Is This Toy For Girls or Boys?
88 May 2013 by thaliakr
Thanks to A Mighty Girl’s Facebook feed for this contribution to the saga of retailers insisting on labelling toys for girls or for boys:
Flowchart via backinasex.tumblr.com
Update
I’ve since spotted this prettier version from Kristen Myers.
For more on how we ‘over-gender’ our kids and their books, toys, adjectives and clothes, you might like to read:
Some good news stories on this front are here:
Toys for Future Engineers #1: Roominate
If you have other examples or stories of gendered toys to share, please leave a comment below. Ranting encouraged :) but all opinions welcome.
Sacraparental 
I think this may be my all-time favourite thing ever shared on Facebook. :)
Agreed!
would the targets that are put in toilet bowls for little boys to aim at count as genital operated?
Ha! Yes! That must be about the only example!
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My favorite is littlebits.cc both my sons and daughters love them.
This stuff, Nick? Looks amazing! Thanks for the recommendation!
Anyone else got tips?
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