masculinity vs. femininity:how toys are sold to kids?

Alex

we are doing a report on masculinity vs. femininity.

I need to look for articles on how toys are sold to kids.to the growing trend of selling independently to boys or girls, using pinks and blues ect..

Answer
Wow! That sounds like an interesting paper. :o)

I don't know if you found these during your research & I didn't read them but hopefully they help.

http://www.gendertrainings.com/marketing_to_boys_and_girls.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/16/play

http://wiredfornoise.com/boys-toys-and-girls-toys

http://www.commercialexploitation.org/news/2008/10/sexyhalloween.htm

http://jezebel.com/5102946/building-blocks-are-legos-a-boy-toy

http://people.mills.edu/spertus/Gender/pap/node6.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/24/EDF714TI75.DTL

http://fubini.swarthmore.edu/~WS30/toys.html

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2009/01/pink_v_blue.html

http://www.scienceray.com/Technology/Industry/Boys-Only-Gender-Exclusion-in-the-Marketing-of-Technology-for-Children.296383

http://webpages.dcu.ie/~gingd/pdf/Toys+Sexism.pdf (NEED ADOBE ACROBAT TO VIEW)

What is hot to sell on eBay?

Q. I need ideas, please. No cars or jewelry or antiques. What else?

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Kids toys sell ridiculously well.

We've bought 25 cent toys at garage sales, and put them in groups of 4 or 5, and they've sold for $8-9.

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