I know we already discussed in class the pens that
are on this list, but I thought that this list was a really comical look at
just how ridiculous the gendering of products has become. One of favorite
on this list are the tissues that are “man-size”. I think that this works well
with what we talked about in class last week. As a woman who’s as tall if not
taller than most guys I think it’s funny that women being petite and dainty,
and men being the physically dominant sex is such a culturally reinforced
stereotype that it affects our Kleenex size.
I think that product gendering is one of those things that is small, but
has much broader implications. It reinforces that women can’t do or have
everything that men can and vice versa. In my gender communication class we had
a discussion, about gendered bathroom products and several of the guys admitted
to preferring the nice smelling women’s shampoo, body wash, etc. I think it’s
kind of ridiculous that if a guy wants to use vanilla scented lotion he feels
pressured against it.
WOW! This was such an astonishing article. It is amazing that things like this exist in our society. And for most of these it's not just a pink or blue distinction. It actually says for "her" or "him"
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