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By: Zykeiah Allen
Toy packaging
This is my toy packaging advertisement showing the packages of toys geared towards children of different genders boys, girls and a toy that can be gender neutral and used for either gender of child.
Children toys ages birth to 3 years old
Boys counting blocks/ trains toy
0-3
Gender role
Girls dora's picknick toy
0-3
Gender role
Gender neutral puppy toy
0-3
Children's toys age 4 to age 6
Boys train station toy
4-6
Gender Role
Girls hellokitty and credit card cellphone toy
4-6
gender stereotype
Gender neutral building legos toy
4-6
Children's toy's ages 7-10
Boy's action figure toy
For boys age 7-10
Gender role
Girl's monster high doll
For boy's age 7-10
Gender role
Gender neutral Bike toy
Children age 7-10
Toys that cross the gender lines
ciciobello doll for boys
2-4
Gender stereotype
Rebelle nerf for girls
8 and up
Gender stereotype
lego friends for girl's
3-4
Gender stereotype
Lego's blocks for girls
4-5
Gender stereotype
Kids gun
7-up
Gender role for girl gender stereotype for boys
Ultimate easy bake oven
*also for boys
9 and up
Gender role for girl gender stereotype for boys
kids oven
4-6
cooking is Gender role for girl and gender stereotype for the boy
Kids ironing board
3-5
Girl ironing is gender role and the boy ironing is gender stereotype
Boys dollhouse
4-6
Gender stereotype
What these gender toys do to kids
I think that gender typed toys are very bad for children because it limits them and can shape them to be a certain way. When you look at girls toys they are all about beauty and cooking and cleaning. These types of toys can enforce gender roles and make the child grow up to be something that it wouldn't have otherwise be like. When you look at boys toys the toys are things like guns, knives and loud trucks and cars. The majority of these boy toy's are involved with aggression, anger and fighting. Some of the boy's toys could make them think violence is okay. It could end up teaching the girl's that the most important hings they can be is beautiful, cooking and cleaning up after a family. The children should be able to get the toy that interest them like if a boy wanted to cook or a girl wanted a gun. That would challenge the gender roles that gender typed toys place on kids at an early age. So i think it's a good thing when these companies make toys that are similar but fit both genders.