When we were
still kids we wore shirts that had a logo of a superhero on them. On other
shirts it’s the super hero himself. I wondered why children (mostly males)
always wore superhero clothes and it seems that a female child always clings to
make ups and wishing to be the wife hero. The other day my family and I were
shopping for clothes and then I saw a child crying for a shirt he wanted. Over
hearing their conversation the child wanted the protagonist on his shirt.
So as I was
browsing through the internet, I stumbled upon articles about what parents have
to say about these problems. I read “Children’s Place Doesn’t Think FemaleSuperheroes Belong on Boy’s Clothing” on the Mommyish.com which was written by
Meredith Bland. In her article she said that she saw a tweet from a mother
complaining about shirt merchandise that excluded the female protagonist while
all the male heroes were there. The mother got a reply and said that the shirt
was intended for boys, Meredith broke down 2 assumptions why and what the seller’s
thoughts were. On another article “Awesome Mom Creates Girls’ Clothing ThatIsn’t ‘Girls’ Clothing’” in the same site written by Koa Beck, saying that they
it’s ok to wear boy-ish clothes. In this article she cited that a mom made a
Plan B for their girl children to wear what they want but still look like a
girl. Girls who aren’t fond of blouses and skirts wore shirts that set of a feminine
style and that the kids were ok with that, some female kids prefer what male
kids are doing these days. “We know that this kind of bias exists in children’s
clothing. It’s everywhere. But when Children’s Place made the choice to remove
a female character, the only main character who is not on this shirt, they made
a statement. And that statement is: People who respect women don’t shop at
Children’s Place.” Meredith said. Its unavoidable that there still exist these
kinds of biases, this is what she think she got out of it.
As I see it, I
tried to look for more information about clothing that female children wore. I found
out one article in “The Stir by CafeMom” website titled “Superhero Underwear for LittleGirls Are a Big Step Toward Gender Equality” written by Jeanne Sager. She was
happy to see that products are improving very well towards the female clothing,
female underwear’s are selling like hotcakes and they don’t need to buy male
superhero underwear for their ladies. In Jeanne’s article she is happy on
seeing this part of improvement and she is thrilled, because she said she’s
tired of being a mom who would care for the smallest importance of her
children. She cited different reasons and problems she has encountered before
this happened. “Would you buy superhero undies for your daughter?” Jeanne said
saying with a brave front. The society was denied of female superheroes
underwear, but this time the tides have changed.
Going back to
what I have overheard it seems that this kinds of children are normal; wanting
to get their favorite superheroes on their shirt is just a sign that they
really like them. Same goes for girls because to what I have encountered the
kid that wanted the shirt was a girl but the mall didn’t have that kind of
clothing, just barbies and girly blouses. For m I didn’t notice this kind of
problems that kids have, even when I was still a kid I didn’t like super heroes
that were on our clothes. I wanted girl outfits but wore shorts and shirts but I
wore men clothing. It’s really a big step forward for kids these days.
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