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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:00 AM

Gender-coded holiday shopping

In the world of children's toys, it's still boys against girls.
Sarah Karnasiewicz

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  • Monday, November 28, 2005 06:36 AM

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    My eight-year-old son loves to cook, and I've been wanting to buy him an EZ-Bake Oven, but they only come in pink. He doesn't believe that cooking is only for girls, but he *knows* that pink is for girls.

    Jeffrey, maybe you're right about girls being the only ones who want to get married, keep a home, and breed. Maybe we should encourage them to grow up and marry each other so they can perpetuate the human race without interrupting the men's need to fight fires and wreck race cars. It makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

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