Would you let your little boy play with a doll?

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Mai72

Mai72

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Agreed!

When we were young we would play tackle football nearly every day. I remember this one play where my brother slammed me into the ground so hard that I passed out in my mom's arms! I'm not bragging about my brother's football skills. I'm just telling it like it is. We played hard and took the hits. Life works exactly the same way.
 
effowe

effowe

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe

Released in 1964, yes, this link you posted is creating a bunch of wimps :\

I had multiple action figures growing up in the 80's (G.I. Joe, He-Man, TMNT, etc.) I don't consider myself any less of a man for playing with these things growing up. Kids have imaginations, let them thrive, better than them glued to a tablet or iPhone in their early years IMO.

Edit: This is also not to say that we didn't play outdoors, which we did all the time, but action figures and video games were a large part of my upbringing when going outside wasn't an option.
 
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Harabec

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It is called imagination, kids have plenty of it before they're "educated" to forget most of it.
You did not have any action figures when you were little? Sucks for you. I had lots, plus mechano and lego, plus bicycles and doing outdoor stuff.
 
z1ggy

z1ggy

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Barbie Doll? Hell no. Stuffed animals, lego toys, action figures etc...? Sure.
 
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Strk

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effowe said:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe

Released in 1964, yes, this link you posted is creating a bunch of wimps :\

I had multiple action figures growing up in the 80's (G.I. Joe, He-Man, TMNT, etc.) I don't consider myself any less of a man for playing with these things growing up. Kids have imaginations, let them thrive, better than them glued to a tablet or iPhone in their early years IMO.

Edit: This is also not to say that we didn't play outdoors, which we did all the time, but action figures and video games were a large part of my upbringing when going outside wasn't an option.
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Awww, I was coming here to post that :(
 
PingviN

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sure, why not? If that's what he wants to play with that's what he'll play with.
 
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nehalem256

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So basically she created a less cool version of GI Joe?

Stupid kickstarter :rolleyes:

In answer to the OP. If the "doll" can't blow something up or transform into something my little boy would not be allowed to play with it.
 
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nageov3t

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my niece likes playing with trucks and tool sets, I don't see why a hypothetical nephew shouldn't be allowed to play with a doll.
 
mmntech

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No, I don't think action figures are going to make your kid gay. Though if they're playing with a Barbie, and it doesn't involve a microwave or lighter, you may have a problem. :sneaky:

I agree with the article though and the broader concept of trying to feminize boys. I think it started off as well meaning. Though political correctness has gotten out of hand.

I think we can all agree that boys tend to gravitate towards certain things: sports, rough play, military toys and games, fast cars, the outdoors, dirt, fire. All that good primal stuff. Now we keep them locked inside, growing fat, and worrying about whether violent video games will give them a complex. Then we wonder why they're fat and have no ambition or life skills.
 
Gooberlx2

Gooberlx2

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Yeah, I don't see a problem with the "doll" in the OP. It's not really any different than the old GI Joes, which were awesome. Instead of a GI, it's essentially a young Indiana Jones type of character.

As far as "pussification" goes...meh. I think it's mostly overblown, but there may be a little something to it. Mostly in the form of too many kids staying indoors and obsession over their technology rather than playing outside and socializing. Sorta goes right along with the obesity epidemic...it's all related.
 
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dave_the_nerd

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If he wanted to, sure. The urge to conform socially will take care of things and I won't have to be the bad guy.
 
KeithTalent

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Yeah, for sure, as long as the doll is not possessed by a serial killer's soul.

KT
 
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lyssword

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lol, u mad about something? Child soldiers in africa are not wimps, does it make it a better place?
 
waggy

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My daughter had a bunch of barbie dolls. she never played with them. When my son was born we just put out all the toys. He would play with the barbie dolls.

Though he would put them in his cars (he had a tonka and a sports car big enough for them to fit) or he would have them fighting his stuffed animals in a war.

so yeah he played with them. not how most girls would though heh
 
Platypus

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z1ggy said:
Barbie Doll? Hell no. Stuffed animals, lego toys, action figures etc...? Sure.
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Why?


OP: absolutely, anything less would be the arrogant assumption that he should think and act only how I see fit. If playing with a doll makes him happy and doesn't harm anyone, who gives a shit?

So cutting right to the chase with the ridiculous assumptions of what it means to play with a doll as a boy, let's assume that means he's gay (which is laughable btw), do you honestly think you preventing him from playing with it will suddenly make him any less gay? If that is not the assertion being made, what reason do you have to deny him of it?

FWIW, I'm gay and played with gijoes and tonka trucks and other gender role approved masculine toys.
 
Newell Steamer

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Waaah!! I don't agree with how other people are raising their own children,... WAAAAAHH!!!

And yet, when it comes to welfare; why dontcha be a parent and learn ta raise yur own ding dang chuldren?!
 
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