If you want to start a shit storm, have a major retailer tell folks that they are changing the signs in their stores. Not the merchandise. Not their employee benefits, not even the availability of Frozen merchandise at Christmas. But THE SIGNAGE.
So Target last week changed the signs in their bedding and toy departments. Now instead of the signs reading “Girl’s Bedding” or “Boy’s Bedding”, it just says “Bedding”. Because I think we can just decide what bedding we want to buy regardless of gender, right?
Ha! Well according to middle America, this has got to stop. What has to stop, you ask? The Wussification of America. According to many comments, both on the Target website, AND my friend Stephanie at Binkies and Briefcases, if you take away gender labeling, you are pushing the agenda of the Transgender community. And this is bad. Because then we end up as he/she’s or Shims, or Herms or whatever, or also known as being WUSSIES.
NEWSFLASH- a wuss has nothing to do with the GENDER IN YOUR PANTS!! OR SKIRT!!
If you are a wuss you are weak. Because what makes things like, countries, strong? DEFINED MEN AND WOMEN! None of this gender generalness people! (sarcasm font)
The definition of a wuss, according to the Google, is
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1.a weak or ineffectual person (often used as a general term of abuse).
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1.fail to do or complete something as a result of fear or lack of confidence.“she’ll probably wuss out because she fears my mighty bowling prowess”


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Thanks for addressing this. I really honestly don’t understand why people are so up in arms about it. Or why they are associating the post I wrote about shorts with it and attacking me like every future decision Target makes is all my fault. But at least it gives me empathy for the other people who also get verbally attacked every day for things that are not their fault either. I want to clarify that *I* didn’t say anyone was pushing the agenda, it is the ignorant people harassing me through emails and Facebook messages because of that viral blog post I wrote last year. I just think the whole thing is such an odd thing to be upset over. After all, we’ve all been going into libraries for years without any labels for “boy” books and “girl” books and miraculously survived.
Well said, Frugie. My sons loves playing dolls with his sister, and breaks my heart to think people classify this into weakness.
Holy shit. AMEN sister. Not said better anywhere!
THANK YOU!! Well said and thank you for saying it!
Target can be any kind of store they choose, that’s their business, someone doesn’t like it, there are a heck of a lot other places to shop…
We need to quit judging and start supporting individuals … Quit tearing them apart, and thinking we are living in a one size fits all society or world…..
It gets terribly tiresome. … And tedious
Seriously? Neutral based signage in Target is what middle America is getting upset over? People- we have homeless and hungry (many of which are children) sleeping in boxes on the street. We have terrorist acts taking place around the world where innocent people are getting brutally tortured and slain. I could go on and on about deeply serious problems that exist in our country and world- focus your attention and energy on that- Not some “perceived threat” that the LGBT community is threatening our morality and way of life! Terrorism, disease, global warming- these are the REAL things that are threatening our way of life and our planet. Wake up!