People Are Sharing Unnecessarily Gendered Products To Show How Wrong And Stupid It Is (30 Pics)
What do you look for when you’re choosing a product? Let’s say the product is something essential but banal, for example, a toothbrush. Do you want it to work how it’s supposed to and be comfortable to use? Obviously. Do you want it to be a color you like? Sure. Admittedly not relevant to how it works, but you do see it several times a day, after all. Do you want it to make you feel like a real man or a woman?
Probably not what most of us think of while we’re brushing our teeth every morning, but apparently, advertisers say yes. Here are some products that we don’t think anyone asked for gendered versions of, as found by people on Twitter.
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If you want to make pink binoculars for people who like pink, that's fine! But gendering binoculars is so unnecessary and stupid
The problem is that, at least in my country, the pink version is more expensive.
Load More Replies...So the pink one is "girly girl", while the other one is "North american": another good example of masculine being used as universal, and feminine being used as a difference.
I don't want hot pink binoculars with flowers! If I'm going to play spy I'm going to want something a little less conspicuous!
I like the binoculars because they are pink. I don't like the fact that they are gendered.
The differences might be unnecessary if you use sleeping bags mainly in summer and on local festivals. Below freezing temperatures you start to value the fact that those are cut and tailored different way to minimize heat loss. Especially if you are hiking and you don't want to carry extra weight due just in case insulation But even on summer and on festivals you may value that fact that often zippers are on the women's bags on opposite edges and designed in the way that bags can be combined ;)
Super interesting! I have only used mine for summer camping trips. Thanks for the info :)
Load More Replies...The men's one looks to be broader in the shoulders and the women's looks to be narrower - in the first photo - this is correctly marketed to different sexes.
And some things that are pink they sell for more money. Because supposedly women will pay more. it's called the pink tax or is that taxes on tampons that should go away any way I saw an article on it. Pink and blue things side by side exactly the same except for color and the pink one geared toward women would be higher.
No offence taken @hawkeye and @fullname. No offence meant when I point out that my comments are based on actual evidence as a person with similar height to men, whereas yours is based on assumptions of body types you cannot possible have empirical evidence for given your "non-outlier" average body. Also, the number one researcher on outdoor gear confirms its about size not gender. https://www.outsideonline.com/2322396/size-womens-specific-sleeping-bags
Seriously? Because guys CANNOT like the color red, and there are NO tall girls, right?? If it has to do with size, then just label them the different sizes! Nonsensical!
i think all of them should be in vivid colors, to be easily spotted...
The concept is good, but it should still be a family game. No need to make it just for girls.
Yes! As a guy, I would absolutely love to play this version of jenga. It seems like a good icebreaker thing, too
Load More Replies...This is not “Jenga for Girls”: it’s part of a line of combo board games, like “Clue Guess Who” or “Twister Scrabble” that blend two popular games together. In this case, it blends the game Jenga with the game “Girl Talk.” Of course, the game Girl Talk is gendered, but this is not just pink Jenga.
I get this one, in that it has added value over regular jenga with the talking points on the bricks. It's not a stretch to say girls and boys would probably find different questions more or less interesting. It also transforms it from a strictly competitive game to a social one, which tends to appeal to girls more.
Please explain to me what questions like "what's your favourite website" or "who do you have a crush on" have to do with gender? What's YOUR favourite website? "Oh I cant possibly tell you that, IM A GUY!!"
Load More Replies...I have two grown daughters. We would have a blast playing this! Probably because alcohol would factor into the equation.
Again perpetuating the stupidity that boys don't talk to each other about things like "what is your one wish" or "who do you have a crush on"? I AM MAN! MUST NOT TALK! MUST ONLY GRUNT! GRRRRR!
I think that there are questions on the blocks and you have to answer them as a part of the game
Nobody is saying that selling things in a variety of designs is bad—people have different likes and dislikes and we would be bored if everything only came in brown. But is it any wonder why so many girls end up resenting pink and floral patterns when that’s the one look that advertisements and toy packaging tell them they should be choosing, while boys are encouraged to play with toys in red, green, black, and pretty much every other color?
For adults, who have had their whole lives to get to know their own preferences, it seems shallow and infantilizing. And when design comes at the expense of functionality, like pink glue or more fragile razors, it goes from uncomfortable to insulting.
Finally a product for me, I've had enough of using men's shampoo, apricots have delicate hair you know. We need specially formulated shampoos :D
This is aimed at men's insecurities. They may be the same product for all we know, but some guys feel insecure using "apricot" scented product. they want to believe their shampoo is made from manly things like motor oil and beer.
And cigar smoke, barbecue, gym socks, musk ox, gunpowder, forest floor and hunting dog. Did I miss any?
Load More Replies...Ah yes. We apricots use this brand all the time. But my friend needs some attack helicopter shampoo, he’s having difficulty finding some so if you guys know where to get some please let me know.
I bought men's shampoo by accident once, it was great. And I did not grow a d**k.
Well I don't know about you, but I am glad that we apricots get a special shampoo to keep the fuzz on our skin hydrated.
