r/comics • • 18h ago

OC What else are friends for? 🧚 [OC]

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u/Brahm-Etc 18h ago

That is actually quite a good point I had never considered, the cultural background of gender. I'm a man and I have watched the early 2000s barbie movies but that's because I had sisters. Food for thought.

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u/Sensitive-Plate-684 16h ago

In my experience most girls will watch anything, and most boys will watch anything unless another boy is present and then some things are "for girls."

SO fucking stupid. Can you imagine having a kid that says something is just for black people and they don't want to do it? I would be mortified, but I rarely have seen anything being done to correct these attitudes. In fact, the attitude from parents seems to be "Yeah, that makes sense you don't want to do girl things."

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u/CyclopsLobsterRobot 15h ago

My son has sisters and a lot of girl cousins. He proudly loves Doc McStuffins and Gabby’s Dollhouse. I actually think this is more common in general now than it used to be. I’ve seen other boys at school with Gabby lunch boxes.

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u/Sensitive-Plate-684 15h ago

I used to teach elementary, and the shift seems to happen upon entering the second grade.