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From the article: > “Part of it is to make sure if you’re a young girl that you can find a police car, fire truck, a periodic table or a dinosaur,” Low said. “
by geofft 5y ago
From the article:
> “Part of it is to make sure if you’re a young girl that you can find a police car, fire truck, a periodic table or a dinosaur,” Low said. “And then similarly, if you’re a boy, if you’re more artistic and want to play with glitter, why not? Why should you feel the stigma of saying, ‘Oh, this should be shamed’ and going to a different location?”
> Low said the daughter of one of his staff members inspired the bill when the girl questioned why she had to go to the boys section to find certain toys.
Actually most of the article is dedicated to answering this question.
You can also look at the bill: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1084 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml...
> The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
> (a) Unjustified differences in similar products that are traditionally marketed either for girls or for boys can be more easily identified by the consumer if similar items are displayed closer to one another in one, undivided area of the retail sales floor.
> (b) Keeping similar items that are traditionally marketed either for girls or for boys separated makes it more difficult for the consumer to compare the products and incorrectly implies that their use by one gender is inappropriate.
- baybal2 5y agoYes, what's the point of this?
- ceejayoz 5y agoTo mitigate the negative effects mentioned? > Leaper said boys and girls section also create a stigma for children who are gender non-conforming or exploring other gender identities. > “But even for kids that identify with their birth-assigned gender there may be some children who want to play with some of these toys, but then end up avoiding them because they don’t want to be considered abnormal somehow,” Leaper said.
- baybal2 5y agoWhat a mental gymnastics indeed. I could've never figured out such a contrived line of thought.