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	<title>Comments on: &#8216;Tis the Season for Reinforcing Gender Differences</title>
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		<title>By: A woman's watch...is any watch owned by a woman! - Page 3</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-599331</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A woman's watch...is any watch owned by a woman! - Page 3]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] with some images that demonstrate how we teach children how to behave properly as a boy or a girl:&#8216;Tis the Season for Reinforcing Gender Differences » Sociological Images  Teaching Infant and Toddler Girls to Beautify » Sociological Images  Another Blast from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] with some images that demonstrate how we teach children how to behave properly as a boy or a girl:&#8216;Tis the Season for Reinforcing Gender Differences » Sociological Images  Teaching Infant and Toddler Girls to Beautify » Sociological Images  Another Blast from [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Kristy</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-587699</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes...they tell the kids how to pose...that&#039;s what modeling is,posing however the photographer asks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes&#8230;they tell the kids how to pose&#8230;that&#8217;s what modeling is,posing however the photographer asks.</p>
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		<title>By: KyukiYoshida</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-574819</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KyukiYoshida]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I swear when my daughter is old enough, we are going on a day out to that &quot;toys 4 boys&quot; store. Also, didn&#039;t realize that angry birds was a boy toy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I swear when my daughter is old enough, we are going on a day out to that &#8220;toys 4 boys&#8221; store. Also, didn&#8217;t realize that angry birds was a boy toy.</p>
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		<title>By: KyukiYoshida</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-574818</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KyukiYoshida]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#039;t it sad that the normally unisex, fun for everyone, legos has stooped to gender stereotypes. With the normal, dragons and dinosaurs, crime fighting, build your world from scratch legos being boys only. But don&#039;t worry, the girls get their legos, with pink and purple, pre built buildings like bakeries and hair salons, and if your little cupcake decides she wants to build something, we have provided careful and simple instructions with specially created blocks. so that she may &quot;build&quot; her very own cafe or shoe parlor, don&#039;t want her troubling her dainty little head with all that complicated building stuff.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t it sad that the normally unisex, fun for everyone, legos has stooped to gender stereotypes. With the normal, dragons and dinosaurs, crime fighting, build your world from scratch legos being boys only. But don&#8217;t worry, the girls get their legos, with pink and purple, pre built buildings like bakeries and hair salons, and if your little cupcake decides she wants to build something, we have provided careful and simple instructions with specially created blocks. so that she may &#8220;build&#8221; her very own cafe or shoe parlor, don&#8217;t want her troubling her dainty little head with all that complicated building stuff.</p>
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		<title>By: Maybe We Should Call It Blatantsexism-mas — The Good Men Project</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-562964</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maybe We Should Call It Blatantsexism-mas — The Good Men Project]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] to Sociological Images, today we have a special holiday edition of Pictoral Evidence of Gender-Enforcement Against [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] to Sociological Images, today we have a special holiday edition of Pictoral Evidence of Gender-Enforcement Against [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Zuzanna</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-548255</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zuzanna]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as I know, Toys4Boys is not a toy shop, but a gift shop, they sell various gadgets and collectibles for guys, the name refers to &#039;manboy&#039; idea. Of course that&#039;s also some kind of gender targeting, but it&#039;s not aimed at children.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As far as I know, Toys4Boys is not a toy shop, but a gift shop, they sell various gadgets and collectibles for guys, the name refers to &#8216;manboy&#8217; idea. Of course that&#8217;s also some kind of gender targeting, but it&#8217;s not aimed at children.</p>
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		<title>By: Dude</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-545612</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dude]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The embelle bibs do not specifiy boys or girls anything. Those are the colors of Scrubs, which girls wear. Also girls are allowed to be doctors too, and vice versa, boys can be pink wearing ballerinas.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The embelle bibs do not specifiy boys or girls anything. Those are the colors of Scrubs, which girls wear. Also girls are allowed to be doctors too, and vice versa, boys can be pink wearing ballerinas.</p>
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		<title>By: On pink, blue, and science sets &#124; Gwen Emmons</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-542245</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[On pink, blue, and science sets &#124; Gwen Emmons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] But despite the powerful influence of these self-imposed boundaries, these are largely invented and relatively new phenomena. Paoletti points out that the blue/pink color line wasn’t drawn until the 1940s &#8211; and even then, it was due to manufacturers wanting American consumers to buy, buy, buy. Since then, she adds, we’ve seen a near extinction of gender-neutral clothing for children&#8230;as well as a ratcheting up of highly gendered toys (complete with a host of gendered and sexist messages). [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] But despite the powerful influence of these self-imposed boundaries, these are largely invented and relatively new phenomena. Paoletti points out that the blue/pink color line wasn’t drawn until the 1940s &ndash; and even then, it was due to manufacturers wanting American consumers to buy, buy, buy. Since then, she adds, we’ve seen a near extinction of gender-neutral clothing for children&#8230;as well as a ratcheting up of highly gendered toys (complete with a host of gendered and sexist messages). [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Maybe We Should Call It Blatantsexism-mas &#124; No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz?</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-542065</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maybe We Should Call It Blatantsexism-mas &#124; No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz?]