Comments on: Law and Order for Women? http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/law-and-order-for-women.html For Everyone Over the Rainbow Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: drudolph http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/law-and-order-for-women.html#comment-9265 drudolph Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:32:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/law-and-order-for-women/#comment-9265 >> Is anyone with kids, nieces or nephews aware if the blue/pink rules of dressing a child are still staunchly followed?<br/><br/>I'll take that one: Let's just say that for a lesbian mom who tries very hard not to enforce gender stereotypes on her son, it's discouraging to walk into a kids' clothing store and see the separate pink and blue sections. Boys seem to have a little more variety, but it's hard to find anything for a girl in anything other than pink. Lavender is about as creative as they get.<br/><br/>Not to mention the slogans and images: Boys get monster trucks, spaceships, and construction vehicles; girls get butterflies and sparkly "Little Princess" slogans.<br/><br/>Yeah, the stereotyping sucks. Luckily, though, my partner and I dress ourselves from Old Navy's boys department, too, so it makes for easy one-stop shopping for the family.<br/><br/>For the record, yeah, Mariska Hargitay is hot. >> Is anyone with kids, nieces or nephews aware if the blue/pink rules of dressing a child are still staunchly followed?

I'll take that one: Let's just say that for a lesbian mom who tries very hard not to enforce gender stereotypes on her son, it's discouraging to walk into a kids' clothing store and see the separate pink and blue sections. Boys seem to have a little more variety, but it's hard to find anything for a girl in anything other than pink. Lavender is about as creative as they get.

Not to mention the slogans and images: Boys get monster trucks, spaceships, and construction vehicles; girls get butterflies and sparkly "Little Princess" slogans.

Yeah, the stereotyping sucks. Luckily, though, my partner and I dress ourselves from Old Navy's boys department, too, so it makes for easy one-stop shopping for the family.

For the record, yeah, Mariska Hargitay is hot.

]]> By: copp3rred http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/law-and-order-for-women.html#comment-9264 copp3rred Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:22:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/law-and-order-for-women/#comment-9264 I had heard that a number of women liked seeing Mariska Hargitay being as much of a tough type as Stabler can be, but maybe it's just straight women in law enforcement, like the ones I used to work with.<br/><br/>SVU really isn't my kind of show. It's too grisly and the twist is almost always predictable, though I've seen a surprise or two. Give me Bones any day, but not during dinner.<br/><br/>As to men being wired to have as much sex as possible, well maybe it's true but I'd put money on people living in a cultural vacuum adopting a very different response than the ones Americans have constructed. Sigh was I the only one who grew up with parents who told us kids that men and women were equal and born a country that said the same? I had heard that a number of women liked seeing Mariska Hargitay being as much of a tough type as Stabler can be, but maybe it’s just straight women in law enforcement, like the ones I used to work with.

SVU really isn’t my kind of show. It’s too grisly and the twist is almost always predictable, though I’ve seen a surprise or two. Give me Bones any day, but not during dinner.

As to men being wired to have as much sex as possible, well maybe it’s true but I’d put money on people living in a cultural vacuum adopting a very different response than the ones Americans have constructed. Sigh was I the only one who grew up with parents who told us kids that men and women were equal and born a country that said the same?

]]> By: jimbo http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/law-and-order-for-women.html#comment-9263 jimbo Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:51:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/law-and-order-for-women/#comment-9263 I missed Antony and The Johnsons here in DC?!?!?! AAAAUUUUGHHH! Somebody put me on some kinda list so I don't miss stuff like that again. I missed Antony and The Johnsons here in DC?!?!?! AAAAUUUUGHHH! Somebody put me on some kinda list so I don’t miss stuff like that again.

]]> By: landoftrolls http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/law-and-order-for-women.html#comment-9262 landoftrolls Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:49:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/law-and-order-for-women/#comment-9262 I have wondered about this. My father, who is a Myers-Briggs ISTJ, loves "SVU" and loathes "Criminal Intent. I'm an INFP, and I love "Criminal Intent" and am at best indifferent to "SVU". I wonder whether the various shows appeal based on one's internal sense of rulekeeping, harmony, justice, etc. I have wondered about this. My father, who is a Myers-Briggs ISTJ, loves “SVU” and loathes “Criminal Intent. I’m an INFP, and I love “Criminal Intent” and am at best indifferent to “SVU”. I wonder whether the various shows appeal based on one’s internal sense of rulekeeping, harmony, justice, etc.

]]> By: NationsKappatol http://thenewgay.net/2009/02/law-and-order-for-women.html#comment-9261 NationsKappatol Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:24:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/law-and-order-for-women/#comment-9261 meh, I never thought of it this way. Maybe I was missing something. <br/><br/>A day off with a carton of ice cream and an SVU marathon on TNT does a good day make in my world. I like the characters better on SVU then on regular Law and Order and I find the stories more compelling. <br/><br/>I think you may be on to something about the different marketing, but I am not sure it is so nefarious. What about Criminal Intent then? I don't watch it so I don't know, but who are they marketing to there? <br/><br/>Good post with good issues raised, but I am not convinced this is such an issue. meh, I never thought of it this way. Maybe I was missing something.

A day off with a carton of ice cream and an SVU marathon on TNT does a good day make in my world. I like the characters better on SVU then on regular Law and Order and I find the stories more compelling.

I think you may be on to something about the different marketing, but I am not sure it is so nefarious. What about Criminal Intent then? I don’t watch it so I don’t know, but who are they marketing to there?

Good post with good issues raised, but I am not convinced this is such an issue.

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