https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re Made with an open mind en-us 2017-03-05 17:11:58 UTC 2025-11-07 23:33:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157860259 This is "Easy to Build" for girls. Thanks Lego]]> 2017-03-05 17:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157860259 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157860382 2017-03-05 17:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157860382 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157861560 This toy promotes girls to be shoppers. There is even a VIP card included. ]]> 2017-03-05 17:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157861560 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157863840 2017-03-05 18:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157863840 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157867158 More for the boys. This was the first aisle arriving to the toy section.

]]> 2017-03-05 18:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157867158 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157867380 "What you want to be!" ]]> 2017-03-05 18:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157867380 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157867581 2017-03-05 18:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157867581 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868148 Promotion of girls in the kitchen. Clearly not for the boys.]]> 2017-03-05 18:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868148 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868313 Section for boys]]> 2017-03-05 19:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868313 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868780 Promotion of the mentality that boys are the "Creators"]]> 2017-03-05 19:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868780 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868951 Promotion of Science, however, with a "friendship" twist]]> 2017-03-05 19:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868951 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868980 I have recently went to the toy store to make some observations. What I found is that companies emply many marketing tactics to assign gender stereotypes.

I have created this padlet to share some of my findings, but also to start a larger discussion on gender stereotyping.

What is the role that toys play in creating and promoting gender stereotyping?]]> 2017-03-05 19:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157868980 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157869351 Join the discussion. Click the plus sign in the lower right hand corner to add.]]> 2017-03-05 19:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157869351 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157870059 Overall, I found the toy prices to be generally expensive. However, many of the boys toys were much more expensive (action figures, super heroes, Legos)]]> 2017-03-05 19:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157870059 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157870473 Much of my posts and comments edge toward sarcasm due to the extent of the  blatant gender stereotyping I have observed.]]> 2017-03-05 19:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157870473 mkbuchmiller https://padlet.com/mkbuchmiller/jq0yhcld18re/wish/157871642 The process of attributing specific behaviors, abilities, interests, and the value to one sex.

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