An interview I conducted with my daughter about gender expectations and her personal experience and feelings.
Q: What kinds of toys do you like?
A: Umm
Transformers, robot toys, dinosaur toys like on Doc McStuffins, dragon toys,
play food, remote control toys, adventure toys.
Q: What do you mean adventure toys?
A: Like,
those army toys.
Q: Would you call those girl toys, boy toys, or just toys that you like?
A: Those
are toys that I like.
Q: How does it make you feel when someone teases you and tells you those are boy’s toys?
A: Umm,
it makes me feel sad.
Q: Why does it make you feel sad?
A: Because
I don’t like when people tease me.
Q: Do you think everyone should be able to like any thing they want?
A: Yes
Q: Why do you think that?
A: Because
they want it and that’s all that matters.
Q: Do you like princess toys too?
A: Yes
Q: When you were teased about your backpack, what did you want to do about it?
A: I
wanted to change the people that were teasing me.
Q: Did you want a new backpack?
A: Yes
Q: Why?
A: Because
I don’t like it when people tease me.
Q: It’s not your fault or your backpack’s fault that people tease you. Do you know whose fault it is?
A: Their
fault, or probably our parent’s fault, I don’t know which one it is.
Q: Why?
A: Because
they’re the one’s that were teasing me and it wasn’t nice.
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