Hey, why is this in the list? It's very useful to all the apricots I know!
There's actually a purpose behind this. The women's tea promotes estrogen health, bone density and calmness for stress. Them men's promotes healthy testosterone levels, memory wellness and gastrointestinal wellness. You wouldn't want a woman drinking a tea that promotes higher testosterone levels, would you?
I understand but they should explain. Otherwise I'll just walk right by it not realizing what it is for.
Load More Replies...Some supplements are different such as mulivitamins so this one makes sense.
Explanation from the tea company here: https://www.yogitea.com/en/womens-tea-and-mens-tea/
I wonder if it's a play on words. Hand and Man. Still makes little sense tho unless it actually explodes...
Trust me, it does. Signed, A Veteran of the Bathroom Wars
Load More Replies...Yeah or a stocking stuffer for the old husband because I know he wouldn’t use a flower one lol.
Load More Replies...Then there’s the opposite phenomenon, when marketers think things should be designated “for men” because apparently it’s not manly in the first place to use soap, eat bread, or have a cup of tea (chili in tea... I didn't know there was something effeminate about drinking things that taste good and don’t hurt.)
Reminds me of a cartoon of Han Solo with a bowl and spoon, and Chewbacca standing behind him holding a bag labelled 'human chow'. It's a gag gift, showing up (like all the other stuff you don't need) at Christmas.
Load More Replies...Why is the guy shown using a spoon? Obviously he should be eating out of it just with his mouth.
Stand up for men’s rights! Men can’t be discriminated! But actually, how triggered would some people get if this said women?
Oh, we have our little 'Gotchas'. And remember, please, that this was almost certainly designed by a man, and approved by a man; most heads of Production and Marketing are still male. When you have to pay 50 cents to a dollar extra because they colored a basic product blue, with no other changes (like basic razors), come whine to me. Or get a set of hot pink wrenches...
Load More Replies...As a woman I refuse to eat rooster eggs! (Just kidding, no such thing)
Load More Replies...I wonder if this is more about making it easier to get your kids to eat their damn breakfast already. Little Keightlynne will happily snarf down her Pretty Princess Eggs, and Brayden will get excited about having his Big Boy Pirate Treasure Breakfast.
I would find that not as important as compared to unnecessary gendering
Load More Replies...its cute ... and it doesnt say for girls or boys?? people take everything too serious
SJWs are down-voting you for a perfectly reasonable comment. So I up-voted you.
Load More Replies...This product isn't gendered? It doesn't say eggs for girls or eggs for boys, what's to stop a girl seeing the pirate eggs and saying they want them or a boy seeing the princess eggs and saying they want those ones
This is from Denmark and I truly believe that the happy Danes will be perfectly okay with their daughters choosing the pirate carton and the sons choosing the princess one.
Norway, but the same goes for norwegians. (Egg in Norwegian, æg in danish.)
Load More Replies...This was back in 2013 to get kids to eat more egg. I dont remember if they even lasted a season.
And nothing says one has to be for girls it’s simply a princess in pink lol
Load More Replies...Hm. I thought that marketing specifically targeting children was illegal in Norway.
"MAN Spread"! Get it right for God's sake! It's like calling Vegemite, "Vaginamite"!
Load More Replies...But seriously, women can't digest organic pumpkin seeds. High five Wiki when you see it.
Slices are probably cut thicker with more rustic texture. You know, because men need to eat more. Ingredient wise, mostly the same as fancy bread.
I like how the first ingredient is flax, which is bad for testosterone levels
To be fair, some products are gendered because of average shape and size measurements or nutritional requirements based on sex. Even in those cases, though, what do we get out of labeling them “for men” or “for women” before said sizing or nutritional benefits? That just confuses and embarrasses people whose needs fall outside of those averages, because our proportions and chemistry vary a lot even within the biological categories of male and female. Further polarizing products by putting nuts and bolts or flowers and glitter on the package adds another uncomfortable layer by conflating our personalities and likes with those physical parameters.
This one doesn’t specifically say any gender. There is nothing wrong with having a choice of pink plane or blue plane. Some people (whether girl or boy like pink and others like blue).
Exactly! I don't think making different coloured products is wrong at all and there's nothing wrong with this one. The problem arises only when you assign blue for boys and pink for girls, which this product doesn't do
Load More Replies...Thank gods by the time I’m old everything will either be white or green lol
Load More Replies...Some people just enjoy the colors. But the people who came up with this were probably thinking about “gender specific” colors.
I'd be more worried about the child cutting his fingers off or losing an eye on these 'quality' products
The 'female' jet reminds me of Totally Spies airplane for some reason
You can only communicate with pink souls, not dark ones
Load More Replies...For when you wanna conjure up some female demons, or maybe a long dead mother-in-law :D
“or maybe a long dead mother-in-law“ so you can kill her (again) *evil grin* ____ (I'm just joking, of course)
Load More Replies...I agree! However they used to be marketed as a game for all the family in the 50s/60s! I found this out when I saw one made by Waddington's, in my Nan's loft.
