Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Sexist Shaming Holiday Gifts for the Body-Conscious Little Girl
Posted by Amanda Hess on 11.11.09 at 10:49 AM
The holiday season is fast approaching, which means it's time to roll out more products to help our little girls feel very bad about their bodies. Over the years, toy makers have boldly invented new mechanisms for making money off of the body consciousness of young girls. Below, inventors push girls to look simultaneously curvier (grow boobs already!), skinnier (but make sure to lose your baby weight!), sexily reproductive (be six years old AND skinny AND pregnant!) and matronly (breastfeed babies with the boobs you don't have!). A treasure chest of body-shaming toys:
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