Question

1. What is your opinion on the toy industry's way of marketing certain toys specifically to girls and other toys specifically to boys? Do you like it, dislike it, think it’s good, think it’s bad, etc.? Explain your point of view on the issue.

2. What toys did you buy, do you buy, or do you intend to buy for the young boys and girls in your family (for example, your own children or your nieces and nephews). Is your selection of toys different for the girls versus the boys?

3. What impact do you think the gender stereotyping used in the production and marketing of toys has on the social, cognitive, and physical development of children and their future roles in society? Is it positive or negative, strong or minimal?

4. In your response, apply specific developmental concepts you learned from the readings and other materials when describing your thinking on the issue.

Answer 1

Generally speaking, boys toys and different and girls toys are different in all aspects. For girls, the toys are mostly attractive in appearance which leads to a message that they look pretty and obviously girls look pretty and attractive. Boys toys emphasis on violence and aggression which leads to the message that they should have that aggressive behavior and have more strength than the girls and more dominating in nature.

Really speaking that is the culture and traditions every where that girls should learn cooking and house work and eventually toys are manufactured in the same way right from their childhood the girls are trained. Boys buy guns, trucks indicating that they have to protect the nation and the people around them.

For instance I have a girl child, when we go for a shopping my daughter usually selects the dolls and kitchen items. she never bought guns, balls vehicles.  

This even have the impact when the grow up in the society, they even learn the cognitive or personality differences between the sexes and grow with the same attitude.