Load More Replies...One time I saw a video about a guy cutting the power to his sister’s room while she and her friends were using a Ouija board.
And the door was blocked! Oh, what great shrieks and screams!
Load More Replies...Just an unrelated reminder that when they say "flushable", that doesn't mean you should flush them. You CAN, but it's not considered a good idea.
Fun fact: those wipes actually don't disintegrate, and they tend to cause havoc in the sewage system further down the line.
Guy's have some unusual chemistry actively working in their crotches and floral perfumes do not work out well in a sweaty male crotch. Getting a guy to use a wipe is like getting a kid to eat vegetables so since this product works ( the stores in my area are always restocking these ) then I would call this a necessarily hyped gender product and one I proudly admit to using to spare my wife the horrors of my boxers after a long day or work in the service to the public safety that I perform.
And you think that perfumes are good for female crotches?
Load More Replies...Flushable is total b******t and they don't exist. This r******d s**t only further damages infrastructure with other stupid s**t people flush away
I remember seeing this on Shark Tank. It seems like it's doing really well for some reason
The American Marketing Association has observed that younger consumers are beginning to scoff at advertising that leans on gender, and recommends that brands focus on advertising “what a product is for rather than whom it is for.”
They say that brands could learn more about their consumer base’s habits and do better business by removing gendered marketing that could sway consumers away from products not traditionally associated with their gender, and embracing marketing that presents their products in a positive light for any consumer.
Honestly, this isn't gendered, this is just two different types of products, with different characters/design.
when my brother saw this, (he is 6 1/2), He was like, "stacy, can we go get princess goldfish please? cars are for girls!"
Totally unrelated but that Lightning McQueen goldfish looks disgusting
Again nothing wrong..Some girls want goldfish princess crackers or a boy want maybe princess crackers. I am a grown a*s woman and sometimes I want goldfish princess crackers xD
Ugh, again another one that isn’t necessarily based on gender but based on different characters giving people a choice.
These are just different colors, not gender-oriented. Am I not seeing something?
You have to be naive to think that "Sleep Pretty" pink ear plugs aren't marketed toward girls while the "Heroes" blue earplugs are marketed to boys. Just because it doesn't specifically state "boy" and "girl" doesn't mean they aren't gendered.
Load More Replies...Actually, the pink ones are narrower. Legit sizing difference, and important for those of us with little ears and noisy families.
Generic earplugs are made for men. That is, they are made for larger ear canals and can be quite uncomfortable for woman to wear for long periods. Women's earplugs tend to be a little smaller and/or softer and much more comfy!
If one is a hermaphrodite/intersexed, then one of each colour will suffice. :-)
If you want to by gender-specific you'll save money, too. A true deal :)
The bible is one of the most misogynistic books on the planet. It states that a women who has a female child is twice as unclean as a woman that has a male child. It says that if a woman is raped and they are found, the rapist must pay the father some shekels and they must be married. I don't know many women that want to marry their rapist. Just a sickening, disgusting anti-woman book. Evil garbage filth.
Every "holy" book is just a collection of old folktales, fantasy and lots of c**p. Some things are so unbelievable it is laughable.. 😖👎
Wait whhat... so the parts that tellwomen to obey and stay silent in groups etc are in extra bold letters ?? Barf...
It contains one sentence: "women must be silent and let men do whatever they want with them."
Have all misogynistic parts been removed or altered in this Woman's Bible? Because if they've been removed, I think I can handle a 3-page pamphlet ...
I personally know women who have been convinced that they, AND their daughters, are nothing more than, and I quote - "A vessel for the man's seed". I almost died when I heard an acquaintance's 10 YO daughter say THAT!. You can thank any Fundamental Christian (?) group for those wonderful ways of keeping women in their place. ANYONE who takes the KJV version of the Bible as a way to RULE their family scares the living f' out of me. My daughter is NO ONE'S vessel.
This isn't really gendered it's colored. Only if you assign blue to boys and pink to girls can you say it's really gendered. As it doesn't say 'for boys' or 'for girls' on the packaging. I would've probably liked this as a child.
Why then is it not green and yellow? Traditional marketing (and everything else) goes: pink targets girls, blue targets boys. Everyone knows that, even unconsciously.
Load More Replies...Seems like some people will find anything to complain about or find that is gender biased etc.
They purposely 'forgot' to show that you have these in red, green, yellow and purple too...
Oh, I'm not sure this is actually gendered. Here in Belgium I've seen not only pink, but yellow and red Pritt sticks as well. My kids and their friends like them to add a touch of colour to their designs instead of just glueing.
I've seen pink tools and took kits. It's just them trying to make a sale. Like a woman can't use tools lying around the house because they aren't pink. The kids clothing companies started this just to double up on sales a long time ago
I'm guessing for the men's mirror that objects appear larger than they actually are, lol!!
These mirrors, strange as it may seem to some of you, can be used by men OR women. Even the most traditionally male and female things of applying make-up or shaving your face can be done in EXACTLY the same mirror (Yes, you COULD even SHARE a mirror with a man!) This DOES tick the box for unnecessarily gendered! Personally I think the motivation behind most of these is so that the companies can charge one sex more than the other for exactly the same product..
