http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/04/10/gender-stereotypes-let-the-brainwashing-begin.aspxThe media is trying to turn our daughters into pink, glittery, slutty, materialistic consumers. This comes as absolutely no surprise to me or Lisa Simpson. They are also turning our sons into violent young men. Here is a perfect example. Last week weenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/04/10/gender-stereotypes-let-the-brainwashing-begin.aspx#14522Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:01:08 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:14522viciousrumours<p>I think it depends on the child. &nbsp;My daughter played with Barbies for a while, then she got bored with them. &nbsp;She played with Hot Wheels...then it was Bratz...then horses, of any kind. &nbsp;Right now it's the whole Littelest Pet Shop thing. &nbsp;My three year old son will play with anything, and I mean anything. &nbsp;He has baby dolls and trucks and action figures and stuffed animals and the list goes on. &nbsp;We buy him the toys that catch his imagination...</p> <p>I do agree with you about the Bratz thing. I was never so happy as the day my daughter decided she wanted to dontate those damned things to the local thrift store. &nbsp;Her stepmother bought them for her...so that made it even more of a pleasure to take them out of the house. </p> <img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14522" width="1" height="1">http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/04/10/gender-stereotypes-let-the-brainwashing-begin.aspx#14471Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:05:55 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:14471Grammy<p>However, my niece tried to give her son gender neutral toys and dolls and etc to keep him from &quot;boy type toys&quot; and he always wants the toy guns, trucks and anything manly. &nbsp;Believe me, he is all boy and through no fault of his mom's. &nbsp;She is devasted. &nbsp;She thought she was going to have a sensitive, gentle boy and he is just a boy's boy.</p> <img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14471" width="1" height="1">