SorcererDonald16
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- Mar 19, 2005
Goofy_Bob, I had said in an earlier post they should release 3 corresponding prince costumes to even out the dresses, I totally forgot about the pink superhero outfit (namely because I have never once worn it or the green one, haha), but yeah, they should've had a male version of that one too. I thought if they released 3 princely outfits, it would be even; now I remember it would have to be four. That is all I was saying. I could see why they don't let boys wear dresses in the game, but my point is things like hats aside from tiaras/crowns do not really need to be gender specific, and all other outfits should be made so both genders can wear them. The whole thing is silly to me.
See tea said it best in that VMK is propagating gender bias. Yes, life is full of discrimination and bias and prejudice, and we all have to be prepared for that. But I don't see why VMK should contribute to the problem. I guess I also take a very passionate view about this because of my career/my grad school. As a counselor, we're required ethically to stand up and say something when something is not fair to a specific population of people. The way VMK handles outfits is not fair, from both of these hats being gender specific, to the boys not having prince outfits, to there only being a female cheerleader outfit when boys are cheerleaders too. Myself and colleagues are working on an entire career program centered around gender bias, in hopes one day grant money can be had with it and it can actually be implemented. So knowing all the work we put into that and that VMK turns around and further promotes stereotypes to the same kids who would be benefiting from our program, really frustrates me. Career is not the same as fashion, but it's the same mentality behind it that certain people should be certain ways and that's that.
See tea said it best in that VMK is propagating gender bias. Yes, life is full of discrimination and bias and prejudice, and we all have to be prepared for that. But I don't see why VMK should contribute to the problem. I guess I also take a very passionate view about this because of my career/my grad school. As a counselor, we're required ethically to stand up and say something when something is not fair to a specific population of people. The way VMK handles outfits is not fair, from both of these hats being gender specific, to the boys not having prince outfits, to there only being a female cheerleader outfit when boys are cheerleaders too. Myself and colleagues are working on an entire career program centered around gender bias, in hopes one day grant money can be had with it and it can actually be implemented. So knowing all the work we put into that and that VMK turns around and further promotes stereotypes to the same kids who would be benefiting from our program, really frustrates me. Career is not the same as fashion, but it's the same mentality behind it that certain people should be certain ways and that's that.