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People Are Sharing Examples Of Pointless Gendering And It Shows How Stupid It Can Be (50 Pics)
Here's a radical thought. Maybe men and women would get along better if companies and institutions stopped yelling about how different they are? I get it, everyone has their own opinion, and it's a sensitive topic but come on. Toilet paper for women? A cookbook for men? Some things are just absurd. And you can find them on the subreddit r/PointlesslyGendered. This online community is dedicated to collecting examples of the division between the two genders our society so desperately insists on, and over the years have gotten themselves quite a load. Here are some of the worst ones.
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#1
Dinosaurs Are For Boys
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
The correct response towards anyone meddling in what is none of their business.
Louise Stange-Wahl 4 years ago
I would add, inappropriate or not...."NONE OF YOUR F****** BUSINESS!" That would truly put a shock on her nosy, useless, sexist brain!"
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Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
when my niece was younger she used to push a toy T-Rex about in a pram and wrapped in a blanket...cute baby...
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Surely they have girl dinosaurs available? A skinny sauropod, a voluptuous velociraptor, a T-rex with a dress?
Narwhal Blast 4 years ago
Hahahahaha just imagining a T-red trying to put on a dress with their small hands made me laugh!!! Poor t-Rex, I'm sure they have a triceratops friend to help them with it!
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
I absolutely LOVED dinosaurs when I was a little girl. Fortunately, nobody was stupid enough to tell me I shouldn't.
H Edwards 4 years ago
Same! I can't imagine how confused/enraged/sad I would have felt if someone had told me that.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
DINOSAURS ARE AWESOME! And my mom encouraged my love of them when I was little, despite my XX chromosomes. And forty-odd years ago, that was way more a "big deal" than onw, believe it or not.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Good for you! It's amazing what people are afraid is going to make a kid gay. "No, this is going to make my daughter a STEM researcher."
a very smol kitteh 4 years ago
my lil bro asked to buy a doll house, my mom bought it and then my little brother took a sharpie and colored the doll house black and then he made it into an army toy barraks lol
Katharine Rudden 4 years ago
The girls at school equally play dinosaurs and zombies with zest and the boys enjoy making ‘soup’ and ‘cake’ out of dirt and sand. And just today a boy ‘beat’ every girl at hula hoop contest and I helped teach two boys how to jump rope. There is still a noticeable divide when it comes to interest in basketball and football but I do try to encourage everyone to try everything even if they say they can’t or think they aren’t ´good’ at it!
Marky Mark 4 years ago
"Clever Girl" - Robert Muldoon, Jurassic Park's Game Warden, just before being tricked and killed by Raptors
Louloubelle 4 years ago
I'm either lucky or naive. I've never seen this happen, even though I hear about it enough. Boggles the imagination that someone would be so presumptuous.
Simon Kwan 4 years ago
Dinosaurs are awesome for everyone. That ignorant lady should be extinct.
cursed--alien 4 years ago
F**k Karen, dinosaurs are for everyone! They're fascinating extinct animals!
Indigo Hue 4 years ago
Similar words were spoken to Mary Anning; a key figure in the emergence of the discipline of palaeontology. That was 200 years ago!! It is sad that these attitudes still exist when the evidence has been there to the contrary for hundreds of years.
Shinomi Chan 4 years ago
Ohmygod YES! I used to play with barbies and plushies with my cousin until his dad said he shouldn't play with me cause they're "toys for girls." I used to play with small plastic Dinosaurs that were at war. The hell you on about??
Sheila Stamey 4 years ago (edited)
Sounds like my daughter when she was five.great news, she turned into an awesome adult!!
Nic Dudley 4 years ago
Well dinosaurs are animals, they don't "belong" to either gender. dumb lady.
Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
Since when? My sister loved dinosaurs when she was a kid. She had a (clearly designed for boys) bedspread and everything.
Amber Jeanpierre 4 years ago (edited)
Can't believe this kind of crap was still happening in 2019. Way back in the day (1992?) My mom set out to get me the perfect present and happened upon "Decap Attack" at the game store it's a video game about a monster who throws his skull at enemies to save his planet from bad guys. The saleswoman was fine with her buying it for a kid until she found out that I'm a girl; Spoiler alert, it's still one of my favorite games and I even re-bought it for the PS3 years back. Thank god for a family that let me grow up on Ninja Turtles and Dinosaurs and didn't force Barbies at me :)
Pamela Scott 4 years ago
Telling my daughter that Littlefoot ate trees is how I got her to eat broccoli when she was little. She loved baby trees!
Vicki Perizzolo 4 years ago
I hated dolls as a kid - still have no use for them - had a tonka truck and dinosaurs tho - hated girlie toys
Louise Stange-Wahl 4 years ago
LOL! Same here...I grew up in the 50s and played with plastic army guys and had a football helmet. Always horses as well. Total horse nut. Have been for over 60 years. Finally bought my own ranch! Kids with horses do not get into trouble!