The photons bouncing off one mirror or the other can change your gender! I'm serious!! lol
Load More Replies...And is it called a “man” mirror, so the guy can actually look in the mirror and be confident, his d**k won’t fall off and he starts applying makeup instead? That mirror is just as good to that use
This is silly. I suppose most closeup facial mirrors are marked as 'makeup mirrors' and no man would be caught dead buying one. Sheesh!
I need to get one of these for my man. He shaves in the shower. To be fair, so do I but I don't use a mirror.
Now this kind of gendering of products is problematic. Just making a blue and pink product isn't gendering, but this is just really icky and not the way boys and girls should be taught to think about themselves.
And the boys treats are shaped like skulls!?
Load More Replies...It's ridiculous. But they double sales this way. If we stopped buying stuff like this maybe they would get the idea and stop.
Load More Replies...What?! No Little Prince or Tough Warrior Princess (like Xena)? Madness!
They started it along time ago. There's also a pink tax. Women's razors cost more for the pink ones than the exact same blue ones cost and the little st goes on.
Load More Replies...This reminds me of the (true) story where a little boy wanted to buy a pink stroller and doll. Some old woman, a complete stranger to him or his mom, told him "No, you don't really want that! It is for girls. Surely you want a boys toy!" The little boy told her his mind and got what he wanted, the stroller.
I have a little princess that loves creepy skulls. She would be devastated if I bought her strawberries instead of something cool
But as a parent you have that choice, what the f**k is wrong with you people on this post making a big deal out of nothing
Load More Replies...Tough princess, wants glittery nuts and bolts and a purple chainsaw to accessorise her camo hunting dress with removable skirt that turns into a tent and has hundreds of pockets
I think these two gender neutral bathrooms? On another note, why are single occupancy bathrooms ever gendered?
There may be a by-law about it. I'll use the men's if the women's is occupied and tell other women to do the same.
Load More Replies...S**t... which one do I use? I'm not a man... but I don't own or wear any heels either... guess I'll try to hold it. Then again I don't own or wear skirts either... S**T! I've been using the wrong bathrooms my whole life!
I wear skirts because being disabled and pants are somewhat mutually exclusive right now. But so are heels. (permanently.) Which one is right for me? Or for that matter, what does a man in a kilt use?
Load More Replies...Actually pink tax does exist.you would know that except that I guess you are misogynistic white man.I mean you might not be but still educated guessing
Load More Replies...Two entirely different products. Scrub Daddy was the original product and it has existed for years. The manufacturer created a softer "less abrasive" sponge and named it Scrub Mommy. It is unfortunate naming, but not genderized.
The "unfortunate name" of both of them is exactly genderized
Load More Replies...hey, guess what? i bought both the other day and discovered that scrub mommy is better!!! (not joking either)
I've had scrub daddy for years It is a really good sponge but the wording for the new sponge is kinda unfortunate
The original one was scrub daddy, so I guess that they added a scrub mommy so it wouldn't seem too sexist?
They added scrub mommy to show that it is not the same...
Load More Replies...Absolutely gendered, and I bet you that it is of dubious quality on top of it!
Load More Replies...We have a pink set at our home. It was 50% cheaper on Amazon than the same one in "manly" black & orange. To date my testicles have not fallen off.
I'm glad it was cheaper. That means the women aren't falling for it anymore. I'm sure you bought it because it was cheaper right?
Load More Replies...I enjoy how people try to twist their minds into rationalizing that making something the color pink has nothing to do with gender. Unfortunately that is not the world we live in.
One year our entire teaching staff received a set like this, minus the power tool, because the theme for the new year was something like “Building for the Future”. The guys mostly said they would give theirs to their spouses. I’m a woman, and I thought, finally, a tool set hubby and my sons would not touch. Huh! They borrowed and lost my tools until the tools were all gone. They said they knew where to find my tools, because they were organized. Pink didn’t stop them for a day.
Would prefer it if the tools came designed for different sized hands S/M/L so we could all get a proper grip and not strain to reach round things
Depending on where you work , this might help keep your tools from going from borrowed to stolen!
I remember a girl working constrution saying she get pink tools so her coworkers do not steel it from her
My grandmother bought me a pink tool set when I was like, 18 - they're cheaply made and every piece broke. What a waste. I guess they assumed a girl would never try to actually fix something?
My ex bought something similar to this... turned out to be cheap and nasty...!
That's really adding insult to injury -- if pink tools don't work properly and fall apart quickly, the company is basically saying that girly girls and women are only "playing" at carpentry and repairs.
Load More Replies...Dodge always made good cars. This has classic lines.
Load More Replies...This one I will take!!!! I don't give a f*** if it's for men or women!!
