iron 4? I may be a boy, but I tell you, going through with Hitler’s policy on Lebensraum in a video game that simulates countries in WW2 is significantly more interesting.
@@xaviercockerton6989 This guy knows. But lesbi honest Soviets ftw.
OMG! YOU ARE SOO DIFFERENT! I MEAN REALLY! I can't even fit you into a specific box. You are just so unique, it's just amazing! How can someone be so special?
+IIsuperstarII being awful to a stranger on the Internet because you don't like it when women share their experiences is sooo different. You're so unique, it's not like there's so many assholes trolling thru the comment section, looking for anything that 'triggers' them to be a dick over.
Of course, I'm wrong. You're not that much of a snowflake, that girl didn't even bother you. You're far too special to let anything some tomboy types upset you, least of all a person like myself. Stay special and classy :)
What also bugs me is how women and girls' interests are undervalued. Fashion, creativity, and art are all great, too! Boys should be able to be nurturing and soft if they want to be.
When I was you ger I had a friend that had a brother and I always played with his castles and monsters cos I found them cool
My female friend wanted me to play with her but his toys were so much more fun
Love your pfp 👌
I have a theory that some women (and poor men) had the brains in previous centuries that could have cured cancer or helped solve problems of the time, but they weren't given any attention.
goldengirl2482 Poor men?
Working-class people.
goldengirl2482 Ah ok. Was wondering why women and men were labeled differently.
goldengirl2482
It isn't a matter of being intelligent enough but a matter of trial and error. Finding a magic combination of atoms which not only kill cancer but don't kill people takes a long ass time.
They would have been listened to then you stupid feminist
Good on you for talking about this
StansStuff it's not an issue though
It's a huge issue for those of us with young girls who love dinosaurs but all the dinosaur sweaters in the shop are pink with tutus and the dinosaur nails painted
Its not just an issue for the kids, it when they grow up. Kids believe pretty much everything when they're young, so if they're told they can only play with certain toys, all pink and beauty based, that's gonna stick with them into adulthood.
Indeed. I had the most crippling self esteem issues from 11-21 (I'm 23 now) and I'm pretty sure its due to what's marketed towards women. So much importance placed on physical beauty. Not to mention pink washing machines as "girl's toys". Sigh.
Beauty does not equal happiness, success or fulfillment.
I'm really thankful to my parents for getting me Lego instead of dolls when I was little.
I'm seeing my parents view on this to be very different
This video: girls toys are just pink like jeez
My parents: why are people getting so offended just get the boys toys or smth
I agree with both e.e
But that friggin. ’I hate my thighs’ thing *LiKE WHAT WHO MADE THAT STO-*
to be fair, if we don't 'get offended' (or talk about it) it won't ever change
Being "offended" (within reasonable conditions) means there is something wrong that needs fixing, or at least needs attention.
Which is a good thing because then the situation can improve.
Unfortunately we can't see that anymore because a CERTAIN group of people ruined that for all us normal people.
PositivelyCake ‘just buying the boys toys’ is the problem. It should be made and advertised for everyone, not for only girls or only boys
me as a kid: can I have this cool thing from the boy's section
my parents: but there's a lame version of it in the girl's section
I know that's on my parents, but people like them exist, and it's not easy as a child to get them to buy the things you want.
I agree 100%, when I walk around the shop I get really annoyed about how shit girls thing are and how amazing boys stuff is. What is wrong with girls playing with cars and toy guns, and it works the other way around too. When I was younger I usually played with my brothers toys and my brother played with my toys, we turned out fine.
When I was younger me and my brother used to share our toys
Im a twelve year old girl and whenever I go shopping just in a shop it's near impossible to get anything that isn't pink or than doesn't have a unicorn or a heart on it. It's so annoying all the cloths I want to get are in the boys section blue and green are my favourite colours and the only things in the girl section that are blue are freaking love hearts. I'm also a self proclaimed nerd and all superhero merch seems to always be targeted at boys as I'm a girl I clearly can't like batman or the green arrow or dare devil or the flash. I know I'm only 12 but right now I want to be an astrophysicist yet as a 2-9 year old nearly all science related things were targeted at boys and it took me until I was 11 to be able to propably discover this passion that I had. Sorry if this was quite long but to me this is a serious problem that's too often ignored I mean a gender doesn't change who we are or what are likes and dislikes are going to be what shapes us is how society expects us to act and how it tries to brain wash girls to like pink and love hearts and not science or comic books.