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Caroline Driver 4 years ago
My great niece loves dinosaurs, at 3, I'm so proud. I loved dinosaurs too
Son of Philosoraptor 4 years ago
That's a pure and perfect Zen response from the Little Master
Khalil Verdejo 4 years ago
This further proves she doesn't need a dinosaur toy; she IS one! But seriously, that is just rude.
Donald Holder 4 years ago
It's a good thing it wasn't my 6 yr old. she wouldn't have stopped at just a roar.
Amy Pattie 4 years ago
How has gender norms gotten better and worse over the years at the same time? When I was a five year old girl I had Dino docos, Dino toys, Dino movies. I wrote jurassic Park fan fic. It sucked. But no teacher or class mate or parent or relative ever told me “Dinosaurs are for boys”
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#2
I Feel This Belongs Here
Gender-tailored marketing messages are fairly common, but research shows they can have the opposite effect and repel consumers, especially women. In fact, they often backfire to the point of dissuading women from choosing a product they would have considered if the company hadn't talked about their gender so much, a study by Harvard Business School found.
The reason for this lies in human nature. People tend to resist being categorized (or made to feel like they are unwillingly reduced to a single identity) particularly when the product they're being nudged toward evokes a stereotype about their gender.
#3
Random Low Key Pic From 4chan
#4
Damn You, Spaghetti Sauce. If Only I Had A Man Around! Dinner Is Ruined!
#5
Gendering Eggs Now, Are We?
Suggesting that women will go crazy over a product wrapped in pink packaging just because some marketer assumes that all women love pink can come across as downright insulting, co-researcher Leslie K. John, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor at HBS, said.
"In a way, this project reminds me of my childhood," John explained. "When I was a kid, I had a babysitter who said, 'Leslie, your favorite color is pink.' She would put pink bows in my hair. Everything had to be pink. This project is partly a reaction against this feeling that just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I love pink! There's something very off-putting about feeling like you're being reduced to a single category of membership."
#6
And It’s Only $49.99!
sturmwesen 4 years ago
To be fair, a lot of women could buy one-for-all but don't and the variety for "male" body care grows.
#7
Names Have A Gender?
King Joffrey 4 years ago
To be fair, there are plenty of languages where names do have a gender.
#8
What To Get My Niece For Christmas
Bow, I’m a Slytherin 4 years ago
If my aunt was here, she’d say ‘makeup’. I’m not even a girl, I was AFAB, she doesn’t know that though, and for t he past 3 Christmases and my birthdays, she’s only gave me makeup-
But where does this false notion come from? Why do companies keep trying to sell their products by emphasizing the buyer's gender? Well, the answer to this question might lie in one 2017 Pew Research Center survey.
It discovered that Americans think men and women are basically different in the way they express their feelings, their physical abilities, their personal interests, and their approach to parenting. But there is no public consensus on the origins of these differences.
#9
Gatekeeping A Yellow Jacket, Among Other Normal Things
#10
Shaming Elephants
#11
"Male Doctor," "Male Chef, "Male Racecar Driver"
I think marketers know this. Maybe some of them just haven't realized that to have an opinion and to base your purchasing decision on it are two different things.
This applies to other aspects, not only gender. According to previous research, for example, even stereotypes that cast people in a positive light—such as Asians excel in math—can trigger a negative reaction from these groups.
#12
Girls Don’t Have Ankles
Haley Brock 4 years ago
ahhh i think thats worse than period pains *ow* and last time i checked... i have two ankles
#13
Fellas, Is It Gay To Touch Your Face?
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
It's true, though. Holding your face together is the only thing preventing his XY-jaw from dragging along the floor, with his XY-knuckles. Plus, he has bonus nose-picking modality this way.
#14
Sounds Very Mormon
#15
True!
#16
Cancer Isn't Gendered, Support Shouldn't Be Either
#17
This Guy Gets It
#18
In Estonian "Ta" (Or "Tema") Means Both "She" And "He", Google Translate Decides By Context
#19
Same Items Inside... Hers Costs 30% More
#20
Because That Is Totally How It Works
#21
Apparently It’s Gay To See Now
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Real men don't go out of their way for street signs, the street signs scarper out of the way.
#22
This Is The Worst One I've Ever Seen
#23
Girls Live On A Different Planet
#24
Toothpaste For Men Only!
Haley Brock 4 years ago
wtf i use that toothpaste and i use men's deodorent and its not to strong for my fragile feminine teeth or under arms this makes me so mad
#25
Wait Until He Learns That Men Have Butt Cheeks Too
#26
Pointlessly Gendered Shelter Caused Trans Student To Be Left Outside
Truth Monster 4 years ago
Bureaucracy at its finest.....lol. Also, what a stupid shooter plan. "Look, there's a shooter! Quick! separate by genders!"
#28
Accurate
#29
Food Is Feminine
#30
Pockets?!
Persp Gold 4 years ago
I used to wear mens slacks for this reason and too many people thought it was a strange thing for me (female) to do
#31
Men Can't Be Anorexic Apparently
#32
No Bro It’s War Paint
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Kinda contradicts the "You're a man you don't need a mirror" of nearby post.