I'm a male teen and IDC that it's called "La Femme" it's a beautiful car, I'd buy one
Load More Replies...1955 La Femme interiors were upholstered in a special tapestry material featuring pink rosebuds on a pale silver-pink background and pale pink vinyl trim. The La Femme came with a keystone-shaped, pink calfskin purse that coordinated with the interior of the car. The purse could be stowed in a compartment in the back of the passenger seat, and its gold-plated medallion faced outward. This brushed-metal medallion was large enough to have the owner's name engraved on it. Each purse was outfitted with a coordinated set of accessories inside, which included a face-powder compact, lipstick case, cigarette case, comb, cigarette lighter and change purse, all made of either faux-tortoiseshell plastic and gold-tone metal, or pink calfskin and gold-tone metal, and all were designed and made by “Evans”, a maker of women's fine garments and accessories in Chicago. On the back of the drivers seat was a compartment that contained a raincoat, rain bonnet and umbrella.
I love this car. It would be a blast to dress up and drive it everywhere. The best part is that it has a removable purse in the back of the seat. Perfect for keeping my snacks!
It wasn't very successful. It was introduced in 1955 and dropped after 1956. American Women had a better taste.
It was ahead of its time, being more expensive than the non-fem version (early pink tax) and at the time, not that many women outside of wealthy areas owned their own car. Oh, and in the 1950's, those wealthy women usually drove Cadillacs.
Load More Replies...IMHO: That actually sounds awesome! I want one of those now with all the upholstery and purse place and everything. It is totally genderfied and I don't care for some reason.
*Jumps up on soap box* *I* believe the problem isn't the design or anything but if you're a man and you want a car like this it should be ok too. Like someone else on here said "this is from the 50s" it was normally accepted behavior for the time period. Just not for today. You can't erase the past, only learn from it. Really the products themselves aren't the problem it's just the assignments we give them and what we teach our children. All of these things are the result of previously acceptable behavior that we now understand (at least some of us) shouldn't be so acceptable. It's also a very hard habit to break but we still should try. Yay for that part of humanity that continues thinking and learning and improving. Boo to anyone who doesn't see or won't accept the push for inclusivity in the world.
Load More Replies...Women didn't do much driving in the 1950s, partially because it was seen as a "husband's job" and partially because it was physically demanding (which was seen as "men's work"). This car and its Chrysler counterpart came equipped with power steering, power brakes, and automatic transmissions, which were appealing features opposed to armstrong steering, manual brakes and manual transmission. If you were a 120lb woman in 1955, you might have had an extremely difficult time stopping a sedan with manual brakes in an emergency. The general rule of brake system design at the time was 100lbs of pedal force to lock the wheels. Also, "trucker arms" from manual steering were considered unladylike, lol. But it flopped because it was really just a trim package designed to boost sales by creating a new niche.
Thank you for Informations. I do'nt know where you live, but in San Francisco California all the women in our neighborhood had their own car. I had my first at 16 years old, it was ugly and huge. I want a Firebird instead.
Load More Replies...Oh hell I'd buy a pink car!! Just so I can find it in the Walmart parking lot...ANY parking lot!
Then what you want is a hot pink, not pastel, so it could be seen.
Load More Replies...Because the lint on men's clothing is somehow different and requires a special, different lint-roller that is actually JUST THE SAME except for the fact it says 'Men' on the packaging. How did men manage for all these years when we only had lint rollers that couldn't differentiate between male and female clothing lint?? (sarcasm, in case you couldn't work it out)
Well, let's just say it's probably because "I went through a whole box of tissues during that movie" means something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT for men and women.
Actually they should have just called them extra-large but I have a feeling these aren't a new product.
You don't know what the man is going to wipe up with those. Maybe these are like XL size Trojans...
Cards against humanity brought out the “for her” set as a jab at the “pink tax”. Maybe have a read up on it.
It's Cards Against Humanity. Totally appropriate for it to be unnecessarily gendered. Have you never played?
Yeah, I was going to say this one is probably very intentional and dripping with sarcasm.
Before you guys get mad at this Cards Against Humanity is literally the most sexist, racist game ever. So this is nothing. Awesomely funny game though, I 100% recommend for parties.
I think it's just pure sarcasm at this point lol. Also to pick at the pink tax
As far as I know, this is done on purpose. The pink version is also more expensive, because the company donates the difference to Think Pink.
This is a bit different, in the pink set, there is lots about menstrual cycle and stuff that grosses men out, the game is f*.. hillarious. It makes fun of the genderthing and everything else in general. In a really rude way.
Again, I don't really think this is gendered...? Some kids like to play with the rockets and planes while others like to play with the astronauts. I think it's really cool that there's a female astronaut doll and nowhere does it say that it's for girls or that the other one is for boys
I understand the distinction you are trying to make and maybe one it will work like that. But for now we have to deal with reality, which is that boys and girls are so brainwashed and manipulated with the colors pink and blue way before they can even read, that just the colors alone cause most boys and girls to stick with assigned color.
Load More Replies...Actually, that one is kind of cool, since it's not often you see female astronaut toys. Now, if this were, say a princess set, maybe, but she's a cool doll!
Boys get a "10 piece play set", while girls get a doll and a suitcase... I mean really?!?!? I know I need to calm down about this, but this is how kids get messed up.
