Would you let your little boy play with a doll?

[Rakehellion]

Generation Grit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-9nCv8mcw

Why we've created a generation of wimps.

http://townhall.com/columnists/john...ting-a-generation-of-wimps-n1812893/page/full

:hmm:

I stopped reading at "liberals" and "Kickstarter." Is there an actual argument to be had or do you just parrot others' ideas?

 

[Miramonti]

I not only had the gi joe headquarters...

I had one of these bad boys...

and one of these, which I broke while riding on down a hill ...

Dolls for boys...hail yah...particularly when the have such cool get away accessories.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Barbie Doll? Hell no.

Why?

Clearly because Barbie reinforces an unrealistic body image and unacceptable gender stereotypes. He-Man; those are the toys you want.

 

[MtnMan]

This is disturbing in so many ways, but amounts to the pussification of the american male.

On rainy days, my grandsons play with toy trucks, fire engines, etc., and on nice days they are outside shooting hoops, riding their bikes, playing with friends, and at the pool in the summer. They don't need toys designed to neuter them psychologically.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

This is disturbing in so many ways, but amounts to the pussification of the american male.

On rainy days, my grandsons play with toy trucks, fire engines, etc., and on nice days they are outside shooting hoops, riding their bikes, playing with friends, and at the pool in the summer. They don't need toys designed to neuter them psychologically.

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[shortylickens]

I should like to point out Neil Patrick Harris is a great big homo and never played with dolls.


So shut the fuck up.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

No, and I'm likely not going to encourage any girls I might have to play with dolls either.

IMO, this woman has it completely backwards, in her video she shows her son playing with building blocks, which encourages maths and science thinking that tends to translate into a male advantage later on in school and jobs that involve such, and it is precisely what she should have been encouraging her girls to be doing. Instead she's just making a doll for boys because she feels like her son missed out, when its likely her daughters that are missing out (maybe they aren't, maybe she does encourage them to play with the "boys toys" and not just dolls, but I'm kind of assuming that's not the case)

 

[dave_the_nerd]

No, and I'm likely not going to encourage any girls I might have to play with dolls either.

IMO, this woman has it completely backwards, in her video she shows her son playing with building blocks, which encourages maths and science thinking that tends to translate into a male advantage later on in school and jobs that involve such, and it is precisely what she should have been encouraging her girls to be doing. Instead she's just making a doll for boys.

Developing empathy and social skills through roleplay (make believe!) don't hurt either. (Dolls, stuffed animals, etc.)

Play. With. Everything.

 

[MtnMan]

I should like to point out Neil Patrick Harris is a great big homo and never played with dolls.


So shut the fuck up.

No one said 'gay'. Pussyfication is the phycholicical neutering of a male, not turning them homo.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Whatever keeps the little bastard quiet while daddy's playing poker with the boys.

Serious answer: I would allow him to play with whatever he wanted, but I wouldn't encourage him to do anything I didn't find interesting myself. If he really wants to have tea parties or other girly stuff he'll have to do that without the old man. The old man likes legos, transformers, and lincoln logs.

 

[shortylickens]

No one said 'gay'. Pussyfication is the phycholicical neutering of a male, not turning them homo.

I'm a great big pussy and I had all the hi-tech, violent, laser blasting GI Joes from 1985 on.
I also played the every loving shit out of Mortal Kombat.


Shut the hell up.

 

[chimaxi83]

I'm a great big pussy.

Shut the hell up.

We know.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Developing empathy and social skills through roleplay (make believe!) don't hurt either. (Dolls, stuffed animals, etc.)

Play. With. Everything.

I ran my stuffed animals over with a toy lawnmower as a punishment for when they misbehaved. Luckily I was able to develop empathy by interacting with other people/animals.

If my kids want a doll, they can build their own doll, I'll be there to help them if they ask.

 

[02ranger]

No one said 'gay'. Pussyfication is the phycholicical neutering of a male, not turning them homo.

That is one hell of a typo! I had to Google it on the off chance its a real word. lol

 

[MongGrel]

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.

My dad in the 60's even had a problem with me having a GI Joe, as it was a doll.

