California law would fine department stores $1,000 for separating toys by gender

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[–]Comatoast 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Barring the bullshit about toys, because who cares.. kids play with what they want anyway, many people would still appreciate being able to purchase clothing separately from their opposite sex counterparts. I don't know about you, but it's fucking great going in the women's clothing sections and watching men veer around to get far away from it. I'd like to personally thank them for the solitude.

What I don't understand is why fining companies for separating shit by gender is taken on instead of removing the sexualization of clothing from girl's clothing. Too many times I've seen MINI mini skirts over there while shopping for my daughter, and these are marketed towards girls that haven't even hit puberty yet.

[–]adungitit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Barring the bullshit about toys, because who cares

Yeah, who in a feminist space cares about sexist baseless gender divisions ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I don't know about you, but it's fucking great going in the women's clothing sections and watching men veer around to get far away from it.

I feel so gender-valid too when I go to the women's section so I can feel so cis and validated by all the sexualised and feminine clothing on display, yasss gurrrrl! 👄

What I don't understand is why fining companies for separating shit by gender is taken on instead of removing the sexualization of clothing from girl's clothing.

You'd think that people ca fight for more than one single change at a time. But nah, let's not do it because there's something else to do.

[–]Comatoast 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, who in a feminist space cares about sexist baseless gender divisions ¯(ツ)/¯

There's some relevant reading you forgot to reference there.

because who cares.. kids play with what they want anyway,

I feel so gender-valid too when I go to the women's section so I can feel so cis and validated by all the sexualised and feminine clothing on display, yasss gurrrrl! 👄

Be a smartass all you want. I'm pretty thrilled about the sex segregation while already performing a somewhat miserable task. Aside from picking up period supplies, that doesn't really happen. And who the fuck feels validated in their "cis-ness" by picking out clothes outside of trans people? You can wear GNC clothes, a burlap sack, or whatever you want. I, too, will wear what I want since there's not a dress code for discussing things within this community.

You'd think that people ca fight for more than one single change at a time. But nah, let's not do it because there's something else to do.

Sure. I guess you could cluster up a bunch of shit and hide it in a Bill, ala the Equality Act changes. Others here have already made these buts but: A) going after retailers just punishes retailers, not the marketing source of the toys, or the ugly pink sequined packaging it comes in. B)I don't think it's smart to let the government dictate what is or isn't gendered. C)I'm worried about my daughter and other girls having clothing marketed towards them that's showing off a completely unnecessary and inappropriate amount of skin-- Whose gaze does that ultimately cater to at 7-14 years old?