Load More Replies...It depends what the parents do if the son wants the doll.. let him have it! And if the girl goes for the exlorer - pack in blue , don't try to talk her into the doll!
Again, my bonusson of nine would never touch the pink girlie, thingking his manhood would wrinkle and he would become weak and stupid like girls in his opinion. Very sad.
I think there both cool. I like this idea, one has a doll cause some girls like dolls and the other has more boyish toys in it.
This one, I dont really have an issue with, as it's different contents, but no difference in targeting or gender. Just difference in audience perception.
As a woman, I'll take BK, Home Depot, BWW, Auto Zone, Panera Bread, and DEFINITELY Spafinder. Maybe Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
YOU DON’T NEED TO GENDER GIFT CARDS. Regular ones work just fine, thanks.
Wow! It's hard to comprehend why anyone would even bother doing this, even trying to get into the most sexist mind set I can imagine this just doesn't make sense. I've never seen anything as pointless and as sexist at the same time. I see it's priced in dollars so assume it's the US? We just don't have anything like this in my country (Scotland) There HAVE been a few things that have been attempted to be pushed on us that didn't exist a few years ago but they tend not to work here. I mean, SOME women DO like pink but the bright, babyish colour is too garish and blue is the main colour of our country's flag so it's as popular with girls as boys. Is this predominantly an American problem??
I think they missed the memo that they can after the 30s
Load More Replies...I'd have to get one of each! Home Depot and Bed, Bath and Beyond are some of my favourite stores!
Let's hope there's a Girl Genius bib buried in that pile.
Load More Replies...@jon davis not the bibs, whats ON the bibs. its so stupid that theyre implying that girls are simply obssessed with selfies and tht boys are smart.
Load More Replies...Well, holy s**t. This is the s**t that would have made me complain, loudly, to whomever would listen, while my children hid, again.
Let's hope there's a Girl Genius bib buried in that pile.
Load More Replies...Is this what society thinks women are like now? That is so insulting
Yep. For example, "For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints, women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church." (1 Corinthians 14:34)
Load More Replies...at the bottom though: "discover gross and gory bible stuff." *@#$% PLEASE! I CAN HANDLE GORY STUFF
That tagline, I hear it in Bart Simpsons voice. 'Discover gross and gory bible stuff'
I remember that there was a book in my primary school that had boys only on the cover. I tried to read it and the boys will tell on me (we were about 7; and it had stuff about spys and LEGO etc. (stuff that I liked at the time)). It was pathetic.
My brother had this Bible. There was nothing sexist in it, it just had "gross bible facts" and little devotionals aimed toward tween boys.
Every person who has never found their name printed on a souvenir is really ticked at Eetu right now.
I rarely laugh out loud, normally just chuckle on the inside, but this comment... I wish I could upvote it a hundred times.
Load More Replies...As someone who never finds their name on stuff, what about if you have a name that 'usually' is assigned to the other gender?!? I know girls named George, Noah and Dale, I also know a boy named Ashley
Beverly and Evelyn. These are both male and female.
Load More Replies...people in my extended family actually bought this kind of thing for there girl and boy twins
I can understand where they're coming from but why not orange and yellow, it's just a name! What if there's a unisex name, then what? Purple?
They have a gender-neutral one. My daughter had it and now my son plays with it.
Load More Replies...This is just showing girls at a young age that they are “ment to clean”
Because girls love to clean, especially after boys have trashed the place!
Girls Only. Not impressed. That comes under the same attitude as, A woman's place is in the kitchen, attitude,
I have a boy and two girls, and we always buy only "boys" ones because they have cooler toys.
Totally agree with the OP. They used to have fantastic toys in them before they went and gendered them. I tried getting 'girl's' ones a couple of times, and the 'toys' were laughable. One was a horrible, ugly, cheap bracelet. The other one was something even cheaper, some paper thing! So much rage.
It says everywhere that blue is for boys and pink is for girls and so many little boys here would rather die that play or eaT anythign pinked up. They learn the signs quickly and conform, most of them, and then ridicule that one boy who doesnt care.
I know, and it stinks. The one time my son wanted Frozen shoes and wore them to school, the little girls told him "That's for girls!" Made me mad.
Load More Replies...These are not gendered, but differentiated based on content. If you like cars and stuff, you know to buy blue and if you like barbie stuff, you get pink. It's better than not knowing what kind of stuff you get and end up with something you don't like. No where does it say blue is for boys and pink is for girls (in fact, it was the other way around till the 40s).
No, it clearly says “for boys” and “for girls” check it on google.
Load More Replies...When I played Monopoly ages ago, it had tiny player pieces: a dog, racecar, hat, iron and others. I can't remember playing as a woman ( or man)
what about regular monopoly??????? sid meier's civilization???????
Load More Replies...Mrs. Monopoly is just a monopoly game with inventions by women, and where women get the advantage.
Actually I think they are attempting to make it more equal because it was originally men, but now they have women too.
Yeah, except I'm pretty sure that the women make extra money when they pass go in this version; which is NOT equal. Read the description at the bottom of the box. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
Load More Replies...Right, we would make just the same fuss over spongebob monopoly because we don't like any variation from the original and that is the entire point.