#33
Gender Appropriate "Fun"
#34
Fruity Drinks Are Bomb
#35
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
#36
Had To Share
#37
Need I Say More
#38
Because Sexualising Babies Is Okay...
#39
Pointlessly Gendered Lit Sides
#40
Low Testosterone Male Pink Tool Set
#41
If This Ain’t The Truth
#42
“Things To Say When You’re Staring At A Boy Trying To Think Of What To Say”
#43
Fathering A Child? Sounds Pretty Girly To Me
Truth Monster 4 years ago
having a designer bag doesn't make you afraid of not being masculine. Why do you think there are diaper bags with flowers and cute baby animals? Because the demographic they are trying to sell the diaper bag to like it.
#44
Because Somehow Exercise And Dieting Can Be Gender Specific?
#45
Found This Gem On Tumblr
#47
Green Is Man, Red Is Woman
Persp Gold 4 years ago (edited)
Unclear whether this is gendering or just keeping a theme edit: Just realized these are different white people on unrelated album?movie? covers.
#48
This Sign On The Door To Our Laundry Room
#49
Pointlessly Gendered And Homophobic At The Same Time
#51
Loose Fit Perhaps
#52
Which Brunch Are You: Man, Woman Or Waffle?
#53
Same Price, Same Ingredients But You Get 5 Less In The "Woman's" Packet
Wendy Franck 4 years ago
That's why I buy a lot of "for males only" products. Check the price difference between razors for males or for females if you get a chance.
#54
Now It's Food-Based!
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
And they all explode if you put em in the microwave (that's my new gender test. Stick em in the microwave on high for 30 secs. If they're still alive when you pull em out, THEN they can talk pronouns).
#55
It Starts Early... My Antenatal Clinic Showing How Boys And Girls Kick Differently In The Womb
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 4 years ago
Yeah, right. And then you see your newborn and you can't tell whether it is a boy, a girl or a tiny alien.
#56
Can’t Believe This Stuff Still Gets Upvoted
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
Both me (f32) and my mum (64) have been gaming hard since the quarantine began.
#57
Nice Binoculars You Got There
#58
Conform To Your Gender Roles!
#59
Only Women Should Be Taught How To Read
#60
Real Men Guess What They Look Like
#61
Sit Like A Lady
Kristof De Smet 4 years ago
Hell, I don't want anybody to sit like that, sit up straight, feet off the table!
#62
Iced Or Hot?
Kristof De Smet 4 years ago
Huh? So a guy can't drink iced coffee? And a woman can't drink hot coffee?
#63
Should Have Given The Woman's Hand A Dress As Well Just To Make Sure
#64
Fabletics Only Applies Their Military Discounts To Males. Females Are Not Eligible For The Military Discount
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
Err, can we also talk about the third legging business? Like, who the hell buys three-leg leggings? And she's trying to sell what is obviously a penis-warmer to someone called Jessica?
#65
Must Be Manly Even While Sheet Masking
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
This is clearly for robbing banks with. No law-man's gonna git ya when your skin's as smooth as Nicholas Cage's acting.
#66
I Don’t Even Know Where To Start
#67
Wth What Is This
Ivy Ruonakoski 4 years ago
Well it IS true that women like to go to the bathroom together. Not in their homes but bars, nightclubs etc. I've had some of the best conversations in toilets.
#68
Goodnight Everyone Except The Person Who Created This
#69
Grabbed Some Toilet Paper While In A Rush, Came Home To Realize That My Boyfriend Won‘T Be Able To Use It
#70
Boys Always Get The Coolest Stuff
#71
I Flipped Through Both. They're The Exact Same Book
Inclusion2020 4 years ago
Well, if there's anywhere we should look to for a model of equity between males and females, it should be the Bible. Women were made to be property. But that's okay, so long as you marry them before you rape them.
#72
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. Beauxbatons And Durmstrang Were Both Co-Ed Schools In The Books, But In The Film, Beauxbatons Was All Girls And Durmstrang Was All Boys, Because Apparently The French Are Feminine And The Bulgarians Are Masculine?
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
Or because the girls are self-sufficient with their 'batons' and the guys are angsty peasants who still can't deal with zippers.
#73
Nail Polish Is Only For Girls
#74
Istg This Is So Accurate
Sofiia Melnikova 4 years ago
I feel like Ratatouille is the only movie with acurrate design regarding sex
#75
This Is An Old Monopoly I Used To Play With With My Sister. Guess We Weren't Allowed To Do So
#76
I'm A Bloke And I Definitely Don't Look For Half Of These Things
#77
Why
Kirsten Kerkhof 4 years ago
My niece: a noise, wrapped in pink and glitter, with dirt and grass stains on it. She'll ask to be dressed up like a princess, with her hair french braided, and then wear rain boots because there are puddles to be jumped into.
#78
Excuse Me What?
#79
Because Only Girls Like Stars
#80
This Card I Found At Walmart
#81
I Can't With Gender Reveal Cakes
#82
Finally I Can Grab Some Sexy Screwdrivers For An Absolute Bargain
Inclusion2020 4 years ago
S**t. I don't have a bod like that and I'm a 3-dimensional being. Guess I can't buy that tool set. What a bummer.