Except growing up, kids genders are policed severely. Shes a girl talking about the impact this disgusting sexism has had on her personally, Doctor L, and its comments like that that make it difficult for women to speak up in the first place.
Super Sophie, you go on out there and show the stem field what youve got. Im sorry it took so long for you to find that passion. Never let men silence you.
Doctor L, take a step back and stop belittling twelve year old girls on the internet for speaking their mind. Youre part of the problem.
I'm 17 and I have the same problem. Most of the time I end up shopping in the boy's section of the store, and the proportions of the clothing are often so uncomfortable because they are tailored to fit a boy's body proportion instead of accommodate breasts, which I have a lot of. I'm forced to be uncomfortable in clothing I adore because it's the only way I can express what I like through my clothing at an expense of my comfortability.
See, thing is, more boys like superhero stuff than girls, that's just the way it is. Nobody is brain washing girls to like pink; a council of elders didn't sit around a table and decide what colors they should assign the genders, it's what's been gathered, analysed and marketed upon.
Super Sopie yawn
Blanko. You’re literally so dumb
I remember not being allowed to take a construction gcse in school, as a disabled girl they decided I wasn't fit to pick my own options so I got stuck with a load that I hated! Luckily my mum changed some of them but I couldn't have construction as the class was full.
Maybe because in construction you have to climb and move around a lot working...
@@Ben-cx5qp it's a class in a school and all schools have an obligation to make all classes accessible. If it can't be they shouldn't be offering it or they should have just allowed her to do the bits she could do.
@@Ben-cx5qp also its 13 year olds they're not gonna be building a house.
I remember being stuck with textiles as an option that I had to do and the teacher was shit. She would tell us how boys can do textiles as well as girls and was all nice, but when we were shit she did nothing about it. She only cared for those who were good at the subject. If I actually wanted to take that subject I would have been devastated, but textiles is shit anyway. Still, poor teaching there Mrs.Smith
@@Ben-cx5qp I'm not physically disabled, I'm aspergers. I understand danger and rules and have always been told that I'm polite and well behaved so it wasn't because I was any danger to anyone including myself, they just wanted me to be in the same classes as other autistic kids so we would be easier to keep an eye on and used my aspergers as an excuse. they just love to use their power over us for some reason? another autistic girl was told that she "couldn't do romeo and juliet because it takes a certain level of intelligence to understand" she was a very clever girl, got level 7 in her mocks!
I don’t watch regular tv much, and I don’t have kids so I never realized how patronizing girls’ toys are! This is insane!
sakurawolfie uhh.. sayori?? you okay there?
I walked past the children's section the other day and saw boy's pyjamas which said "I wanna be a TV male feminist propagandist who ironically plays the heroic white knight who treats women as poor fragile princesses while simultaneously claiming to be opposed to these gender roles and attitudes"
Unbelievable! It's political correctness gone maaaaad!.
Even if you don't have kids yourself, surely you remember being a child and seeing gendered advertisements?
I also don't watch regular TV and don't have kids, but I remember vividly growing up in the 90s and walking past the very much gender segregated toy aisle when my parents took me to the store, and seeing commercials of boys playing with transformers that had a bunch of functions and girls playing with dolls that had... pink, mostly. And brushable hair because brushing hair is the glass ceiling of fun I guess.
Girls like brushing / styling hair and hair products and accessories because thick, long glossy hair is a sign of fertility and health. Female hormones produce thicker hair (hence the market for 'volumising' products). And dressed hair is a sign of social status (you do not scrub floors for a living).
What feminism is doing by attacking gendered toys and gendered behaviour is attacking the very biological essence that drives men and women.
