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[Hanako Ikezawa]

@John-117: You should probably change the title of the thread to "Bioware, please no overly sexualized armors!" It'll make it easier for people to know what the thread is about. 

[RZIBARA]

@John-117: You should probably change the title of the thread to "Bioware, please no overly sexualized armors!" It'll make it easier for people to know what the thread is about. 

 

Tell that to the Covenant

[Malthier]

Because of market research. You think companies give a damn about "social constructs"? They're there to make money and so when they design a product or a toy and have to market it they'll make damn sure they'll do their research so their toys will sell well. Clearly blue stuff sells well for baby boys and pink stuff sells well for baby girls.

Research also indicates that young boys tend to prefer masculine toys and young girld tend to prefer feminine toys, Why? I don't know. Might be "social construct", or it might be something completely different. There is not enough scientific data to give a concrete answer to that question. I personally doubt it has anything to do with "social construct", because I remember so vividly that I was a very stubborn kid who wanted very specific things, which didn't always align with the latest trends at that time. I couldn't care less what was on TV. I usually wanted whatever my friends had. Because I was friends with both boys and girls, I wanted to have both boy and girl toys (but mostly boy toys though).

 

http://www.nizkor.or...and-effect.html

 

A lot of parents pick toys out for their kids, not the other way around. Denying that humans often conform to what's expected of them is as ludicrous as denying that social constructs exist. 

[RevilFox]

Anyways, when I have a kid, they can get whatever toys they want and I'll make sure they have the opportunity to see all the options and not just whats in the specified gender section. 

 

Forcing them to get what you want isnt the way to do it though

To be fair, the ban he was talking about is specifically designed to make sure his daughter gets to see all the options. While the way he said it initially was confusing, what he was saying wasn't that his daughter wasn't allowed to play with pink toys, just that he didn't want his friends/family buying her pink toys. And the reason for that is that if he didn't specifically say something about it, almost all of the toys his daughter got from his friends and family would be pink toys. By telling them not to buy that stuff for her, she's going to get a much wider variety of things and will be less influenced by the fact that all of her toys are pink.

 

Before you have a kid, it's really easy to assume that the way you do things will have the greatest impact on the way they are taught, but once you have a kid you realize just how much other people influence your kid. I had NO IDEA before I became a parent, and at 16 months in I'm just starting to see the problem. 

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Tell that to the Covenant

Nah, they already know not to have overly-sexualized armor. 

[RZIBARA]

To be fair, the ban he was talking about is specifically designed to make sure his daughter gets to see all the options. While the way he said it initially was confusing, what he was saying wasn't that his daughter wasn't allowed to play with pink toys, just that he didn't want his friends/family buying her pink toys. And the reason for that is that if he didn't specifically say something about it, almost all of the toys his daughter got from his friends and family would be pink toys. By telling them not to buy that stuff for her, she's going to get a much wider variety of things and will be less influenced by the fact that all of her toys are pink.

 

Before you have a kid, it's really easy to assume that the way you do things will have the greatest impact on the way they are taught, but once you have a kid you realize just how much other people influence your kid. I had NO IDEA before I became a parent, and at 16 months in I'm just starting to see the problem. 

 

Well sorry for the misinterpretation. Guess he has a point. I agree with this in that manner

[Altair_ShepardN7]

Sooo, this thread has basically turned into some kind of chat? 

 

I wonder how it would be if BSN implement a chat, complete with public and private rooms and whatnot... 

[The Elder King]

I prefer Indian food.

I like Indian foods, but I have more knowledge on Italian recipes, since I'm from Italy.

[Lady Artifice]

Bret is the obvious choice. Also, my son is (semi) named after Owen Hart, so...

 

If this thread started being all about pro wrestling I'd die of happiness.

 

You are a fan. 

 

If I were to name a child after a wrestler, I might go with Mark, as in Calloway.  

[Steelcan]

I like Indian foods, but I have more knowledge on Italian recipes, since I'm from Italy.

Indian food is probably my least favorite "foreign" food

[The Elder King]

Tell that to the Covenant

  

Nah, they already know not to have overly-sexualized armor.

I have a question: did you two decided together to change username, or was an accident ? I noticed the same day You changed it.

[RZIBARA]

guys, lets wrap this up. Shall we?

 

 

[dreamgazer]

I prefer Indian food.

Chicken Makhani is life. Chicken Makhani is love.

[RZIBARA]

   I have a question: did you two decided together to change username, or was an accident ? I noticed the same day You changed it.

 

Don't get any funny ideas.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

   I have a question: did you two decided together to change username, or was an accident ? I noticed the same day You changed it.

Accident. I was planning to change it since I changed avatars. 

[The Heretic of Time]

http://www.nizkor.or...and-effect.html

 

A lot of parents pick toys out for their kids, not the other way around. Denying that humans often conform to what's expected of them is as ludicrous as denying that social constructs exist. 

 

Till a certain age. Then the kid starts to have a mind of his own and starts expressing his own preferences and desires. This can sometimes happen as early as the age of 1 (for example preferring certain foods over others).

 

I'm not denying that social constructs exist. But I am arguing against the narrative that we have no individuality or agency to make up our own minds on who or what we want to be in our society. Social constructs are not inherently a bad thing and their existence does not override our free will and freedom of expression. You gotta give humanity more credit than that.

[RZIBARA]

[Malthier]

BTW, I respectfully disagree with the premise of this topic. More sexiness in all things. 

[SlottsMachine]

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[dreamgazer]

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Boy, you said it, Slutts.

[The Elder King]

Don't get any funny ideas.

Which ideas?

Accident. I was planning to change it since I changed avatars.

Understood.

Indian food is probably my least favorite "foreign" food

I don't have preference over foreign food. So far I like overall every foreign cuisine.

[RevilFox]

You are a fan. 

 

If I were to name a child after a wrestler, I might go with Mark, as in Calloway.  

Naming you kid after short lived WCW wrestler "Mean" Mark Calloway is pretty hardcore...

[RZIBARA]

BTW, I respectfully disagree with the premise of this topic. More sexiness in all things. 

 

Relax. I'd rather not piss this thing off.

[Alan Rickman]

Naming you kid after short lived WCW wrestler "Mean" Mark Calloway is pretty hardcore...

 

It's too bad he kinda disappeared off the face of the earth. I mean, I've never heard of him doing anything since. It's like he just suddenly...died or something.

[von uber]

I used to be a big fan of Indian food, but of late I have a real preference for thai curries, especially red.

And yes, being a parent is an amazing, stressful, wonderful, expensive and frightening experience.

Recommend it heartily.