Stupid gender specific toys

Gender specificity has never been something to even enter our consciousness, Noah. These days, we walk this minefield in every waking moment. Sleep is sweet, sweet relief. You see, your mummy and I are coming to the conclusion that the dark, dark truth about our culture is that indoctrination with regressive and oppressive gender-defining doctrines is rife. We claim to be in a free society where we have complete equality between the sexes but the fact is: that's all bullbob. Yes, women have the vote; yes (though this is arguable) women have equal pay; yes they can drive now and whatever; but none of this indicates a free and equal society.

Bullbob.

All the high profile, 'important' jobs are done by men. And even where they aren't, women are more of an exception to the rule rather than the norm. People will argue with you about this but it is true. Let's take for example the following scenario. I would like you to try to picture this scenario as clearly as possible in your brain:

You are in a room somewhere, enjoying your Nobel Prize winning party, let's say, and in walks a doctor.

In walks a company director.

In walks a surgeon.

In walks an engineer.

In walks a Michelin Starred Chef

In walks a professor.

In walks a mathematician.

In walks a scientist.

In walks a pilot.

Now, when you read that list, how many of these people were female? I guarantee, young man, there were none. That is because we are in a painfully unequal society where the females are held back, and the men are given free reign. The societal indoctrination has already done its work and your brain had told you that these jobs are strictly for the men.

We think this all starts with gender stereotyping from the day you are born. When you were born and everyone found out you were a boy, we had countless people say, 'You can paint the nursery blue now, then!' And, to our shame, we did. This is how it starts, Noah. The moment we start treating you as a 'boy' rather than a person, we have immediately fallen into the trap. The good thing is that you are a boy and therefore we aren't truly holding you back by doing this. After all, you have free reign, remember? But we still need to lead by example so you can grow up and do your bit changing the world. 

If you had been a girl, we could have painted your room pink and bought you a pretty dress. We could have told you every day how 'pretty' you are and filled your tiny soft head with the idea that this, for you, is the definition of success: to look pretty for, let's face it, boys: the important gender. 

Then we would have bought you a doll so you could dress it up and look after it and learn how to care for babies yourself. We could have bought you a dollhouse so you can use these dolls to simulate a family situation in your already damaged imagination. One of these dolls could have been a Barbie and you could have looked at it with your perfectly innocent eyes and your brain, using all the other clues you have bombarding you from all directions, you would subconsciously strive to be that doll. The impossibility of this task means that you will always feel inadequate by comparison: a hang-up you will drag with you all the way through adulthood.

We could have bought you an oven set with food and a little microwave. Again, you could begin to sharpen your skills of homekeeping, in order to have a lovely, tidy home for your man to come home to after a long, hard day as a pilot or a surgeon or a scientist. 

There is so much more I want to clarify for you here, Noah, but, trust me, this is not a popular ideology and you will be met with resistance from both males and females. 

Just remember to always try and look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time.