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[UncleSepp]

It's still bad. The most important difference between girl babies and boy babies is the way they pee, and they'll be doing a lot of that. Other than that...

Girl clothes aren't usually made to be played in. Little girls get dressed up like dollies for other people to ooh and ahh over. IMHO the objectification of women, and women's acceptance of that objectification, starts with treating girls like dolls.

Boy toys don't generally include generic people. If there's a person, it's going to be a character-based action figure. I think that men's diminished empathy may begin with boys not being encouraged to imagine what another being may be thinking and feeling.

On a personal note, frilly dresses and pink were humiliating to me as a child. Good for you for going with generic clothes until the child is old enough to express a preference, and for wanting to go with the child's preference. Now will you please go back in time and talk with my mom? :-)