{"id":38719,"date":"2013-09-08T22:23:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T04:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/08\/boys-and-their-toys-and-girls-and-their-toys-too.html"},"modified":"2013-09-08T22:23:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T04:23:56","slug":"boys-and-their-toys-and-girls-and-their-toys-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/08\/boys-and-their-toys-and-girls-and-their-toys-too.html","title":{"rendered":"Boys and their Toys (and Girls and their Toys, too)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Good for them.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +The Mary Sue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Toys R Us, in the UK at least, is going more gender neutral. Hooray!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Toys R Us, Other Major UK Toy Stores, To Drop \u201cBoys\u201d And \u201cGirls\u201d Sections<\/a>
\n Remember back when Harrods department store in London opened their first gender-neutral toy department? That was pretty cool, huh? Now other major retailers in the UK\u2014including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Boots, and Toys R Us\u2014are moving in a similar direction, abolishing gender-specific aisles after being convinced of what a ridiculous notion is it for toys to be for any specific gender. This calls for a slow clap.\n <\/p>\n

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Good for them. Reshared post from +The Mary Sue Toys R Us, in the UK at least, is going more gender neutral. Hooray! Toys R Us, Other Major UK Toy Stores, To Drop \u201cBoys\u201d And \u201cGirls\u201d Sections Remember back when Harrods department store in London opened their first gender-neutral toy department? 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