Loads of young women are now being pushed into careers and lifestyles they do not really want, only to drop out and have to go back and do what they wanted to do all along .... or hit 30 and panic because they actually want a baby and a husband and now they have 5 years to find one and all the good men are already taken and they have hit the wall and must now compete with women 10 years younger than them..... cue low self esteem problems and loads of cosmetic surgery and botox etc.
Feminist just cannot leave people alone, they want girls to be more like boys and boys to be more like girls. It is deeply disturbing.
sakurawolfie almost nothing said in this speech was true I wouldn’t listen to it (ps I love DDLC)
My friend has a brother who loves dresses and all that “girly stuff” and he gets bullied.
Solar Sandwich
That's sad...
I legit love dresses, I don’t wear them, but I love how they look, and the craftsmanship put into them
@@surprisinglysurviving751 That and the fact that the term "girl" is used as a derogatory description of a, apperently, lower form of human being. Like when people call something or someone "gay" to actually ridicule that person. Or when they say something like "You throw like girl!" etc.
What I mean to say is that not only the bullying itself is a terribly horrendous act but also its frequent terminology.
@The world is falling to pieces ;-;
liking cooking and cleaning doesn´t give you a "feminine personality"
maddiedits; he is a hero and a fuckinn legend
Funny and sends a good message. I thought it wasn’t possible
If anything we just want proper pockets...
What pisses me off is the amount of "Girl Power" shirts, i hate it. When I was little girls would literally berate and abuse boys and vice versa for just being a different gender, sometimes physically. If a girl had turned up to school wearing a shirt like that a mob would start, and I'm being litteral, the teachers didn't give a shit if we killed each other (I was choked out myself). I remember getting bullied and called names because I refused to wear a dress and didn't like girly things; I was too busy reading science books on spiders and playing pokemon.
I'd rather be a Pokemon Trainer than a princess.
TheStitchpanda Seconded
same, I can vouch for everything you've said
So you’d rather be a professional cock fighter than a government official with the power to change the world?
I FEEL YOU❤🤷🏽♀
Dont see him commenting about the boy's shirt that says little prick or little asshole. Guess that is okay.
Girls things: CRINGEY
Boys things: YAAAAAAAAAAAAASS
What
Why not buy your niece/daughter the boys toy if you feel your niece/daughter would like it better that’s what I do
Am I wrong?
That comment was cringe
What a frickin mood
everytime you say "yaaaaas", a child dies
I have watched you, Russell, time and time again. If anyone deserves an award for eloquent delivery of amazing and important subjects having to do with life in the 21st-century you deserve it!
Edward Shields What the hell sort of award is that
Dear Dawn,
Thank you for your reply,
From your name, I take that you are female. I do not know your age or in what country or area you live. I grew up in the adjacent city from Boston called Cambridge, Massachusetts Boston and Cambridge and the surrounding cities and towns hold the highest concentration of upper degree granting institutions in the world. Here we encourage women as well as men to become involved in a form of education called STEAM. That is the sciences, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics. Russell is correct in his commentary that young girls are, practically from birth, encouraged to be princesses and and housewives, and are not encouraged to pursue STEAM as a career path. Comedy can sometimes be as powerful as any speech from the leader of any nation, sometimes more so. Russell opened up a very important subject and I hope it is discussed amongst many people wherever you live.
Edward J. Shields III, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
Edward Shields But men are also encourage to hide their emotions and males make up 78% of suicides. Yet no one brings that up. Also women don't go into to science because it is their choice, women dominate things like nursing and other jobs so why are you not complaining about that? Cause your a biased feminist who only cares about improving their own life and hate on men to make it out like they are the bad guys.
XTrojan XLMao This is the toxic logic that makes talking with people like you damn near impossible. Yes, is bad that men commit suicide more often. No, this doesn’t mean men automatically have it worse off. There are problems we need to solve for both genders instead of just shrugging our shoulders and saying “but things are fucked for us too so that makes it fair”.
Sir Librarian Men do have it worse though.
When I was younger all I wanted for Christmas was a nerf gun.
My mum got me one of those nerf rebel crossbows. It was all purple and was rubbish
Same
I had that same crossbow. It was total shite.
