tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857795538755708479.post7808634223295923285..comments2024-03-29T07:08:10.880-07:00Comments on AGING GAYLY : WILLIAM'S DOLLAging Gaylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886888900957765438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857795538755708479.post-86322899388912307482014-07-29T22:18:11.976-07:002014-07-29T22:18:11.976-07:00Your dad does deserve credit for allowing you to b...Your dad does deserve credit for allowing you to be yourself. He may have done so begrudgingly but he still resisted even having Ken mysteriously become lost.<br /><br />The gender role expectations remain. It is amazing how kindergarten girls question why I'm wearing purple shoes or a pink shirt. All of this starts even before the school years, but I love the opportunity to talk about it. Last year, the girls grew to love when I would join in the doll play at recess and center time, just as the boys loved when I would play with the blocks and cars. Still, I don't see many of them breaking gender role norms.<br /><br />More to do, more to do...Aging Gaylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886888900957765438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857795538755708479.post-46967347947054710292014-07-29T17:25:40.637-07:002014-07-29T17:25:40.637-07:00Bravo, RG, for writing about this.
Here's a p...Bravo, RG, for writing about this.<br /><br />Here's a paragraph from a post I wrote on my blog back in January 2013: "My maternal grandmother bought me a Ken doll, Barbie's handsome, blond-haired, blue-eyed boyfriend, after I literally made a scene in Kresge's. I was proud of Ken–so proud I took him for walks so the other neighborhood children would see him. Believe me, no other little boy paraded his dolls outside. To this day, I can't believe my father didn't grab that doll and beat me with it. It probably took everything he had to stop himself."<br /><br />In another post, I remember writing that, when the neighbor children saw me, that was the beginning of the end for me. Life became, and remained, a living hell. <br /><br />I hope there are many Williams out there, getting the dolls of their choice. And not having to pay the consequences.Rick Modienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157314737543591048noreply@blogger.com