Tonka Trucks Strong enough for boyhood.....
So this is the new Tonka Truck Ad- and I have issues with it. Needed a place to air my grievance without the judgement of the undereducated or narrow minded
I played with Tonka Trucks, AND Barbies... and BOTH of them were strong enough for Christina-hood- if you catch my drift. Does it insinuate that girls are not strong enough for Tonka Trucks? I think so. Or better yet are Tonka Trucks not strong enough for girlhood? I prefer the later but that is all a matter of semantics I supposse.
Anyone else see the problems with this ad? Is this not what Christiensen was talking about? It adds to the culture of power by perpetuating gender roles and stereotypes of girls in media.
Ew.... thats the only reaction I can begin to articulate...
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It's all because people are trying to promote "maleness" and "femaleness" in their kids, but like i said in class, this has to be an Americanized thing.... otherwise there was no way that German dude would buy his little girls boy pants... no American father would do that... they would have bought the ugly pants no matter how hideous they were... so its probably just us... happy old America...
ok so i def had an episode at work the other night and all i could think about was you dressing up that day in class... i posted it in my welcome to my world blog... and i think im going to bring it up in class... but yeah... just wanted you to know i def thought about you lol
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