SAME! I still ask for them now and I got one that looks like a handbag -_- wow just wow
It's nerf or nothin
@@faithxanneproudofliam
It's nerf or a shitty crossbow 😩
I’m only 14 and right now I’m taking media studies as a GCSE, so this is an amazing video which really made me think. My parents always made sure that me and my brother played with whichever toys we liked, and mentally it has helped me a lot. Last year I had sexuality issues, but I have now come out as bi, and that’s not a problem for anyone. Please buy your kids non-gender based toys!! 😁
just asking What was it that made u realise that u were bi? I’m not homophobic
Diego Rullo I’m bi myself and there is nothing that makes you ‘realise’ you just always kinda know. But most people don’t accept it
Wow u are an unpopular person in school
Stop being obsessed by gender. Seriously got nothing better to do
Tormented Legend calm down. nobody is saying we’re stronger than the troops or some shit
Growing up I loved playing with action man and with hot wheels cars,I loved playing with the superhero costume on with the cape flowing in the breeze while rescuing the damsel in distress (barbie dolls),...... and now my little brother loves dressing up in princess dresses and wearing my cosplay wigs, he loves playing with dolls, he could play with polly pocket for hours. He has his little guy moments but it's just nice to see that there is no judgement so that he can do that.
I was the same as you and my son is the same as your brother.
7 people claim to be first. Who's faking it? Who's real? Is it all fake news?
Intro for an all new TV show. Producer: me
Hello World You're fake news. This is all fake news. Maybe I'm fake news...? Sad.
Asking the deep pholilosophical questions here in the comments section
Hello World It is because when the video first uploads the comment section can be glitchy so it won't show that someone else has commented
Ye I get that, I meant it as a joke.
Hello World haha, no problem
Grown up in a house with only sisters.
When I was younger I loved dresses and My Little Pony but, i felt so unaccepted because I was weird and different for liking things like fishing because it wasn’t apparently normal to other girls my age.
Now I feel more accepted than I ever was and more comfortable, I hate makeup and the colour pink. I live for baggy hoodies, T-Shirts, Video games and you’ll never catch me wearing a dress normally only if it’s on a very very rare occasion.
I am still a girl but I love what I want because it makes me feel comfortable.. I’m not just gonna magically like the colour pink or like makeup as well as things such as dresses. That’s stereotypical and I never fit in that way, we shouldn’t ever be defined by our gender or what we like shouldn’t. Let boys wear dresses, makeup and let them be princess if they really want to be and let girls be knights or mighty battle warriors if they desire to.
Material possessions never made us who we were or defined us as individuals and they never will. We are who we are because it’s just who we are, stop killing equality with outdated stereotypes. Stop making boys feel like they always have to be manly and stop making girls feel like they always have to be womanly.
Sadly enough it is an issue for both sides if a female wants to be a super hero let her if a boy wants to play with barby why stop him, unfortunately only one of these sides has any credible momentum behind it, i dont want to try and pull the attention away from the female perspective but this is an issue that both genders suffer from and only acknowledging one side of it is niave, and the only way to truely step forward is to acknowledge that both genders are affected and to push together. Anyway ive put in my opinion responses welcome!
Rory - Bearonpc I agree with you. It's the same kind of problem that intersectional feminism faces. Because a lot of the issues that tie into other biases like racism and ablism are kicked to the curve.
So that's why it's a work in progress where people from all walks of life need to work together and fight alongside each other.
