Children are very clever and it is they who reveal themselves to sexism in toys. Riley is a four year old girl which reflects on this video about princesses and superheroes and he wonders why boys and girls have to accept the toys that are imposed on them, he wonders Why do girls have to buy everything pink?
Girls may like superheroes and other colors, while boys may like princesses and pink. Of course!. It is already one of the most watched videos in the United States, which has put the toy industry in trouble.
Both toy ads and toy stores themselves classify their products as "for boys" and "for girls." Some are already changing it, as is the case of Toys 'R' Us in the United Kingdom, which has stopped differentiating toys by sex in their advertisements. We see the same thing in his catalog of a boy pushing a baby carriage than a girl playing with a car.
Because not all girls or all boys like the same thing, some girls do not want to be princesses and some boys do not want to be pirates, but the environment forces them to do so, even many times the parents themselves sentence "that's from children" or "that's very girls".
Toys are just toys. They are game tools for all children, regardless of their sex, and as such, we must let them choose freely What do they want to play with?
Riley has hit the spot. We do not know if they have previously talked about the subject at home and when he was in the toy store he remembered it, or if looking at the toys and how he intends to differentiate them he has come up with this so successful reflection on princesses and superheroes.
