6. How should one define gender? Is gender natural, or is it socially constructed, and if it is socially constructed, does that mean gender is anything someone wants it to be?
In the early 20th century, this thought of blue and pink representing boys and girls never held any significance. Boys and girls used to always be dressed in pink if their eyes were more brown, where as they would be dressed blue if their eyes were more brown. From a humanistic point of view, gender is the sole dividing line between the the two reproductive subclasses of the human species, however in today's advertising hyper world, it has been used as a tool in order to help the sales of boys and girls toys/clothing. The fact that now, marketers are able to designate a blue and pink side of toy stores specifies their target audiences down by double the factor. Making "his" or "her" barbie convertibles or bigwheels only helps to further promote this separation as well as help sales for companies such as hasbro. The saddest part of this is the social effect it has on young children today. A girl that likes to wear overalls and long sleeve shirts may be made fun of at school because she "looks like a boy", or a guy may dress "like a girl". This is exceptionally concerning when realizing that just 70 years ago a boy and a girl's dress were only separated by the color of their eyes.... It goes to show where our civilization has gone through the prostitution of product marketing.
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