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Gender N eutral Toy Marketing: Past, Pr esent, and Future by Sabina L e ybold
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Gender Neutra
l Toy M
arketing:
Past, Pre
sent, and Fu
ture
by Sabina Le
ybold
1920s: Little Homemaker
“Every little girl likes to play house, to sweep, and to do mother’s work for
her.”
1970s: Gendered Ads Decline• Decline due to:– Women in labor force– Marriage and fertility– Second-wave
feminism
1970s: Gendered Ads Decline
1980s: TV Becomes Gendered
1990s: Little Princess• Explicit sexism color cues, fantasy
roles• Little homemaker becomes little
princess
What Now? What’s Next?• Target: reorganization by
theme/interest• Toys still gendered• Public reaction
What Now? What’s Next?• Why so gendered still?• Profitable to prevent hand-me-downs• Opportunity: broaden by
age/interests