Load More Replies...Thanks for the recommendation. I read the reviews and the product questions. Pure gold.
Load More Replies...The blue one is a bit more spicy than the pink one. However, which type you should choose is not only determined by your own taste but also by the dish you eat together with these pickles. A sausage with a strong taste would best be combined with "blue" pickles while "pink" pickles fit better to milder sausages (e.g. Bavarian Weißwurst).
Load More Replies...hmmm i would think any 'pickle' would be masculine...but then, i guess women might want one :D :D
Where does it say it’s for guys? it says “the Arsenal ultimate grooming set”. Arsenal is another term for an array of services/equipment used for a certain purpose. Nothing to do with gender.
So, the only way some of you are going to admit that these products are gendered is if it specifically says "FOR MEN!!!" Even though it is CLEARLY marketed to men? Give me a f*****g break. By the way, if you look up "The Arsenal Grooming Kit" it specifically states in the ad that it is for men. There you go, you pedantic f**k.
Load More Replies...Again, army term , “though” colors, so you will mot feel feminine and your w***y not shrivel, when you actually groom. Totally gender themed. How can some people not see this.
Hey..if it gets my husband and son to cut their nails properly..I'm all for it.
I’d use it but than again I use a lot of guys stuff like razors, house tools, and deodorant. Smells good to me, I even get compliments on the deodorant. Then a look of shock but whatever.
The name and military style case make it more acceptable for insecure guys to clip their nails...
How is the case military style? And why does the name and case make it acceptable for insecure guys? Sounds like you are a little insecure.
Load More Replies...I was so mad when myy mom gave me a nerf rebelle bow that did not work.
Haha I remember having a Rebelle nerf bow and arrow. Yeah it was kind of gendered but 10 y.o me had so much fun with it.
I have used one of these girl nerf guns and they shoot not as good as the "boy" nerf guns hah!!
I'm pretty sure that's a full grown adult woman that has been photo shopped to look like a young girl.
Load More Replies...To be fair, this might be necessary. While some guitars are made for smaller hands, I've known quite a few women who went with standard/full sized guitars and wound up having to play differently (fingerings on fretboard) than the way men do simply because of hand size. Also, the sheer size of some acoustics might require a different way to position/sit the guitar in a way that is not uncomfortable, not compromising in appearance, and functional.
My husband and I have almost the same size in hands. Mine are slightly thicker than his. Yes, I am female. So better to go with with "guitar for the people with smaller hands", if this is what was really intended by this product, in my opinion.
Load More Replies...I would make sense to have actual guitar necks in different sizes for those with smaller hands and a range of kids sizes too
It still came out of a cow, I hope .. A yogurt for men, by men ... Do they mean ... I hope not...
Lol I eat this during cycling season. The container is “ab shaped”. I thought this was geared towards athletes, regardless of gender? It doesn’t make sense, why would you limit your marketing reach like this?
It could be true that men have different nutritional needs, in which case this is fine.
Or it could not be true. What is in regular yogurt that isn't for men?
Load More Replies...Look at what it says, it probably has things specifically for prostate health, much in the way they make yogurts for women to help with cramps and other issues. This is a perfectly fine product to me because it deals with specific health needs that are related to your chromosomal status
Extremely misleading, men’s nutritional needs are different than that of women. Powerful Yogurt is also a brand all it’s own and is in no way saying men are more powerful. Do research before pitting genders against each other
Yes actually Women *need* more iron than men.....but if you are trying to get iron from yoghurt your diet is seriously worrying.
Load More Replies...Why do you have to gender edible products, it makes zero sense. I don't think the foods and tastes you like has anything to do with your gender??
IIUC Japanese culture is rife with sexism, and one of their tropes is that boys and men aren't supposed to like sweet stuff.
Load More Replies..."as bitter as a white cishet meninist" WOW! This is English too. Can't wait for an opportunity to use it.
There are men and women vitamins and protein powders etc because fact is men and women often have differing nutritional needs.
If its pure protein powder, which almost all whey powders are, it only contains protein and flavouring.
Load More Replies...I hate gendered products. "For her" has extra iron in it. Just label it "with extra iron" - does the same trick. If you don't know why the extra iron would be necessary, the gendered version won't be very appealing to you either!
Women of child bearing age are more often iron deficient than men.
Load More Replies...It's also a repeat. That's why it's cropped (see the Bic entry above).
Load More Replies...Well, we do... but, nothing we'd need a "thirst crusher" for. Just give us a quick spritz with the plant sprayer and we're good. XD
Load More Replies...They were hilarious. It was clearly tongue in cheek and featured women defying female stereotypes to eat the 'not for girls' chocolate. The difference in perspective is probably an indication of how spot-on their gendered marketing campaign was.
Load More Replies...Does not count. This was just a gimmick and was not to be taken seriously. In fact, more women bought it to defy the ad, which was what Nestle' was trying to achieve.