from my experience its the complete opposite, females are encouraged to pursue there dreams much more than males for example university degrees a lot more than men, 30'000 more females were accepted into university's then male counterparts (Source - the Guardian). females are encouraged to get careers in IT, Medicine and other speciality courses far more than males are going as far as to have quotas on how many men/female ratio to employ. in schools male students are forbidden and actively punished for doing boys things such as "playing ruff" going as far as banning activities such as bull dog and telling them they cant do something,for example the secondary school i went to rugby wasn't taught in PE because it "wasn't inclusive enough of a sport." and only encouraged the tough kids to play. whilst we're here lets talk about how "weak men" are treated, since you want to talk about society. the biggest killer of men in thew UK under 45 years of age is suicide (Source - independent news) in society if you are a male you are expected to be the provider of the family, and don't have a well paying job, can't support your family you are considered by many as a waste or Un-Manly and being brought up in a society were being un-manly is the biggest embarrassment that a man can be, is extremely damaging and is one of the main reasons why male suicide is such a huge problem. showing emotion as a man is considered a weakness so at a young age we are taught to bottle up the emotions until it get to a dangerous level and it all explodes at once. when i did work experience i worked with primary school kids on sports related basis, the amount of times i saw girls cry and be cradled by the teacher telling them its alright everything will be fine, and the complete opposite when the boys start crying being told to that its just a scraped knee stop crying and get on with it. was appalling. so yes females do suffer from many things but saying they are being told NOT to do stuff in a time where there are dozens if not hundreds of programs going to encourage females to do things and encourage them to explore there career options, yet there are barely any for men. (from my experience growing up in the UK)
Rory - Bearonpc in my school girls were encouraged to join an i.t club while boys were not allowed to join
Well, boys are told only to be 'one way' I think girls in the western world have more culturally accepted freedoms to be who they wanna be. Boys who act feminine get hatred. `Girls who act masculine are celebrated.
The thing is that while women are encouraged to pursue their dreams, workplaces aren’t exactly pro female. People find or treat women as if they don’t know how to do their jobs when it is a position generally seen as male dominated such as a manager or technician. Men are raised with a sense of masculinity that deprives them from being able to give in to their feelings. I think a problem is that we associate perfectly healthy things as weak, such as crying. We see anything labeled as “feminine” wrong unless done by a female. Honestly, I feel that gender norms and stereotypes have been putting down people for far too long.
I'm a girl... and i have a self closing door that i made myself😁
How lol
Awesome
@Kardz22 omg XDDdDD 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣❤️👌💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😜😜👌💯👌🤣😝😂👌💯😜😛😝😂👌🤣
Lmao imagine unironically using a joke from 2013, it's like you're not even trying ahahahah snowflake
@@sofiawaqasi5947 Gender is a scale between Female and Male, there are no extra genders because they are between male and female
Female ------------ NB ------------ Male
@@50phia I know. It's annoying when people screech about there being too many genders when it isn't defined by a finite value.
Mary had a little lamb, who's fleece was white as snow
Everywhere Mary went, the lamb was sure to go
It followed her to school one day
Which was against the rules
And when the teacher found the lamb
They chopped it up and the kids all had lamb burgers for lunch
Kudos to anyone who's heard this version from Caddicarus
holy
that doesn’t rhyme, but I love it. thanks for telling us that exists
what video?
Gotta love a bit of Daddy Caddy
I’m a girl and I didn’t care about my looks until secondary school. Social media dosent affect me, it’s the bullying and the judging face to face because it always the boys in my school thinking the girls all want to look beautiful but I really couldn’t give a shit. They had no idea that I’m in army cadets, like cars and hate pink, the look on their faces 😂. They said “why aren’t u wearing a crop top and skirt or a dress or makeup?” On a non uniform day, my reply:” because I don’t like those things” boys:”why not, YOUR A GIRL” me:”because its gross and u r sexist for thinking that”.
Good for you but its not cool to put down traditionally 'girly' things and the people that like them just because you dont.
honestly I bet that if more woman where scientists, they would finally have a cure for period cramps.
and nobody's stopping woman from becoming scientists.
So your saying that we should focus on curing period cramps rather then curing fatal diseases? Typical feminist only think about themselves.
+May Winterburn unlikely. scientists don't carry out research based on their own personal problems, they carry out research based on what they have been funded to do.
But more women do biology then men nowadays anyway (at least undergrads at uni), its the mathsy stem subjects like engineering and maths that women are in low ratios for
XTrojan XLMao you know how they figured out viagra gave men erections? It was originally being tested for pulmonary hypertension. Scientist can figure shit out more than one thing at a time so try not to get your balls in a twist.
Why cant boys pyjamas say 'be a princess' I never wanted to rule the world. Macho culture isnt the answer.
