Are You Perpetuating Gender Stereotypes by Throwing Your Daughter a Princess Party?

Ugh! Too many pastel colors! Going blind! It's all too cute! Toooo cuuuute......

We really need to stop all this psychobabble and just raise our kids. If a girl likes princesses, let her be a princess! Stereotypes are in the minds of the meddlers!

Great comment.

I never had a daughter nor do I even know exactly what a princess party is like. It sounds a lot like gender stereotyping which is okay as a passing phase. Most importantly, I imagine it is a womderful time of bonding and great fun for mother and child. I say enjoy every moment you can have with your children. Childhood is such a precious time that slips away far too quickly

It's only a problem if they want a different party theme.

Can we just not bother kids with political agendas?

I love the princess thing!!! When i become a mom i wont force it, but i wont not let her dress up either! Its just a faze, just let them dream about prince charming for a little while! Making her go into the cold cruel world too early would just break my heart

If a girl wants a princess party, it was her choice. It doesnt really mean she will growing up acting like everyone and everything is hers

Go figure!

poeople over react

Um, who cares? If my daughter is a girly girl and would like it, sure I would throw her a princess themed party. Nothing wrong with being a girly girl.

It is a genetic hard wiring mainly, but it is also the social cognitive of the times that may eventually determine the so called norm.

Really don't like any of the choices. What is wrong with a little girl who likes to dress up as a princess? I think the adults are the ones who make a big deal out of it.

Unless, of course, you teach them to be independent later in life.

I feel this way, some girls like princesses. Some girls like baseball. Some boys like dolls. Let them be and play with what they want. Don't stigmatize anything a child is interested in. It's only when you do that it becomes a stereotype.

So? As long as the girl's happy, why should it matter? On another note, some girls may have both tomboy and feminine traits in their personality. I love Pocahontas and Ariel, but I also love Spiderman and Superman.

An "Other" option would be nice. My daughter loves the whole princess thing, so, No, i don't think it perpetuates a stereotype. It's simply giving her what she wants on her birthday. If it makes her happy, I'm cool with it.

Was hoping for an "other" as well. I don't think it's perpetuating a stereotype if that's what she likes.

Problem is people want to label everything and everyone so that they have something to bitch about. Labels are pointless and stereotyping is ignorant, IMO.

I would surely throw my sons or daughters a party appropriate to their likes. Who in their right mind would throw a party that ridicules their kid! It isn't like you don't know what is of interest to your child. This is just more liberal screwing over.

Yes, it is.

If your son wants a princess party there is something wrong...

If she wants a princess party let her have a princess party

I don't really think so. My kids were gender specific from birth it seems. My grandson was always a "boy", and always picked boy toys without being intentionally influenced.

I do not see a problem with it at all. Just because some women feel the need to be pseudo-men, does not mean it is mandatory for all women.

If you think this is a problem then you are a victim of feminist propaganda. This is normal and at worst harmless. Girls should be allowed to be girly and feminine if they want to, this is in no way limiting or degrading.

Yes but so what? That's the point! With the whole gender confusion of this culture the family has been weakened and has had a devastating effect on society. The whole feminist movement is a farce and studies show that women complaints is that they can't find a real man anymore.and its true. Men in their 30s are addicted to video games and are slaves to entertainment with no sense of responsibility. And women are auctioning off their once sacred. Virginity to jerk losers for a pizza or a movie in a vain attempt at filling the void left by pathetic men who bail out on their responsibilities as head of the houshold. Men and women are equal but were created with specific complimentary roles for specific purposes. This is the christian doctrine of creation. Man is the glory of God, and women is the glory of man to be honored by man and treated with tenderness and respect like fine chinaso when someone tells you that christianity is oppressive to women believe it not because jesus was a liberator of women (and men) and included many women into his inner circle. So girls be girls, and guys be guys! This is the way it is supposed to be.

If my future little girl comes to me saying she wants a princess party then she can have one. However if she comes to me saying she wants a (insert tom boy-ish show/sport) then I am going to give myself a mental high-five and hope she is like her mother and isn't too girly.

Unless, people, when preparing those parties, do as you claim to do: including empowering ideas and images into her princess play. I should have considered that before I voted. But also, they (these parties) should be thrown to the girls that are really into the princess thing (like you daughter). Now, since there are many ways of being feminine, I am not worried for those that perpetuate an princess idea with empowering views and not deny the existence of alternatives. I am worried for those who don't have equilibrium, and teach their girls how to be submissive princesses.

But hey, if everybody does it in an empowering way, I'm cool.

No, that's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

I would like to

I'd let her be what she wants to be, let her choose what she likes, and not interfere at all. If she wants to be girly, then she can be girly. If she wants to be a tom boy, then she can be a tom boy. If she wants a sex change, then I'd treat her like a boy until she's old enough to know that's really what she wants.

You have confused interfering with parental guidance. Why be a parent at all if your going to let your child run rampant and do whatever he\she wants? You would support your chil being mutilated if he\she has been misled and confused by a depraved society? You should try thinking past your immediate emotional response and really apply critical thought if u plan on having kids. Its a major thing and their happiness is NOT the only thing that matters especially if it involves drug abuse, prostitution or mutilation like sex change that makes them "happy".

I'm sorry but in my eyes you are wrong. Happiness is ALL that matters. As long as it's in a healthy way. No drugs or drinking should be involved, or anything along those lines. If you aren't happy, what's the point of living? I support gays, so why wouldn't I support transgenders? Sex changes aren't mutilation. Some people are born in the wrong body. Sex is what's between the legs, but gender is in the mind. That's WHY there is transgenders. I'm not even remotely worried about what society has to say, as long as my kid is happy, I'm happy. Don't even attempt to bring religion in this either because you won't get anywhere with that. I'm guessing all of this is because you're religious. And if not, oh well, I still think you're wrong. :] This is my opinion. I am entitled to my own opinion and I'm here to express it just as you are. But you can express YOUR opinion where is asks you to leave it. :]

Kudos for giving such a reasoned and calm response to this jerk. Intolerance like his renders me speechless with anger and frustration. So, well done!

Thank you. (:

If that's it, who gives a flying fig.

i would just let her pick...(gahh why can you never change your answer)