Because it deserves its own post

Once again, it is in the news

Well, maybe if we didn't actively make girls ashamed of their outside interests, they would talk about those instead.

Maybe, if we didn't belittle girl's toys, they would feel more comfortable about them and talk about those things instead.

Maybe if we stopped berating movies that girls tend to like, aka "chick flicks", girls would talk about that instead of obsessing over relationships.

As long as Hello Kitty is used to shame adults, and silmultaneously marketed to girls, girls are going to stop talking about their outside interests.

So think about it, any time you shame something typical little girls enjoy, like Barbies, Care Bears, My Little Pony, even Bratz, you aid in the psychological destruction of women, ever so slightly. So stop it. Let them be proud of their toys, even when they grow out of them, like when they become adults.

There is an excellent Cat and Girl comic that mentions this, regarding Transformers. Adult men have grown out of Transformers, but they get to relish their memories. Where is the Rainbow Bright movie? I couldn't care less about transformers.