Toys have been a great consumer strategy for many of the enterprises to capture parents into thinking it is necessary for their kid’s happiness. As toys become more and more popular, then came the distinguishing in between a girl toy and boy toy. These two categories are simply made by society to create a sense of differentiating the genders even more than they have been made already. While sex is a concept in which is fluid now, it is still heavily incorporated in society to give boys boy toys and give girls girl toys. Because many parents think it is simply the way to do things, they blindly follow capitalism and advertising remarks. The truth is, toys are constantly put in front of babies to mold them into what is expected of society. It is through this mold that many kids grow up to be what their parents tried to make them into. The distinguishing of sex differs from the distinguishing of gender. Meaning, the fluctuation of interests can vary and it doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be the stereotypical norms society wants us to follow. For example, a girl might be into the more masculine side of things like rough sports and not be completely a girly girl. We are told to behave a certain way either of we are male or female because of how unwritten rules were made hundreds of years ago. This can be an issue in a developing and changing society in where people look to go outside these boxes we were each put in.
Because of the stereotypes created, many parents try to surround their children around their “designated” categories and try to mold their children into what they want them to be. It becomes increasingly easy to influence people because of the various elements that be used to brain wash society into doing what is “right”. This type of conformity in which everyone simply slips into is what brings question as to what is really just nature of control of society.
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