SEXIST VS NONSEXIST TOYS

DOLLS AND BALLS

            In this article, we are going to write about toys. Traditionally, dolls have been always for girls, and balls have been always for boys. Also, pink things have been for girls and blue ones have been for boys. So, it was strange to see a boy with pink clothes or playing with girls toys.

            We have lived in a sexist society, where boys played with balls, cars, lorries and action games, and girls played with dolls, little houses, teddy bears, to be educated as a housewife.

            Firstly, boys and girls must play with all kind of toys, because it is very important for their development. They have to be prepared to the future, to live in society with men and women, and to work in different jobs. For example, a woman can work as a fireman or a man can work as a nurse.

            However, mass media are usually sexist. Many advertisements show two different positions between boys and girls. And apart from that, mass media create inequality.

            On the other hand, parents and teachers need to change their minds, because nowadays life is very different from when we were children.

            A recent research has demonstrated children who play with non sexist toys are more sociable.

            To sum up, a good idea for Christmas presents should be to buy non sexist toys for children. Cooperative games are a good solution. It could be a key to play together girls and boys.

Mª Paz Tenorio González

Antonio García

Marcos Naz

Mª Encarnación Jiménez Rosado

4º CAL

                                                            

SEXIST TOYS 

Christmas is here! It’s time for presents and consumerism. TV shows adverts that influence our opinion: dolls dressed in pink for girls; and cars, balls and guns for boys. But should parents get influenced by publicity?

Twenty years ago boys and girls used to play separately with their own toys and everybody knew what to give to a child. Nobody wondered whether it was right or wrong.

However the situation is changing. We can see boys and girls exchanging their toys. Parents sometimes observe their children with surprise because they still do think that there are certain toys for girls and others for boys.

Advertisements reflect this old-fashioned way of thinking and show a kind of behaviour which is no longer appropriate. Parents should pay attention to their children’s tastes and they should foment respect and equality among men and women without bearing in mind the kind of toy their children have. 

                             

Juan Antonio Caballero

                                                                                              Paloma Estévez

                                                                                              Joseba Uranga

                                                                                              Raquel Sarmiento

SEXIST OR NON-SEXIST TOYS?

If you had a daughter, what kind of toys would you give her for Christmas? And if he were a boy?

Do you think advertising is influential to choose some kind of toy? Do you think sexism exists in advertising?

On the one hand, do you think the advertisement is who creates sexism? Or on the other hand, do you think the advertisement that copies the sexism existing in society?

Is the colour important when you buy a toy for boy or girl?