Because most boys aren't feminine and gay.
HAHA You clearly have a narrow mind and narrow view of males. And a narrow friendship group. Heterosexual men can be feminine and like feminine things without being gay. ANd being gay doesnt mean you automatically would like feminine things more than heterosexuals. Your toxic ideology is the reason many heterosexual men and gay men (and a lot of males) feel they have to suppress their expressions. Stop policing EXPRESSION. The reason why more young men commit suicide is because of the policing of masculinity-and the one way men should be. Life is more ambiguous than you would like.
If you don't want to rule anything being a Princess is a terrible way to go around it, what with them being royalty.
haha touche!
Boys can be feminine and effete, but this will mean most women will not want to have anything to do with them.
A feminine man is also less able to compete in the real world and make a comfortable life for himself, but unlike women he will have much less support and protection from the state and no financial support from women.
YOU'RE AMAZING RUSSELL
CJ Bottomley how
El Cee | cuz he has a daddy ;)
Flying Robot what u on about
It doesn't take skill to express your point
James Patt, I never said it did...
I remember going to shops and only seeing pink and unicorns on sparkling crop tops, then had to got to the boys isle and seeing plain clothes that actually looked nice and just being annoyed that everything in every shop that's meant for girls was covered in sparkles and unicorns.
I love this, I am an electrical engineer, I am female, I fkin love my job, wouldnt trade it for anything I am late 30's and I am more than happy with my appearance as I look how I look and if anyone doesn't like the way I look, fk off I never asked you to gorp at me lol be who you are and reach for your own goals, be a human not a sheep... we are diverse, we are unique, and most of all we are who we are deal with it... love, laugh, and live.. be happy and make people smile, best feeling ever. :) Mr Howard another wonderful rant lol
PREACH
I hope you are great at your job I also hope that you get respect (I guess you like science in school and persued your dreams)
You should see the Lidl range of kids pajamas. The boys ones say "I want to be a superhero" and the girls ones say "I want to marry a superhero"
MadJunkFiler Please say that's a joke.
I wish it were. I think Primark did something along the same lines last year, and that was criticised by the media.
Or "Daddy is my superhero"
MadJunkFiler Ive been to multiple lidls. Dont lie mate lidl is a food store
Eclipze G but they also sell clothes and it's pretty shit
Well now you have my comedic appreciation and my respect. Thank you for this.
Caitlin Morgan but why? It's not a big deal
Caitlin Morgan l
McHaazelnutz It's very much a big deal and the fact that you could watch that video and think otherwise is worrying.
Caitlin Morgan explain to me why this is such a big deal. Girls are allowed to get toys marketed for boys and boys are allowed to get toys marketed for girls. There is nothing stopping a little innocent girl from wanting to get the latest hot wheels car and there is nothing stopping a boy from buying a new barbie doll.
There is nothing valid or anything worth pointing out that russell said in this episode clip. Toys were the same for boys and girls decades ago and it was fine up until 2016 and 17 when a bunch of feminazis had to start attacking innocent kids toys
I've worked in a toy shop for a few years now. Seen all kinds of thing. Little boys pushing baby dolls in prams and seen mothers scream at their sons until they cry because he wanted a pink unicorn toy. Watched a girl cry because her dad said she couldn't have a dinosaur toy set, that she had to have a jewlery or makeup set. Sucks everytime I watch a kid get yelled at for not liking the stereotypical boy/girl toys.
I'm a girl, and I like stuff like Transformers, not painting nails or fucking Barbies. These toy companies are fucking sexist and they should stop saying "Oh, girls only like pink and nice shoes etc." Also, I think Russell Howard should be the next Prime Minister.
It's not sexist, companies have a target demographic and toys with pink and barbies sell well to a majority of young girls
It's called marketing
this is what real feminism is.
ItsMePhoebe 1161 nope, real feminism is protecting the women who are stoned to death in foreign countries over menial tripe like leaving the house without a male relative. This bollocks should be the least of feminists' worries.
ComradeTrick Nope, real feminism is fighting for equality between men and women. Here, Russel is talking about an unequal issue between men and women.
