Rose Petal Gender Stereotyping

The Rose Petal Playhouse was very stereotypical of girls. The producers believed that all girls want to do is play house. I'm a girl and I never wanted to do that but I see that stereotype being placed on my little sister. For her birthday, she asked for a kitchen, shopping cart, and baby dolls. She got all of these. Along with the shopping cart, she received a bunch of little plastic vegetables and fruits. For the kitchen, it was a light purple color with little flowers around the edges. Along with the baby dolls, she also got a stroller. She plays house everyday. She puts her baby in the cart and pretends to go to the grocery store to buy food for dinner that she cooks us on her little kitchen. She doesn't like to play other games that boys would play. She loves playing house and cooking for her family. I honestly hope that she becomes a chef and cooks for us when she gets older. The Rose Petal Playhouse just shows us how we start to set up our children for their lives later. We want them to know the gender differences. Women cook, clean, take care of babies - domestic activities. Men fight dragons, drive off road, fly helicopters, play with action figures, and play violent video games - manly activities.