ZombieKitten said:

My sister wouldn't allow the boys to play with guns when they were younger either.
But now that they're 11 and 12 years of age, they both wanted 'Swiss Army Knives' because boyscouts use them. She obliged


I'm not against masculinity in boys. I also acknowledge and am quite comfortable with the fact that there are stark differences between boys and girls wired into us, and there's no way to change it.
But to me, violence is not a 'masculine' feature, but a primal, lower level one best suited for our ape ancestors.

There's no black and white about any of this, but the idea that playing with dolls makes your boy a sissy is outdated to me. As I mentioned before having a doll or teddy bear teaches them to nurture something--that can only be a good thing.


Of course, when I was a kid, I used cut the heads off some of my toys


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I'm a grown man and I love my doll. I mean I really, really love her

THIS POST IS FOR ALL WHO (so emphatically) say they WOULDN'T let a male child play with a doll.

Do you know what happens when your boy wants a doll but you refuse for silly unfounded reasons???



























THIS HAPPENS!!!

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johnart said:

I am not a doll you retard.

I played with cars and dolls...I'm female...toys were toys to me...I even liked those flying helicopters and water guns...

THIS POST IS FOR ALL WHO (so emphatically) say they WOULDN'T let a male child play with a doll.

Do you know what happens when your boy wants a doll but you refuse for silly unfounded reasons???



























THIS HAPPENS!!!

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THIS POST IS FOR ALL WHO (so emphatically) say they WOULDN'T let a male child play with a doll.

Do you know what happens when your boy wants a doll but you refuse for silly unfounded reasons???



























THIS HAPPENS!!!

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Once my son was playing with dolls with his sister. My macho man husband stops the playtime and makes a big deal of it and came to me complaining that I allowed this to happen....I told him him he was a homophobe and to back the hell off. said to him "your son is not merely playing with dolls...he is playing with his sister." My girl also played with her brother's toys. I also told him that he crazy if he thinks its a good idea to stop siblings from playing together. That ended his protest. My children are extremely close

THIS POST IS FOR ALL WHO (so emphatically) say they WOULDN'T let a male child play with a doll.

Do you know what happens when your boy wants a doll but you refuse for silly unfounded reasons???
]THIS HAPPENS[/b]!!!

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johnart said:

Not in my house.

StillGotIt said:

Graycap23 said:

If your kids are still in your house at my age, you got more problems than them playing with dolls.

EmeraldSkies said:

co-sign. Why is it ok for girls to play with all sorts of toys including trucks, cars, etc. yet people have a fit if they see a boy playing with a doll? As long as it's not a Barbie I don't see the big deal at all. Maybe if boys were allowed to play with baby dolls they would grow up to be more nurturing????

noimageatall said:

I don't think that a little boy playing with a Barbie doll should be a big deal either. It's just a piece of plastic.

I really want to know why the people that insisted so emphatically their sons wouldn't play with dolls say that.

meow85 said:

I posted the question before. Still no answers.

There is no real good answer. That's probably why.

On this thread we've had at least one hetero male post that he played with dolls and it obviously didn't make him gay (if this is the concern, which I would suspect it might be). And I was not allowed to play with dolls because boys don't do that, and look at me. Big ol' homo with a life-size Barbie (Betina).

johnart said:

Talking about going off track.....

tinaz said:

It shouldn't be an issue.
I'd be more against letting boys play with guns and other weapons than with dolls.


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My 4 year old son pretends he's playing "wipeout" with his sister's dolls and his action figures.I asked him why and he said because there are boys and girls on wipeout.It was so obvious and simple..I walked out the room thinking "Duh".....

Imago said:

i agree! i don't allow my son to play with toy guns, he hasn't asked to play with a doll yet, but he does have a play kitchen, and loves to pretend he's cooking and washing dishes, etc. i've had a few people tell me that i shouldn't let him play with a toy kitchen because it's for girls. that makes me mad, i tell them there are plenty of male chefs in the world! and yes, if he wants to play with a doll, i have no problem with it!

Imago said:

i agree! i don't allow my son to play with toy guns, he hasn't asked to play with a doll yet, but he does have a play kitchen, and loves to pretend he's cooking and washing dishes, etc. i've had a few people tell me that i shouldn't let him play with a toy kitchen because it's for girls. that makes me mad, i tell them there are plenty of male chefs in the world! and yes, if he wants to play with a doll, i have no problem with it!

said to him "your son is not merely playing with dolls...he is playing with his sister." My girl also played with her brother's toys. I also told him that he crazy if he thinks its a good idea to stop siblings from playing together.