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    Gender in the Toy Store

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    Gender and the Toy Store How do kids learn how to “act like a girl” or “act like a boy”? If gender is not biological but must be learned‚ then it is important to look at the ways we teach kids in our society how to “do gender” correctly. Kids learn gender in many different arenas and from many different people. One way kids learn about appropriate gender behavior is through toys. This assignment requires that you visit a toy store and take note of how toys are marketed differently to girls and

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    their own‚ even though the “Baby Newborn” doll is just automated. To take care of the “Baby Newborn” doll‚ you must the importance to always look good. Also‚ toys such as‚ “Super Hair Creations‚” “Glamour Girl Set‚” Manicure Mania‚” and “Scent Salon Beauty‚” also‚ stresses the importance of beauty‚ along with the “Barbie” dolls. These toys teach girls at a young age that obsessing over the way you look is important and what society only may seem to accept. As blinded young girls may be by the stereotypes

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    Toy Store

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    While walking in Wal-Mart today I happened to find myself in the toy section. The first thing I did was to take a look at the boys section and then the girls section. The reason I split those to up is for what I found. I looked down each. When I looked down the one section it was more dark and gloomy looking. Then I walked to the other isle and looked down that one. What I seen in that isle was a much brighter isle which was lit up with bright colors. I entered the girls section first and

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    toy store survey

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    Toy Store/Department Survey                                     When you walk into a toy store there is a distinct difference between what toys are meant for girls and boys. The boy aisle is colored blue and the girl aisle is pink‚ society has labeled blue as a boy color and pink as a girl color.  These toy stores are subtly teaching kids what girls and boys should like by dividing the genders by colors. There are also different toys for different age groups‚ as kids get older toy stores determined

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    Stereotypes In Toy Stores

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    Gender Roll Stereotyping and Gender Similarities in Toy Stores Rachel Skelton Spiderman action figures‚ The Care Bears‚ Legos‚ and the famous Barbie‚ all represent popular toys in toy stores. Toy stores divide the many toys‚ games and movies into two primary categories: boy and girl. After going into Toys R Us‚ many can conclude that the toys that children play with pass down stereotypes of gender roles. Through their gender-biased toys‚ typically‚ boys learn "warrior-like" roles (a learned attitude

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    Gender Toys

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    Toys R Us in the Right or Wrong? Toys R Us is clearly on track to be the number one children’s toy store for the past and the present. With an average layout of 60‚000 square feet‚ you’re bound to find what your child is looking for. The toys for the boys are in one area of the store‚ while the toys for girls are in another. The store merchandise has a lot to do with the passing along of gender stereotypes. Boy’s toys are portrayed as more active and girls as more passive Toys that may be

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    compares two toy stores in their functions of society. Functionalism is the society equilibrium‚ each part of society are interrelated part that function together. The two toy stores display a small-scale of the inequality face in society by the structure of gender and race. The similarity of both toy stores is the gender ratio by more female employees than males. Toy Warehouse was most were African-American while Diamond Toys primarily Whites. The top of hierarchies of each toy store the manager

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    Genders and Toys

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    Toys: The Affect they have in our Children The way society is today‚ children cannot help but to have social and emotional problem from toys. To be honest‚ it is not he kids with the problem‚ it is the adults. For the most part children can play with toys no matter which ones and be happy‚ but because we live in a gendered role society each toy is made for specific gender. Barbie’s for girls and trucks for boys. Parents forget that toys are there to help our children develop social skills not mold

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    Toys and Gender

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    Toys and Gender The way children are raised in today’s society is based on the age old tradition of gender appropriate toys for sons and daughters. The idea that girls will always play with feminine toys‚ and boys will always play with masculine toys has been passed down from generation to generation dating back to the age of men. In medieval times‚ sons would learn to practice swordplay and knighthood‚ while daughters would learn sewing and practice at being a princess. The theory of Gender Role

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    Toy Store Observation

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    Toy Store Observation • For toddlers they had one aisle‚ one side for girls and one side for boys. On the girl side‚ they had many toys that had to do with animals‚ baby dolls‚ and stuffed animals. Most items were pastel colors many pinks‚ purple‚ light blue‚ light green. On the boy side the primary colors stood out. Most items were cars‚ trains‚ trucks‚ mostly vehicles. • For older children‚ aisles were dedicated to just boys and other to just girls. The most dominant color in the girl

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