... and in the "please fill me with righteous feminist rage" category ...

[nonelvis]

Ouija for girls. In pink, naturally.

Found via the Onion, and yes, it's for real. I couldn't skewer this any better than they did, so go read their article.

Comments

[melange428.livejournal.com]

It's not just Ouija. At Toys R Us I saw pink versions of Monopoly (one of the playing pieces was a cell phone; another, a purse), Life, Memory, and fucking TINKERTOYS.

[nonelvis]

A cell phone? A purse? If I weren't already feeling stabby enough already today, now I really want to go on a killing spree.

[melange428.livejournal.com]

I believe (if my eyes do not deceive me) that two of the other pieces are a blowdryer and a high heeled shoe. And instead of "Get out of jail free," you get "text message"! Like, OMG! See the horror here (http://www.amazon.com/Monopoly-Pink-Boutique-Board-Game/dp/B000WUVR7I).

Also, from that page, you can view the pink LIFE, the pink Scrabble, and the pink "Girl Talk" Jenga.

[nonelvis]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. I see you also build boutiques and malls instead of houses and hotels. Houses and hotels are for boys! Math is hard! ARGH.

[profrobert.livejournal.com]

I hate to tell you, but a lot of this is driven by little girls themselves. A lot of them just gravitate to pink on their own, much to the consternation of their parents.

I've made a point of getting my son some pink things (my favorite is a pink bath towel with a ladybug on it). The message I'll try to give him is that boys and girls can like the same things.

I read a piece a while back that said that gender-specific colors for children only became prevalent in the early 20th Century -- except then it was pink of boys and blue for girls! (Pink was considered a diluted version of red, a fierce color, and therefore appropriate for little boys!)