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] to Sociological Images, today we have a special holiday edition of Pictoral Evidence of Gender-Enforcement Against [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] to Sociological Images, today we have a special holiday edition of Pictoral Evidence of Gender-Enforcement Against [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Leigha</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-542001</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leigha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know where you&#039;ve been shopping, but as someone who pretty much only shops at those stores (21 and petite, so they&#039;re the best fitting), that hasn&#039;t been my experience at all. It&#039;s normally a row of skinny jeans, a row of slim-fit flares, a row of boot cut, and maybe a row of jeggings, and then a row of whatever else they have all together. I&#039;ve worn mostly flares for the past decade and they&#039;re always the EASIEST to find, even with the increased popularity of skinny jeans. And American Eagle says those two styles are tied for their most popular.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know where you&#8217;ve been shopping, but as someone who pretty much only shops at those stores (21 and petite, so they&#8217;re the best fitting), that hasn&#8217;t been my experience at all. It&#8217;s normally a row of skinny jeans, a row of slim-fit flares, a row of boot cut, and maybe a row of jeggings, and then a row of whatever else they have all together. I&#8217;ve worn mostly flares for the past decade and they&#8217;re always the EASIEST to find, even with the increased popularity of skinny jeans. And American Eagle says those two styles are tied for their most popular.</p>
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		<title>By: Leigha</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-542000</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leigha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is sort of odd that &quot;relaxed fit&quot; girls&#039; jeans have started to be called &quot;boyfriend&quot; jeans. Is the implication supposed to be that if a girl is wearing non-skinny jeans, she&#039;s supposed to look like she&#039;s wearing boy&#039;s jeans? I&#039;m not sure whether that implication is worse for girls or guys, but I&#039;m thinking guys (there are very few guys whose jeans would fit very petite girls, especially in such a not-skinny-but-still-fitted way).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is sort of odd that &#8220;relaxed fit&#8221; girls&#8217; jeans have started to be called &#8220;boyfriend&#8221; jeans. Is the implication supposed to be that if a girl is wearing non-skinny jeans, she&#8217;s supposed to look like she&#8217;s wearing boy&#8217;s jeans? I&#8217;m not sure whether that implication is worse for girls or guys, but I&#8217;m thinking guys (there are very few guys whose jeans would fit very petite girls, especially in such a not-skinny-but-still-fitted way).</p>
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		<title>By: Sheryl</title>
		<link>http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/12/22/tis-the-season-for-reinforcing-gender-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-541971</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheryl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny thing: When my boyfriend and I started opening our presents to each other we found that we both gave each other HexBug Larva (mine is red and his is black). They are so much fun and I&#039;m glad that the makers of HexBugs don&#039;t market it a totally as for boys because they are a lot of fun even for grown ups.

I&#039;ve made an effort to buy my nephew toys that aren&#039;t too gendered, blocks, playdo, stuffed animals, etc. The only one that I&#039;ve bought him that is explicitly marketed for boys I would also have bought for a niece, it&#039;s a shape and color learning toy that looks like a car that you &quot;fix&quot; with a little wrench and screwdriver (my dad is a mechanic so it&#039;s a &quot;fix cars with Poppa&quot; toy not a &quot;you are a boy and should like cars&quot; toy). Should me brother and his wife have a girl at some point I plan on giving her art supplies, legos, and science kits just like I will for my nephew. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funny thing: When my boyfriend and I started opening our presents to each other we found that we both gave each other HexBug Larva (mine is red and his is black). They are so much fun and I&#8217;m glad that the makers of HexBugs don&#8217;t market it a totally as for boys because they are a lot of fun even for grown ups.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve made an effort to buy my nephew toys that aren&#8217;t too gendered, blocks, playdo, stuffed animals, etc. The only one that I&#8217;ve bought him that is explicitly marketed for boys I would also have bought for a niece, it&#8217;s a shape and color learning toy that looks like a car that you &#8220;fix&#8221; with a little wrench and screwdriver (my dad is a mechanic so it&#8217;s a &#8220;fix cars with Poppa&#8221; toy not a &#8220;you are a boy and should like cars&#8221; toy). Should me brother and his wife have a girl at some point I plan on giving her art supplies, legos, and science kits just like I will for my nephew. </p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you even mean by &quot;the child models are doing the posing?&quot;  I mean, yes, the children are the ones physically posing but child models, just like adult models, are given instructions, whether detailed like &quot;put your leg here and your arm like this&quot; or ~*inspirational*~ like &quot;now look as pretty as you can, while clearing your face of emotion.&quot;  I mean really, children can be posed just as much as adults.  The photographers get the kids to look the way they want them to.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What do you even mean by &#8220;the child models are doing the posing?&#8221;  I mean, yes, the children are the ones physically posing but child models, just like adult models, are given instructions, whether detailed like &#8220;put your leg here and your arm like this&#8221; or ~*inspirational*~ like &#8220;now look as pretty as you can, while clearing your face of emotion.&#8221;  I mean really, children can be posed just as much as adults.  The photographers get the kids to look the way they want them to.</p>
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		<title>By: Elena</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That might just be because I&#039;m not American, but thank you for the correction, I didn&#039;t know that you used that term over there :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That might just be because I&#8217;m not American, but thank you for the correction, I didn&#8217;t know that you used that term over there :)</p>
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		<title>By: mouskatel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mouskatel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m going to hazard a guess you don&#039;t read much about fashion because cigarette pants have been popular in America, by that name, since the 50&#039;s. Cigarette pants aren&#039;t &quot;straight&quot;, they are pretty much skin tight.
http://www.shopstyle.com/browse?fts=cigarette+pants ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m going to hazard a guess you don&#8217;t read much about fashion because cigarette pants have been popular in America, by that name, since the 50&#8217;s. Cigarette pants aren&#8217;t &#8220;straight&#8221;, they are pretty much skin tight.<br />
<a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse?fts=cigarette+pants " rel="nofollow">http://www.shopstyle.com/browse?fts=cigarette+pants </a></p>
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