#83
Oh F*** Off "Hair Ties For Men"
#84
Ahhh The Two Genders, Lady And The
#85
Garbage Can
#86
Help Ladies, Yellow Is Unacceptable For My Infant Daughter!
#87
The Way Men And Women's Clothing Is Advertised
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
What this actually says is 'We got some regular guys to try our sample sizes, and deliberately made sure that f@#$-to-buggery NOTHING we made would fit an actual woman-person.'
#88
Apparently White And Black Means It's For Straight Guys
#89
Cant Use Bathbombs Unless They Enhance My Manlyhood
#90
Growing Up In A Conservative Christian Household Be Like
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
Sorry, but New International Version Boys sounds like a (very wordy) 90s boy band.
#91
Fellas, Is It Girly To Have A Heart In Your Body?
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
But the female pelvis is larger and broader... I mean you know, childbirth and all that.
#92
Fellas Don't Forget To Cover Your Megs
#93
No Man Has Ever Been In A Red Lobster
#94
Found On My Bfs Deodorant
#95
There Are Two Genders, Princess And Kids
Dark_flame 4 years ago
Back in the day if asked if you had children a proper response was x children, and x daughters.
#96
Accentuates Your Femininity And Your Stupidity
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
What a moron this woman is. And anyone else, regardless of gender, who wore this s**t.
#97
Sorry, Ladies
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
I'm mostly confused by the "drink" --- Is there men's tea non-drink available? Men's tea food? Men's tea shout?
#98
Because Women Can't Hold The Big Tube?
#99
This Shower Gel An Exchange Student Brought
#100
Just In Case Your Macho Bravado Isn’t Proof Enough That You’re A Man
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
Non-medical grade and breathable is an accurate description of most male models too.
#102
Sawdust Is Like Man Glitter
#103
I Found The Counterpart For The Invisible Nail Polish
#104
The Good Ol' Camo
#105
Double Whammy
#106
We Added Bows To Make Sure There’s Girls
Haley Brock 4 years ago
but if their those star wars pple they dont know if its female male or non cause the suit hides it...
#107
It's Exactly The Same Inflatable Crown
#108
Astronaut Emojis On Android, Thankfully They've Marked Their Gender
Kari Panda 4 years ago (edited)
Personally, I don’t see a problem here. First off, one has purple stripes and the other one blue stripes - it’s not like one has a pink bow on its helmet, THAT would be stupid. Second, even if it’s meant to imply gender, I definitely prefer a male and a female astronaut emoji over just a male one.
#109
Just Why?
Dark_flame 4 years ago
One might be more generic and one more specialized in women, unclear since there might be one for men too.
#110
Pillows, They Feel Exactly The Same
#111
From My Friend’s Snapchat
Ivy Ruonakoski 4 years ago
They're more likely gendered by size, rather than colour. I accidentally bought some men's masks and they're waaayyy too big for me.
#112
Oh Yeah Be Manly Use A Man Fork!
#113
The Measurements Are The Same
Anni 4 years ago
Really? From what I heard, boys' clothes often have a looser, more comfortable fit than girls'. Which results in problems trying to dress a rather slender boy in something non-pink because so much clothing is very explicitly gendered, too... (And vice versa: Finding something comfortable, robust for a girl is difficult, too.)
#114
I Had No Idea That Clipping Your Nails Wasn’t Manly Enough
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
This, I do get. Most men have harder thicker nails. My bf's nail clippers also double as a car-jack.
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Rae Reyn 4 years ago
To be fair, I took pink plasti-dip to the handles of a lot of my tools. Buts that's not because I need pink tools for my delicate lady hands, but so the guys in my shop won't borrow them.
Simon Kwan 4 years ago
Smart way to use their fragile masculinity to your advantage
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
My dad one day in the 1970s: "Tennis is gay." .....My mom in reply: "So football is manly?"......My dad: "Hell yeah."...... My mom: "A sport where you're rubbing up against other men and sharing showers naked in a room together is manly."..... And that's when I think my dad's brain melted and he never made such comments again.
Cori 4 years ago (edited)
This gender BS is so annoying. I've been dealing with it my whole life. All I wanted to do as a kid was run around outside, climb trees, catch bugs, play in the mud. But my older, female cousins would insist on dragging me into the bathroom to fix my hair, do my makeup and harass me about why I wasn't wearing a training bra. I've never liked pink. I very much wanted to join the boy scouts because they got to do all the fun stuff. I hated being forced to wear dresses and I loved unicorns because putting a horn on a horse just made it even more bad ass. Now I'm an adult and trying to raise boys and am having to deal with all the problems at the other end of the spectrum. I make a point of not even introducing any of that toxic masculinity crap, but my 7 year old watches cartoons and picks up snippets of it from that. Lately he's been trying to tell me boy's hearts aren't as big as girl's, and that boys are supposed to be meaner than girls. We had a nice long conversation about that one.
hi myself 4 years ago
Yeah, I'm a girl and I don't like fixing my hair, doing makeup, or like pink either.