He bore the brunt of many BB Gun sniper attacks later in life, though

I even became a Marine later, go figure.

 

[mizzou]

"...Hitler during the 1936 Olympics, we made the most evil man who ever lived kill himself in fear before we could get to him. "

I thought he was scared of the Russians???


Oh well, my 2 cents, I had TONSSSS of action figures growing up. Of course the 80's figurines were supermasculine with steroid abused physiques and outlandish weapons.

I did feel a distinct difference between toys marketed to boys and toys marketed to girls. I can't think of ever once wanting or actually playing with my sister's barbies. Other then destroying them or hanging their heads from the walls...I just never wanted to play with them.

We are so overbearing now with our children, can't let htem figure shit out on their own so we craft everything in their way and create fake challenges without real danger of failure.

FUCK YOU, give them dolls and see if they turn gay or not. That's the problem everyone has but is afraid to say it. YOU ARE AFRAID THEY WILL TURN GAY! That's not a slur thats just the truth!

Guess what! there's nothing wrong with your son if he actually is gay! and guess what else, he will probably be gay regardless of what type of toys you give him to play with!

I have a good friend of mine who is heterosexual, but is extremely feminine in his behavior and likes. He attempts to be extremely "manly" but it is a thin veil to his desire to sing, dance, and read flowery poetry.

Anyway, I can see he is trying very hard to make sure his kids do "man things" yet I see that they are just like him. I'm sure one of his kids may turn out to be gay....just a possibility, and it should be a lovely thing for you to support your children, not a terrible tragedy!

 

[mizzou]

No, and I'm likely not going to encourage any girls I might have to play with dolls either.

IMO, this woman has it completely backwards, in her video she shows her son playing with building blocks, which encourages maths and science thinking that tends to translate into a male advantage later on in school and jobs that involve such, and it is precisely what she should have been encouraging her girls to be doing. Instead she's just making a doll for boys because she feels like her son missed out, when its likely her daughters that are missing out (maybe they aren't, maybe she does encourage them to play with the "boys toys" and not just dolls, but I'm kind of assuming that's not the case)

ah, a great point of view! Nothing wrong though with dolls or some type of third person social experimentation games that let you explore your imagination. It just so happens that dolls are a perfect way to craft your own imagination when it comes to social interaction. Look at Machinima or other digital means, it's not much different then the traditional dollhouse.

 

[Sonikku]

My dolls as a kid.

I make no apologies!

 

[mizzou]

I think the last "doll" I ever bought was the crash-test-dummies set that came out. It was so much fun crashing them and then watching the carnage take place. What's kind of cool is that video games are getting very close to that.

 

[ch33zw1z]

LEGO's, done.

I had GI Joe's, He-man, and TMNT when I was a kid...my kids also play with these types of "dolls".

 

[Fenixgoon]

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.

this.

i don't care if kids play with figures or not. let them play outside. let them draw. let them pursue their imaginations. let them create


what i don't want is for them to be glued to an ipad all day.

 

[Zebo]

Only things I didnt let them do is play football or ride motorcycles. Too damn dangerous with what we know these days. I did everything total jock. Have many chronic injuries and tune up surgeries every few years to prove it sadly. Not worth it.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

My dolls as a kid.

I make no apologies!

I see your ghostbusters and raise you my voltron

I have been kicking myself for ~30 years for blowing him up with black cat firecrackers. I'm sorry voltron!

 

[02ranger]

I played with a lot of action figures when I was a kid. You can call them dolls I guess, it never really mattered to me what they were called. I had Ghostbusters, Ninja Turtles, Star Wars and Star Trek figures, Power Rangers, Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Robocop, Terminator, and probably quite a few I'm forgetting. I had cars for them or spaceships. I had Ecto 1, the Enterprise D, Enterprise E, Romulan Bird of Prey, the Ninja Turtles van, and a ton of random cars and some planes too, I think. I also had transformers and the Zords (Zoids?) from Power Rangers. Pretty much the only thing I didn't have was GI Joe's.

I had a cousin who convinced me one time to play with some Barbie's with her. I was Ken of course, had to keep some of my masculinity intact.

 

[gotsmack]

Why is it gay for boys to play with dolls of hot chicks?