tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468056823112888860.post6339716565985980333..comments2016-04-18T13:39:20.051-07:00Comments on Gender in Contemporary Culture and News 2016: First boy featured in Moschino barbie commercialProfwaggonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466079114188297887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468056823112888860.post-27708821329120182162016-02-07T19:05:40.378-08:002016-02-07T19:05:40.378-08:00I am so glad you posted this as this isn't my ...I am so glad you posted this as this isn't my post week and I came across this commercial a couple of days ago. In fact, my daughters pointed this out to me when they were watching TV. They had mentioned it the day before at dinner and were intrigued by it so when it came back on they ran to get me and made sure I saw it. What was most surprising to me was their comments, "Mom, why would they put a boy playing with Barbies?" and then my youngest, "That's silly! Boys don't play with Barbies, right mom?". I had to explain to them about stereotypes and that just as boys could play with dolls and "girl toys" so could girls play with trucks and "boy toys" and that there was nothing wrong with such. I love that I was able to explain that to them and reinforce the idea so that as it is more advertised they will be aware and understand. I do feel that this will bring many talks in many households as children become more conscious of out of the norm things. I also really liked that they didn't bring in Ken to the picture and left it with only Barbies being the main figure that way it doesn't become questionable whether it has to be a boy playing with a male figure instead its playing with a female figure. Lorena Estradahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144102375009297586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468056823112888860.post-26883884698182772102016-02-07T09:16:39.758-08:002016-02-07T09:16:39.758-08:00I'm really happy you posted this. I agree that...I'm really happy you posted this. I agree that it does go further than most of the past barbie commercials have when it comes to breaking gender stereotypes. However, in some ways, I think that it kind of still reinforces this binary scale. I just watched it with a few of my friends, and they were all laughing at how he was depicted as the stereotypical flamboyantly gay man. I think that this commercial reinforces the idea that you must be more feminine to play with barbies, like I think this commercial doesn't necessarily say that any little boy would be comfortable playing with barbies but still excludes it to the femme group of children.Kate Bouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695672097326290292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468056823112888860.post-56423765898797446252016-02-06T11:30:05.487-08:002016-02-06T11:30:05.487-08:00After reading your comments and then watching the ...After reading your comments and then watching the commercial, I agree with you that Mattel is doing a great job at setting it up for future generations to accept more gender fluidity. This also makes me think of the articles we read earlier last week, and that it's more acceptable for girls to be more masculine and not acceptable for boys to be feminine. This commercial helps break that stereotype that boys can't be feminine and play with girl toys. This is an important thing to note because society has already accepted girls being more masculine. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464750392226655079noreply@blogger.com