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davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:06 PM Aug 2015

Fox News: Not labeling toys for boys or girls will make shopping confusing

The hosts of Fox & Friends on Monday worried that they would have a difficult time shopping for children in the future because Target stores were eliminating gender labels from their toy aisles.

Target said last week that it would remove gender labeling from the toys section and some other areas in response to criticism on social media over separate labeling for “Building Sets” and “Girls Building Sets.”

“They’re going gender neutral, whatever that is,” Fox News host Steve Doocy said while teasing an upcoming segment. “Have the PC police gone too far?”

“Is this going to confuse you? I know it’s going to confuse me,” Alcides Segui of Fox affiliate WTVT laughed. “And they’re doing it not only at this store here in Tampa but all Target stores across the country.”

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“But who are we helping?” Kilmeade wondered. “The nine people who are upset by this? If you go buy a gift for a boy who is nine or six or a girl who is nine or six, you want to be able to go to that section and pick out a toy they might want.”

“Now you have to sit there and look at a blended area and wonder, ‘Is this for a boy or a girl,'” he complained. “There’s going to be some unhappy boys and unhappy girls now.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/fox-friends-panics-over-targets-non-gender-specific-toy-labeling-i-know-its-going-to-confuse-me/


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Fox News: Not labeling toys for boys or girls will make shopping confusing (Original Post) davidn3600 Aug 2015 OP
Only a problem if... Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #1
F'en fools as usual. What, no "Me Tarzan" " Me Jane" labeling, oh how will one ever know. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #2
If you can't tell if a toy is 'for a boy or a girl', then maybe it doesn't matter and you can give Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #3
Let's clear this up for Fox: gollygee Aug 2015 #4
That flowchart is far too complex for Fox viewers. -nt Liberal Veteran Aug 2015 #5
LOL!!! Beaverhausen Aug 2015 #13
Idiots. nt City Lights Aug 2015 #6
just look for all the pink crap. niyad Aug 2015 #7
They sure are dumb, aren't they? Daemonaquila Aug 2015 #8
Sadly I have seen WAY too many parents & grandparents yank kids away Maru Kitteh Aug 2015 #10
"Agh..that's for girls. You don't want that" davidn3600 Aug 2015 #18
If a faux news entertainment viewer can't decide if a toy would be liked by the child, Thor_MN Aug 2015 #9
a blast from the culture jamming past.... GreatGazoo Aug 2015 #11
If you can't tell whether a toy is for boys or for girls... Iggo Aug 2015 #12
Look at those three fucking morons..... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2015 #14
Pots and Pans are boys toys in my house... 4139 Aug 2015 #15
My daughters hated dolls and girly things and my son likes Disney princesses JCMach1 Aug 2015 #16
Fox confuses me ............. Angry Dragon Aug 2015 #17
And we also better talk about pants and hair-styles! struggle4progress Aug 2015 #19
"Gender neutral, whatever that is." Initech Aug 2015 #20

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
3. If you can't tell if a toy is 'for a boy or a girl', then maybe it doesn't matter and you can give
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:13 PM
Aug 2015

it to either?

niyad

(113,546 posts)
7. just look for all the pink crap.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:28 PM
Aug 2015

actually, most of you cretins on faux snooze should not be allowed out in the real world.

 

Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)
8. They sure are dumb, aren't they?
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:33 PM
Aug 2015

That, or they'd like to believe that people are so dumb that they can't look at a toy and decide if they think their kid would like it. Newsflash, Fox - a child in a toy aisle doesn't read "boy" or "girl" signs, they just gravitate to what they think looks like fun!

Maru Kitteh

(28,342 posts)
10. Sadly I have seen WAY too many parents & grandparents yank kids away
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:06 PM
Aug 2015

(especially boys) from the "wrong" toy aisle and push them into the "right" one, while explaining to them that these are the GIRL toys, you need to look over here in the boy's section.

I have seen it on occasion with girls but the reaction is generally a little less obvious and overt in it's harsh disapproval. Girls get the "How about a nice play set or some clothes for your Barbie?" or "Let's keep looking for a while first" followed by grandma standing in the middle of the pink crap going "Hey Emmy, come over here and look what grandma found."

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
9. If a faux news entertainment viewer can't decide if a toy would be liked by the child,
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:41 PM
Aug 2015

they are probably too stupid to know if the child is a boy or a girl...

4139

(1,893 posts)
15. Pots and Pans are boys toys in my house...
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:51 PM
Aug 2015

... When I bought them for my sons 20+ years ago for my sons for Christmas the sets only came is sexist pink boxes.

Wife has really never cooked... I excel, pots and pans are boys toys!

JCMach1

(27,572 posts)
16. My daughters hated dolls and girly things and my son likes Disney princesses
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:55 PM
Aug 2015

way past time for ending gender stigmatization of toys...

struggle4progress

(118,332 posts)
19. And we also better talk about pants and hair-styles!
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 03:46 PM
Aug 2015

There was a time when girls had long hair and wore dresses, while boys had short hair and wore pants

Back then, it was pretty easy to tell them apart

But nowadays, it's really really confusing

So even when toys have labels, you still can't be sure you're giving the right toy to the right child!

The only solution I see is to tattoo kids at birth with a nice label on the forehead so everybody knows the difference

Initech

(100,100 posts)
20. "Gender neutral, whatever that is."
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 03:54 PM
Aug 2015

Really? The concept of going gender neutral is too much for Fox and Friends to contemplate?

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