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Enjoyed Ash Bentley's comments on #GenderIndoctrination in her latest video. Apparently there's some cookbook for cakes that was very popular in anglophone countries on the nineties.
Of course, the sewing machine cake was for girls. As was the stove cake 🥲
Growing up in that era, I remember these differences still being heavily engrained in society. As a kid, I was once at a fair in which I could pick a prize after winning some game, and I actually wanted the Barbie knock-off doll. That would pair nicely with the Action Man dolls I had at home. But my mom, standing next to me, told me no—I'd be better off picking that toy car. When we were walking back to our bikes, she told me she was afraid of running into some classmates of mine, who would probably have bullied me for walking around with a Barbie. That became one of my core memories, looking back 🤔
No shade on my mom, of course. She was trying to look out for me. (Though the "tough boys don't cry" admonishion whenever I cried also left some marks. I was well into my thirties before I could sort-of cry in front of others again.)
#cooking #Sewing #AshBentley #gender #crying