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ZooMom 4 years ago (edited)
I laugh at a lot of these but I did just want to put it out in the universe that while we should support men and women that subvert “traditional gender roles” we also need to show support for men and women who tend to fall into them. I had a coworker tell my boss she wanted to be a stay at home mom and raise a large family and he told her she was too smart to waste her life like that. And she was incredibly smart but her excitement about wanting to make a home and be a full time mom apparently made her goals ridiculous. We shouldn’t shame men who go to the gym and lift weights by assuming they are just “grunts” or women who enjoy manicures and shoe sales as “airheads”. Bottom line, but what you want, do what you want but also let others be too.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
We need to allow people to habe their own choices. But we really need to stop gendering actions, careers, clothes or everything else.
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K. 4 years ago
At the time of this comment, the article has war paint for men as a header. I’ve always referred to cosmetics as war paint. When I put on red lipstick, most people in my life know it’s a day for me to be productive...that it’s my war paint.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Exactly. It conceals and diverts. My true self passes unseen.
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For gender-freak parents: a boy being feminine does not mean he will be gay. He may be masculine and gay, or masculine and straight, or feminine and gay, or feminine and straight. He may be trans and a lesbian. Gender is not the same as sexuality and stop mixing the two up!
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Or less rephrase it. There arent femenine or masculine things. That boy is just wearing long hair or a skirt, not being feminine :)
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hi myself 4 years ago
I also hate the stereotype that girls love princesses but boys hate them, and that boys love superheroes, and girls hate them. I am a girl, and I love superheroes! Honestly, I prefer Marvel to DC, but of course, that is the business of fandom. I don't really wear women's clothing, but more men's because I find that men's are actually way cooler. I really, REALLY wish that the world didn't have to genderize everyday things!
Random Anon 4 years ago
All said and done, these things exist because there is a market for them. Let us be honest that our society has not reached the point where people are just people. Men, women, black, white, tall, short or whatever, doesn't matter. Hopefully I live long enough to see the majority finally discarding these nonsensical stereotypes. But it ain't looking good at the rate I'm going.
Dest 4 years ago
One of the biggest issues that I noticed that even though consciously we are trying to think without the stereotypes, our brains saw so many of them that it automatically thinks it's normal subconsciously.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
It's okay. I'm apparently not a girl. Gonna be a hell of a shock to my OB/GYN.... ;-D
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Rick Seiden 4 years ago
In Animal Crossing New Horizons, the carpet selling camel, Sahara, is a girl in the US version, but in Japan, Sahara is a guy. I heard it's because they were afraid that the long eyelashes would be a problem on a guy. Camels have long eyelashes to protect their eyes from the sand and other crap in the desert. But in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the lead character, Link, a guy, has to dress up as a girl to get into a city of all women. If you don't do this, you can't complete the game. And, he actually does it more than once. So Nintendo had no problem with forcing one of their iconic characters to cross dress, but didn't want to make a camel male because it had long eyelashes. That's messed up.
artok 4 years ago
For me it is more surprising to find animals talking and behaving like humans.
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William Teach 4 years ago
It's amazing how some people can be so smug with their beliefs, yet, are completely intolerant of other people's opinions.
Bean O 4 years ago
Shoes are a big problem for (at least) kids , the female shoes are all sparkly and pink, and the male shoes are all kinds of colors. I wanted to cry when my mom said no to shoes "for boys" and made me get the sparkly crap. And she still wonders why I dont wear the shoes she gets me. Then again I could just be over dramatic-
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Same for my grandma. She used to buy me super "girly" clothes and also usually tight. I never wore them and she kept being sad about it. Well maybe buy me the clothes I liked as a kid.
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This is why I'm non-binary. Not only because I felt really confident in that identity, but partly because of stereotypes. When you say it 'stereotypes', it seems to be just a word. However they are painfully restricting in what you can do and be accepted for. They appear so often that subconsciously our brains perceive them as normal (I even noticed it in my own thoughts. Like when i was picking a toy for my brother, i reached for blue instead of pink). It's a sad reality that harms both genders
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
I adore them all. We should have a permanent collection of these strangely-gendered things, and at the end of the year a Golden Tin-opener should be given to the best one.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
You can check the reddit pointlesslygendered most examples in this post are there.
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Tahani 4 years ago (edited)
There was an article online some time ago about men who considered it to be gay to wipe themselves after going to the bathroom. They rather had skidmarks on their clothes and bedsheets then wipe themselves or shower themselves. So disgusting. (Google men refusing to wipe because it is gay, you’ll find several...)
Fuzzy Johnson 4 years ago
I buy nothing but hot pink lighters (5-packs) because they're easier to locate in the pile of crap on my desk.
CatWoman312 4 years ago
They have wipes now (the kind you use after you use the toilet) that are called “dude wipes” apparently they’re bigger or something because it’s gay to touch your asshole when you s**t
Al Christensen 4 years ago
I'd like to believe all this gender crap is in the past, but I know it's not.
