Luna\u2019s been asking for a doctor\u2019s bag. So today we went looking for one and she decided a big pencil case would be perfect for it. The store had them in purple, light blue, pink, and black and red. The purple pencil case had a picture of Skye from Paw Patrol and the black and red one had an Avengers one. I told her to make her choice, thinking she would grab either the pink or the purple one, but instead, she yelled \u201cHULK SMAAAASH\u201d and chose the black and red Avengers\u2019 pencil case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other than Frozen and Moana, we haven\u2019t really exposed her to too many princess stories. Somehow, though, she loves crowns, high heels, and puffy dresses. But she also loves cars, trucks, Pok\u00e9mon, and zombies. We\u2019ve been mindful of exposing her to all types of toys so that she feels free to play with whatever she wants, leaving behind the traditional girl\u2019s\/boy\u2019s toys.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s interesting, though, how even though I make a conscious effort to leave the gender biases I was raised with behind, they come back at me when I least expect them. So today I caught myself thinking that she would either choose the pink or purple pencil case. Why? Because my unconscious gender bias tells me that those are \u201cgirl’s\u201d colours. But Luna with her \u201cHulk smaaaash\u201d, smashed my bias and made me bite my tongue as I was about to suggest she chose the pink one instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the past few years, I\u2019ve trained myself to recognize sexism (explicit and hidden) in the media, language, at work, on social media, in movies, etc. But I have to say that the most difficult sexism I\u2019ve been fighting with, is the one within me. The one I learned because I was raised in a sexist society. It\u2019s the sneakiest one. Sometimes it\u2019s hard to recognize and I don\u2019t always catch myself in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I\u2019ll continue to do the work. It\u2019s my hope that Luna won\u2019t have to grow up with the same gender biases that I did. I want her to always be her true self; free, wild, and happy. I want her to know that colours are colours, and they don\u2019t belong to a gender. I want her to know that she can choose it all: the princesses, the zombies, the Hulk, the dresses, the cars, the heels! And as she learns all that, I\u2019ll also be learning by her side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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