Ferris Kanto well it's feminism to an extent but this isn't the type of issue that should be mattering to a feminist in the face of all the other fuckshittery women in third world countries have to put up with
ComradeTrick there is so much more to feminism then 3rd world countries. Not saying they dont matter, but there are lots other issues as well
ComradeTrick Why can't we care about both? And why should women gain only so much progress towards equality and then give up fighting for the ideal (and why shouldn't men who care about them want that for them as well)?
totally agree!!! for those people that think it's no big deal, it is! these things mess with people's mind!! and all the gifts for a girl is likely some of these! let's be reasonable, building legos or bridge sets and playing with trucks or remote ctrl planes are much more fun than playing with a barbie!!! come on!!! i'm a girl, i am comfortable and proud of being a girl, i like looking feminine, but i always hated being what society told me was 'girly' as a kid, which made my parents worry that i had 'wrong gender identity' or was gay (i'm chinese, my parents grew up in extreme poverty without any merchandise culture, so they could only reference tv commercials and trends). i wasn't. i just didn't care about grown-ups awwwing 'omg she's a pretty girl she'll become a beautiful woman', and thought barbie looked weird and those bow ties and hairclips and glittery blinky pink things tacky and redundant. i didn't want frivolous tassels on my bike and i didn't want disney princesses on my water bottle and backpack. and now that my parents think back about it, i was on point. my only problem was that i had a better sense of aesthetic than most toddlers.. oooo my mom was worried that i was a weirdo...
Thank you Russell. I spent 35 years teaching in a girls' school, taking every opportunity to build their self confidence. It was an uphill battle, and one that I rarely won. It was so ingrained in their thinking that most would shy away from anything that might make them appear less "girlie". Too many thought that you could not be feminine and have a non-traditional career. I've nothing against girls having toys, etc., that are pink and sparkly, but why can't some of the manufacturers (and the families who buy these things) realise that a super hero doesn't have to have to be super macho. Feminine and super hero are not opposites. Feminine and engineering are not impossible.
Sorry, I paused half way through. Tell me if he says anything in my comment or makes an argument against it.
But boys toys have the same problems as girls.
... Not as much, but they still have problems.
In today's world we say we want gender equality, but at the same time we're contradicting ourselves with how we go about it.
You've seen many a time where it is socially acceptable for a girl to like boy things. Like Transformers, Star Wars, cars, superheroes and so on. Everyone is ok with girls liking these things.
Now let's look at the opposite. When a boy like girl things.
That's a problem todays world seems to ignore. And its not the boy liking dolls, fashion or the color pink that's the problem. Its people's reactions to it. Hell, how they react to when even girls like it.
Why are the 'girly' things considered bad? It doesn't make you weaker. You can like dolls, fashion, makeup, ponies, and so on and still like superheroes, video games, trucks, sword fights and more 'boy' things.
Hell, on the thing of fashion, girls can now wear pants, cut their hair short, and be sloppy and lazy. They are considered cool and proud most of the time. But if a boy dares to wear a dress, make up, heels and so forth, they are considered 'weird'. And should be ashamed of themselves.
We spend so much time focusing on girls and women getting 'equality' and doing what boys do that we've completely forgotten about boys and men wanting to do what girls do. That isn't equality.
Idk if I explained this right but I did my best.
@The Whisperer of Death
I am a feminist myself, and I totally, utterly, on all counts agree with you. Can you imagine a world where a girl wore boys' jeans, walked out of the door and was called a drag king? But at the same time, I think it's time we began seeing things not just as boy things that a girl can like or girl things a boy can like, but as non gender specified full stop. Like, we should look at a Luke Skywalker figurine and think "that's something for people who like starwars" instead of "that's a boy thing, but girls can like it too". So I agree totally with you, but just to add to your point 😁
What you're saying is absolutely true, but you yourself said that girly things are considered week and shameful - it's true for both men and women in many contexts. So the true goal of most feminists, getting rid of the many biases towards women specifically, is the primary way to ensure that everyone can enjoy "feminine" things without that automatically meaning "weak".