Review: Why Boys Don't Play With Dolls,By KATHA POLLITT

“Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls,” Pollitt talks about why boys should not play with dolls?Why toys are given to children according to their gender?Why girls cant play with trucks? She means that our environment makes us do so.Otherwise both genders should play with all kind of toys.Pollitt claims that males and females’ personalities and behaviors are derived from social conditioning.
It is perfectly OK and 100% acceptable for a boy to play with a doll. It's been a topic that has been well documented and researched by child psychaistrists.As a good observer I can tell you boys play with dolls.Their parents may not know but they do when they are given free choice of playthings in a school or daycare center. And why not let them play with dolls? Men are afraid of hurting newborn babies by picking holding them the wrong way.Why not let them get an early hands on experience to take care of a baby doll. Would you stop your daughter from playing with a car or truck because it might bring out her manly side? In this day and age men need to take a major part in caring children and women need to have basic men kind of skills.Both gender need some knowledge of the other's traditional role in the family. Boys playing with dolls can only help him show emotions.Boys should also do cooking because men are the best chefs.Superman, Spiderman,Batman & other characters like that also affected the behaviours of both genders.If boys can play with stuffed animals then they should also play with dolls too.
Baby children of both genders should play together. They should mix boy toys and girl toys it will help them understanding others mind too.It also makes both genders more caring & positive minded.
Our society,media and atmosphere makes a childs mind.Our society,media and atmosphere always remains busy in giving gender discrimination messages which affect both gender and causes them to choose toys by their gender.
Therefore I agree with KATHA POLLITT,we should not limit toys according to genders.I don't think it's wrong for any child to play with any toy or participating in any activity as long as they are having fun and are able to play appropriately.