Barbie Klaus and G.I. Joe

When I was younger, I remember playing with Barbie dolls. I remember washing their hair and brushing it and changing their clothes, but I didn't think of how gendered these toys were. I never got a black Barbie or played with toys for little boys, but that was just the way that it was. If I wanted a G.I. Joe or a similar "boy" toy, I could have gotten it but I never wanted one. "Girl" toys are marketed as fashionable and with bodies that even the skinniest model could never even pull off. "Boy" toys are always doing something active, from shooting to playing some sport. They are always buff, sometimes showing off muscles that I'm convinced don't exist on a real human. I think that toys do influence the way children behave and how they will be as adults. I don't think it is wrong for a little girl or boy to want to play with the "other" toys but this may be a sign of how they will be in the future. However, I think that this is somewhat a double-standard. If a girl plays with a G.I. Joe, she could just be a tomboy (that caterpillar that will turn into a beautiful butterfly later in life). But if a boy plays with Barbies, it is more than likely that he will turn out to be homosexual. I don't really think there is a good explanation for why this happens, but it does. I think that I played with Barbies as a child for a period of my life, but after that time, I started playing with board games and I started reading more books. Even though I had a Barbie dream house, I think Barbie Klaus lost one victim.