Pamela Scott 4 years ago
I had trouble with my tools at work disappearing till I engraved daisies and little hearts all over them. Well one of the mechanics did take one and the other guys teased him so much that somehow it was put back 9n my desk while I was at break.
Dog Fan For Life 4 years ago
My sister and I play baseball, soccer, basketball, and hockey. Me being the more "girly" got teased by the boys on the baseball team 24/7. They would actually stand on the bench, chew up sunflower seeds, and spit the soggy shells at me, aiming at my face and getting the already chewed seeds into my mouth. One boy, in particular, would make fun of my name and change my name to inappropriate things...all because I was "girly." Later in the year I proved to be better at those sports than him and continued to be myself, and try not to react to the comments. Eventually, my coach stepped in and stopped it all together. I have 2 moms, and both of them are all for girl power and us continuing to play. They still bring us to every game, every practice, and take us to practice by ourselves. So both girls and boys, continue to be yourself and ignore these people who have no sense of direction in life and keep up doing what you love...NO MATTER WHAT!!!! 💕💕
Pezor Zass 4 years ago
I'm not saying that gender roles haven't always been an issue, because obviously they have, but the particular way that it hits us now is mostly due to advertising. Companies found that they sold more if they had gender-specific versions and that became the way that society saw gender. Imagine that, advertising can affect how people see their own gender. Advertising is a truly scary then when you look into it
artok 4 years ago
Not only gender, also hair color, race, social group you belong to, income level, ...
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Kamila Podolak 4 years ago
I've stopped laughing around #20 and told a friend I've send the link to, to rather not read it, cos it has began to sound depressing not funny very quickly :(
Wendy Chenoweth 4 years ago
I always hated the gender thing and bucked it as much as possible with my sons 35 years ago. It's easier to do with girls as people are more afraid of homosexuality than they are of lesbianism. Anyways, I owned a children's clothing and toy store and took great pleasure in asking every customer who walked in if their baby was a boy or girl, especially if the child was dressed very obviously. They'd look at me like there was something wrong with me if I couldn't tell the kid was a girl with a big stupid pink bow on their head.
Shmoopaloop 4 years ago (edited)
I hate this anti-Mormon Bullcrap Edit: the anti-Mormon posts, not the whole post.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
The one picture that doesnt say anything bad about your cult except that its absurd to separate women and men by colours?
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Kathleen van der Gryp 4 years ago
I'm a girl who loves pink - does that mean there's something wrong with me?!
Ozacoter 4 years ago
It means that you are a person that liked pink. Being a girl has nothing to do with it.
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Christine Curtiss 4 years ago
I've seen pink boxing gloves for women. If I was into boxing I wouldn't want pink gloves.
Tinho 4 years ago
So...late reaction from my side. But here is the problem. When is - except from the obvious- is someone being a jerk? Isnt it possible that you make a - perhaps misplaced- joke? Does it mean that you ARE a jerk? In other words who has the monopoly on judging somebode on making mistakes?
fuggnuggins 4 years ago
This isn't gendering. Pink is for females. Blue is for males. They're sexes, not genders. This is sexing.
Hilzillah 4 years ago
Listen, I'm 100% be who you want to be. If my boy wants to wear a pink sweater or even a dress, we're going dress shopping. That being said, I do get why some items are pink for Girls. It's just bc most Girls like pink. And yes, it's stupid that the pink or blue objects have 'boy- or girlwhatever' on the box.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
But most girls like them because they have been conditioned to believe that pink means girl. Its not the cause, its the consecuence.
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bill marsano 4 years ago
Good points but, often, poor expression. Several people here seem to forget that not everyopne in their potential audiemce is the same age as they are and equally tolerant of the promiscuous use of the F-bomb. Maybe more people would hear you if you left that out? Also: use of the term 'straight people' as an all-inclusive is as offensive as, for example, 'all gays' in that ignores individuality.
Ozacoter 4 years ago (edited)
How the female characters not being pink or having eyekeashes or fakw boobs ruins your childhood? Maybe you are being too sensitive.
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Iapetos 4 years ago
We are making fun of silly companies pointlessly gendering stuff. What offends you about that?
Load More Replies... Rae Reyn 4 years ago
To be fair, I took pink plasti-dip to the handles of a lot of my tools. Buts that's not because I need pink tools for my delicate lady hands, but so the guys in my shop won't borrow them.
Simon Kwan 4 years ago
Smart way to use their fragile masculinity to your advantage
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
My dad one day in the 1970s: "Tennis is gay." .....My mom in reply: "So football is manly?"......My dad: "Hell yeah."...... My mom: "A sport where you're rubbing up against other men and sharing showers naked in a room together is manly."..... And that's when I think my dad's brain melted and he never made such comments again.
