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Chamber and committees

Let Toys Be Toys, for Girls and Boys

  • Submitted by: Alison McInnes, North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
  • Motion reference: S4M-06342

That the Parliament notes the current change.org petition, led by Let Toys Be Toys, which calls on retailers to stop promoting toys as only for girls or only for boys; supports Let Toys Be Toys’ mission statement that toys are designed for fun, learning, stoking imagination and encouraging creativity and that children should feel free to play with whatever toys most interest them; believes that the traditional marketing of toys specifically for girls or boys serves only to reinforce unwelcome gender stereotypes that have no place in a modern society, and calls on retailers to stop sorting toys by gender and instead just let toys be toys, for girls and boys.


Supported by: Nigel Don, John Finnie, Patrick Harvie, Jim Hume, Alison Johnstone, Bill Kidd, Mike MacKenzie, Margaret McDougall, Fiona McLeod, Elaine Smith, Jean Urquhart, Maureen Watt