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on young children  post #1 of 255 Thread Starter  I am shocked
by how early children are forced to conform to traditional
gender roles. My DS will be 2 in a couple of weeks and has
recently begun doing pretend play, so I got him a dollhouse with
three dolls for Christmas. Everyone laughed and scoffed when I
told them what I got him. My sister said "Don't tell Chris <my
uncle> about it." Because Chris would never shut up about how
that's a girl's toy.  A few months ago, I was telling my
coworkers about how DS found my friend's pumps and insisted on
walking around in them. He was SO cute. My boss asked if it
bothered me that he was wearing women's shoes.  DS has pink
toenails right now. He handed the bottle to me and shoved his
foot in my face until I painted them. I see no problem with it.
DS just thought it was a pretty color. My dad and uncle made a
huge de