| When many people think of gifts for youngsters, | | | | early age, leaving their generation to wonder why |
| there often are the ideas that there are certain | | | | the men behave one way and the women |
| toys that boy children and girl children will like. | | | | behave another. It is in these early stages that it |
| There are ideas that girls will like vanities and dolls | | | | is imperative to allow the child to explore his or |
| better than toy trucks and toolboxes. Although | | | | her female and male traits. |
| there is evidence supporting this idea, (girls see | | | | Third, currently, we are in an age that men are |
| color and texture while boys are good spatially) I | | | | taking more roles in child rearing and women are |
| have to disagree with this for a few reasons. | | | | heading out into the work force. There is a |
| Primarily, children are nondiscriminatory. Children will | | | | balance being struck between the roles of |
| play with each other regardless of nationality, | | | | husband and wife. Consequently, to maintain the |
| income levels, or gender; it is adults who are | | | | gender equality that we are yearning for as a |
| accustomed to a culture where roles are assigned | | | | world, we must present it to our children at a |
| to the gender, appearance, and "wealth". In | | | | young age so by the time they hit puberty and |
| effect, a child will not care if the toy is "genderly | | | | learn about the world and its inequality, they will |
| correct", as long as he or she has a new toy to | | | | find that understanding and fairness amongst each |
| play with, that child is thrilled. | | | | other is inherent. |
| Second, Carl Jung came up with qualities that are | | | | Nothing is set in stone, it is not genetically |
| often associated with males: insensitive, logical, and | | | | programmed for men to be better at science |
| should be the breadwinners while females are: | | | | than women nor are women naturally inclined to |
| irrational, sensitive, illogical, and designed for child | | | | the liberal arts. Just as there are different people, |
| rearing. People have a smattering of these | | | | there are different children, what we teach them |
| qualities from the lists, so giving one type of gift | | | | while they are young is what they will enforce |
| for a child will enable children to fit a mold from an | | | | when they inherit the world. |