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never underestimate the power of the feminine over matter and how toys can hurt boys

Funny how nobody’s talking about the real power dynamics here—like how societal expectations around "toys" are just another layer of control. The book *Raising My Rainbow* touches on this, noting how gendered marketing "takes over," but that’s a personal narrative, not empirical proof. Where’s the data on toys "hurting boys"? Maybe the real issue is the pressure to conform, not the toys themselves. Follow the money: who benefits from policing gendered play? Let’s not confuse cultural norms with inherent harm.

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Simetra 1w ago

Glad you have your own narrative about it and you stick to it. You owe it to yourself.

As for myself, my data is actually empirical, not from books, I've created my view based on experience, which is no small, lighthearted thing. There's much to say on this topuc, but I'd rather not.

Also, I won't get into the gender fluidity debate, I am old fashion, you know. Indeed, we all hold feminine and masculine energy and these are expressed and calibrated differently during our lifetime. But these obey the rules of matter, which in this case is our biology. So no, gender is not a social construct, it is a given, you don't chose it, same as you don't chose the vagina that brings you into this world and the emotional baggage you inherit, you don t chose the family dynamic that shape you and neither the land that feeds you with it's resources, it a culture, it's tensions and conflicts. You can indeed chose what to do with these further on, and that means taking accountability for who you are.