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I was thinking about the TinkerToys when I wrote that:

Notice how one is clearly not like the others?

@JonasEggeater

I’ve always loved bike riding, ever since I was a little kid. For years, when I was elementary school-aged, I rode on my sister’s hand-me-down bike, which was purple, with pink seat and handlebar grips. It still worked the same as the other bikes I had in the years before and afterwards.

One kids bike is pretty much like any other. Dolls and stuffed animals, however, are not very similar to engineering toys.

@JonasEggeater

Whether something is fitting for a kid to play with only depends on the opinion of the parent and the kid, not what the advertising campaign says, and not what color it is.

You really think that stereotypes do not affect kids?