Sink Your Teeth Right Through My Bones, Baby

Very well put and sadly true. What the manufacturers also don't understand (and what the parents don't seem to get either) is that if all girls are encouraged to do by their toys is be a vet or run a hair salon, that's all they'll think they can do. And while there's nothing wrong with either of those choices, it's telling that I've never seen any such activities for boys. (I've seen one unisex dress-up type veterinary clinic toy, but no Legos or anything else.)