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> My parents didn't like me playing with Barbie dolls; they explicitly told me that it wasn't something boys did. Same with me, but let me ask you a question.
by blueflow 4y ago
> My parents didn't like me playing with Barbie dolls; they explicitly told me that it wasn't something boys did.
Same with me, but let me ask you a question. Were you the sort of kid that actually listens to their parents? Because i didn't, and most of my peers didn't, either.
- maxbond 4y agoNo, I was stubborn like mule. I wore my parents down until they caved. That doesn't mean it didn't have an impact though, I certainly picked up what they were putting down. Now, the reaction of my friends when they came over and looked at me funny when I tried to show them my awesome Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders doll (it had wings and could fly if you pulled a ripcord! That's objectively cool. Also, dangerous, especially to taller adults in the area.), that was painful.
- ryanbrunner 4y agoIf it's your parents and your peers and virtually all popular media, it's massively naive to think that isn't going to have a normalizing effect on people.
- blueflow 4y agoFor people with your attitude, yes.
- ryanbrunner 4y agoTo be clear, I'm making a descriptive and not a prescriptive statement. I'm not saying that people should conform to societal norms, just that right now they do (and that doesn't seem like a trivial thing to change).
- blueflow 4y agoI'm sorry, it should have been: For people with that attitude, yes.