Cori 4 years ago (edited)
This gender BS is so annoying. I've been dealing with it my whole life. All I wanted to do as a kid was run around outside, climb trees, catch bugs, play in the mud. But my older, female cousins would insist on dragging me into the bathroom to fix my hair, do my makeup and harass me about why I wasn't wearing a training bra. I've never liked pink. I very much wanted to join the boy scouts because they got to do all the fun stuff. I hated being forced to wear dresses and I loved unicorns because putting a horn on a horse just made it even more bad ass. Now I'm an adult and trying to raise boys and am having to deal with all the problems at the other end of the spectrum. I make a point of not even introducing any of that toxic masculinity crap, but my 7 year old watches cartoons and picks up snippets of it from that. Lately he's been trying to tell me boy's hearts aren't as big as girl's, and that boys are supposed to be meaner than girls. We had a nice long conversation about that one.
hi myself 4 years ago
Yeah, I'm a girl and I don't like fixing my hair, doing makeup, or like pink either.
Load More Replies... ZooMom 4 years ago (edited)
I laugh at a lot of these but I did just want to put it out in the universe that while we should support men and women that subvert “traditional gender roles” we also need to show support for men and women who tend to fall into them. I had a coworker tell my boss she wanted to be a stay at home mom and raise a large family and he told her she was too smart to waste her life like that. And she was incredibly smart but her excitement about wanting to make a home and be a full time mom apparently made her goals ridiculous. We shouldn’t shame men who go to the gym and lift weights by assuming they are just “grunts” or women who enjoy manicures and shoe sales as “airheads”. Bottom line, but what you want, do what you want but also let others be too.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
We need to allow people to habe their own choices. But we really need to stop gendering actions, careers, clothes or everything else.
Load More Replies... K. 4 years ago
At the time of this comment, the article has war paint for men as a header. I’ve always referred to cosmetics as war paint. When I put on red lipstick, most people in my life know it’s a day for me to be productive...that it’s my war paint.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Exactly. It conceals and diverts. My true self passes unseen.
Load More Replies... another one 4 years ago
For gender-freak parents: a boy being feminine does not mean he will be gay. He may be masculine and gay, or masculine and straight, or feminine and gay, or feminine and straight. He may be trans and a lesbian. Gender is not the same as sexuality and stop mixing the two up!
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Or less rephrase it. There arent femenine or masculine things. That boy is just wearing long hair or a skirt, not being feminine :)
Load More Replies... hi myself 4 years ago
I also hate the stereotype that girls love princesses but boys hate them, and that boys love superheroes, and girls hate them. I am a girl, and I love superheroes! Honestly, I prefer Marvel to DC, but of course, that is the business of fandom. I don't really wear women's clothing, but more men's because I find that men's are actually way cooler. I really, REALLY wish that the world didn't have to genderize everyday things!
Random Anon 4 years ago
All said and done, these things exist because there is a market for them. Let us be honest that our society has not reached the point where people are just people. Men, women, black, white, tall, short or whatever, doesn't matter. Hopefully I live long enough to see the majority finally discarding these nonsensical stereotypes. But it ain't looking good at the rate I'm going.
Dest 4 years ago
One of the biggest issues that I noticed that even though consciously we are trying to think without the stereotypes, our brains saw so many of them that it automatically thinks it's normal subconsciously.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
It's okay. I'm apparently not a girl. Gonna be a hell of a shock to my OB/GYN.... ;-D
Load More Replies... Rick Seiden 4 years ago
In Animal Crossing New Horizons, the carpet selling camel, Sahara, is a girl in the US version, but in Japan, Sahara is a guy. I heard it's because they were afraid that the long eyelashes would be a problem on a guy. Camels have long eyelashes to protect their eyes from the sand and other crap in the desert. But in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the lead character, Link, a guy, has to dress up as a girl to get into a city of all women. If you don't do this, you can't complete the game. And, he actually does it more than once. So Nintendo had no problem with forcing one of their iconic characters to cross dress, but didn't want to make a camel male because it had long eyelashes. That's messed up.
artok 4 years ago
For me it is more surprising to find animals talking and behaving like humans.
Load More Replies... William Teach 4 years ago
It's amazing how some people can be so smug with their beliefs, yet, are completely intolerant of other people's opinions.
Bean O 4 years ago
Shoes are a big problem for (at least) kids , the female shoes are all sparkly and pink, and the male shoes are all kinds of colors. I wanted to cry when my mom said no to shoes "for boys" and made me get the sparkly crap. And she still wonders why I dont wear the shoes she gets me. Then again I could just be over dramatic-
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Same for my grandma. She used to buy me super "girly" clothes and also usually tight. I never wore them and she kept being sad about it. Well maybe buy me the clothes I liked as a kid.
Load More Replies... Dest 4 years ago
This is why I'm non-binary. Not only because I felt really confident in that identity, but partly because of stereotypes. When you say it 'stereotypes', it seems to be just a word. However they are painfully restricting in what you can do and be accepted for. They appear so often that subconsciously our brains perceive them as normal (I even noticed it in my own thoughts. Like when i was picking a toy for my brother, i reached for blue instead of pink). It's a sad reality that harms both genders
Anna McHugh 4 years ago
I adore them all. We should have a permanent collection of these strangely-gendered things, and at the end of the year a Golden Tin-opener should be given to the best one.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
You can check the reddit pointlesslygendered most examples in this post are there.
