Extra posting / What do we learn through playing with gendered toys? / Kwon Ah Yeon

  Q : What toys are marketed for boys, and what for girls? What do we learn through playing with gendered toys?

  A : Girls usually played with non-dynamic toys of the pink line. Boys played with toys of a blue line of dynamic, rather violent nature. I think it is very dangerous to instill these stereotypes into children at an early age. Even if a girl wants to have a Excavator Playset, the toy cannot be easily brought up because it is stereotyped as a exclusive possession of boys. I think toy companies should give up this stereotype because these "gender tunes" develop a sense of gender in the future.