I remember visiting Ireland in 2010 and seeing these in a vending machine in the hotel. My friends and I had to buy one. And then we were reading how it's all a marketing ploy to get women/girls to buy them, because it says it isn't for them.
I like to eat this and wear an alarmingly pink jacket just to piss people off
This is literally telling half of the population not to buy their product. Smart!
This is simply wrong from whatever angle you choose to look at it from.
but the pink one could have said just "BOSS" too. The other one doesnt say "boy boss" either
Load More Replies...So much pink it makes me want to throw up. Also, Gillette razor blades, female ones being more expensive and easier to dull. We will never move as a society.
I've been using men's razors all my life. Tried a couple marketed towards women a couple times and immediately threw them out. They were useless!
Load More Replies...Historically, pink for girls and blue for boys wasn’t the norm until post-WWII retail in the US. Originally, it was the other way around: “For example, the June 1918 issue of the Infant's Department, a trade magazine for baby clothes manufacturers, said: ‘There has been a great diversity of opinion on this subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy; while blue, which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girl.’” See: https://www.livescience.com/22037-pink-girls-blue-boys.html
Yep. Gendered colours are completely a social construct. Which is part of what makes it so ridiculous. If we want to offer different colours for products, that's fine, but FFS, don't gender them.
Load More Replies...For everyone determined to be so regressive they have to argue every entry on this post: You aren't coming off like a cool, intelligent rebel. You give the impression of either a Martian anthropologist trying to understand "hoo-mahns," a giant numpty who can barely recognize shapes, or someone who has lived under a rock in Antarctica for 70 years. Just accept that gendered marketing is a thing and that we *all* hate it. Here's a really easy test: If those products are "just different colors," how many of you would buy a pink item as a gift for a male work supervisor you didn't know well? How many of you would give a pink item at a boy's baby shower if you didn't know the family well?
As a woman, if I have a choice between a pink item and something else , I chose something else. Usually blue or black.
Honestly as a guy I think that blue and black are the top choice for any gender
Load More Replies...Even if things don't say "for boys" or "for girls" some things are clearly still intended to be that way. Do you really think the kind of person who buys The Arsenal Nail Kit is doing it to break gender norms? Or that kids who have been force-fed stereotypes through adverts, media, peers, and family are going to stop and think about why those toys and food packets have been made to be in those two specific colours in the first place? There's so much subliminal and outside influence on issues like this that, as much as it's true that blue isn't just for boys and pink isn't just for girls, there's clearly a problem here with how products are being made for either one or the other. It doesn't have to be spelled out in lights for you realise what's going on with. Use some common sense and stop believing that this is all an accident or done innocently.
My husband kept taking my can openers to work and leaving them there so I couldn't open cans to make dinner. I bought a pink can opener and that quickly came to an end.
Advertisers do this because it works enough to make it worth their while.
So much pink it makes me want to throw up. Also, Gillette razor blades, female ones being more expensive and easier to dull. We will never move as a society.
I've been using men's razors all my life. Tried a couple marketed towards women a couple times and immediately threw them out. They were useless!
Load More Replies...Historically, pink for girls and blue for boys wasn’t the norm until post-WWII retail in the US. Originally, it was the other way around: “For example, the June 1918 issue of the Infant's Department, a trade magazine for baby clothes manufacturers, said: ‘There has been a great diversity of opinion on this subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy; while blue, which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girl.’” See: https://www.livescience.com/22037-pink-girls-blue-boys.html
Yep. Gendered colours are completely a social construct. Which is part of what makes it so ridiculous. If we want to offer different colours for products, that's fine, but FFS, don't gender them.
Load More Replies...For everyone determined to be so regressive they have to argue every entry on this post: You aren't coming off like a cool, intelligent rebel. You give the impression of either a Martian anthropologist trying to understand "hoo-mahns," a giant numpty who can barely recognize shapes, or someone who has lived under a rock in Antarctica for 70 years. Just accept that gendered marketing is a thing and that we *all* hate it. Here's a really easy test: If those products are "just different colors," how many of you would buy a pink item as a gift for a male work supervisor you didn't know well? How many of you would give a pink item at a boy's baby shower if you didn't know the family well?
As a woman, if I have a choice between a pink item and something else , I chose something else. Usually blue or black.
Honestly as a guy I think that blue and black are the top choice for any gender
Load More Replies...Even if things don't say "for boys" or "for girls" some things are clearly still intended to be that way. Do you really think the kind of person who buys The Arsenal Nail Kit is doing it to break gender norms? Or that kids who have been force-fed stereotypes through adverts, media, peers, and family are going to stop and think about why those toys and food packets have been made to be in those two specific colours in the first place? There's so much subliminal and outside influence on issues like this that, as much as it's true that blue isn't just for boys and pink isn't just for girls, there's clearly a problem here with how products are being made for either one or the other. It doesn't have to be spelled out in lights for you realise what's going on with. Use some common sense and stop believing that this is all an accident or done innocently.
My husband kept taking my can openers to work and leaving them there so I couldn't open cans to make dinner. I bought a pink can opener and that quickly came to an end.
Advertisers do this because it works enough to make it worth their while.