Load More Replies... Tahani 4 years ago (edited)
There was an article online some time ago about men who considered it to be gay to wipe themselves after going to the bathroom. They rather had skidmarks on their clothes and bedsheets then wipe themselves or shower themselves. So disgusting. (Google men refusing to wipe because it is gay, you’ll find several...)
Fuzzy Johnson 4 years ago
I buy nothing but hot pink lighters (5-packs) because they're easier to locate in the pile of crap on my desk.
CatWoman312 4 years ago
They have wipes now (the kind you use after you use the toilet) that are called “dude wipes” apparently they’re bigger or something because it’s gay to touch your asshole when you s**t
Al Christensen 4 years ago
I'd like to believe all this gender crap is in the past, but I know it's not.
Pamela Scott 4 years ago
I had trouble with my tools at work disappearing till I engraved daisies and little hearts all over them. Well one of the mechanics did take one and the other guys teased him so much that somehow it was put back 9n my desk while I was at break.
Dog Fan For Life 4 years ago
My sister and I play baseball, soccer, basketball, and hockey. Me being the more "girly" got teased by the boys on the baseball team 24/7. They would actually stand on the bench, chew up sunflower seeds, and spit the soggy shells at me, aiming at my face and getting the already chewed seeds into my mouth. One boy, in particular, would make fun of my name and change my name to inappropriate things...all because I was "girly." Later in the year I proved to be better at those sports than him and continued to be myself, and try not to react to the comments. Eventually, my coach stepped in and stopped it all together. I have 2 moms, and both of them are all for girl power and us continuing to play. They still bring us to every game, every practice, and take us to practice by ourselves. So both girls and boys, continue to be yourself and ignore these people who have no sense of direction in life and keep up doing what you love...NO MATTER WHAT!!!! 💕💕
Pezor Zass 4 years ago
I'm not saying that gender roles haven't always been an issue, because obviously they have, but the particular way that it hits us now is mostly due to advertising. Companies found that they sold more if they had gender-specific versions and that became the way that society saw gender. Imagine that, advertising can affect how people see their own gender. Advertising is a truly scary then when you look into it
artok 4 years ago
Not only gender, also hair color, race, social group you belong to, income level, ...
Load More Replies... Kamila Podolak 4 years ago
I've stopped laughing around #20 and told a friend I've send the link to, to rather not read it, cos it has began to sound depressing not funny very quickly :(
Wendy Chenoweth 4 years ago
I always hated the gender thing and bucked it as much as possible with my sons 35 years ago. It's easier to do with girls as people are more afraid of homosexuality than they are of lesbianism. Anyways, I owned a children's clothing and toy store and took great pleasure in asking every customer who walked in if their baby was a boy or girl, especially if the child was dressed very obviously. They'd look at me like there was something wrong with me if I couldn't tell the kid was a girl with a big stupid pink bow on their head.
Shmoopaloop 4 years ago (edited)
I hate this anti-Mormon Bullcrap Edit: the anti-Mormon posts, not the whole post.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
The one picture that doesnt say anything bad about your cult except that its absurd to separate women and men by colours?
Load More Replies... Kathleen van der Gryp 4 years ago
I'm a girl who loves pink - does that mean there's something wrong with me?!
Ozacoter 4 years ago
It means that you are a person that liked pink. Being a girl has nothing to do with it.
Load More Replies... Christine Curtiss 4 years ago
I've seen pink boxing gloves for women. If I was into boxing I wouldn't want pink gloves.
Tinho 4 years ago
So...late reaction from my side. But here is the problem. When is - except from the obvious- is someone being a jerk? Isnt it possible that you make a - perhaps misplaced- joke? Does it mean that you ARE a jerk? In other words who has the monopoly on judging somebode on making mistakes?
fuggnuggins 4 years ago
This isn't gendering. Pink is for females. Blue is for males. They're sexes, not genders. This is sexing.
Hilzillah 4 years ago
Listen, I'm 100% be who you want to be. If my boy wants to wear a pink sweater or even a dress, we're going dress shopping. That being said, I do get why some items are pink for Girls. It's just bc most Girls like pink. And yes, it's stupid that the pink or blue objects have 'boy- or girlwhatever' on the box.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
But most girls like them because they have been conditioned to believe that pink means girl. Its not the cause, its the consecuence.
Load More Replies... bill marsano 4 years ago
Good points but, often, poor expression. Several people here seem to forget that not everyopne in their potential audiemce is the same age as they are and equally tolerant of the promiscuous use of the F-bomb. Maybe more people would hear you if you left that out? Also: use of the term 'straight people' as an all-inclusive is as offensive as, for example, 'all gays' in that ignores individuality.
Ozacoter 4 years ago (edited)
How the female characters not being pink or having eyekeashes or fakw boobs ruins your childhood? Maybe you are being too sensitive.
Load More Replies... Iapetos 4 years ago
We are making fun of silly companies pointlessly gendering stuff. What offends you about that?
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