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Sweden's largest toy chain said Friday that its toys are "gender neutral" after picturing boys holding baby dolls and banishing girls from the dolls pages of its Christmas catalogue.
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By the way, sorry for mentioning God, I'm sure this is somehow offensive for people of different faith and/or atheists. And I sure don't want to be bitten by all the different "watchdogs" that are calling the shots nowadays, at least in Sweden.
Does it qualify as a hate crime when I don't agree with those measures and think they are not even hysterical, but might even turn out damaging for the children? It increases chances of mis-imprinting of role models due to lacking gender identity. But then again, there's nothing wrong with being gay or feeling "in the wrong body"! Even if it's man-made. But I guess psychotherapists and sex reassignment surgeons need to make a living somehow.
Toy dealers, your job is to sell toys to children. Any restrictions that others may wish to impose on you about how to do that job can only diminish the effectiveness of your job if you accept them. The PC police don't care about your bottom line. They are sexists themselves, anyway.
Egalia is a school in Sweden that practices "gender netutral" education. Little boys and little girls will not be told about puppy dog tails and all things nice but rather pink, toy guns and other gendered attributes of childhood are banned.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/06/27/egalia-gender-neutral-schooling-and-school-voucher-programs/
Yes, equality is a great thing, but equality *imposed* from above is, simply, absurd.