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\"Jaden<\/a><\/p>\n

I came across offensive comments about 17-year old Jaden Smith because he wore a skirt earlier this year for a fashion house.\u00a0 Similarly, when a mother appeared in an advert<\/a> painting her son\u2019s toenails his favourite colour pink, it was considered to be \u2018Psychological sterilisation\u2019 by psychiatrist Keith Ablow.\u00a0 Society knows the rules for gender; e.g. pink for girls and blue for boys because this is the natural order of things.\u00a0 Or so we are lead to believe.\u00a0 There is nothing inherent in gender stereotypes; it is just cultural conditioning. Fortunately, cultural evolution is ongoing and self-expression helps to remove the handcuffs of oppression.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Historically, in the West, men have traditionally worn tunics and togas. Critics of Jaden Smith seem to have forgotten this.\u00a0 Trousers which are a sign of masculinity were designed by the Chinese over 3000 years<\/a> ago for cavalry.\u00a0 Men and women wore them, most notably the Scythian women warriors.<\/p>\n

The West eventually adopted cavalries and men wore the trousers.\u00a0 Women wore dresses which were a health and safety risk.\u00a0 The heavy, multi-layered floor length garments prevented freedom of movement and provided little comfort.\u00a0 The long flowing skirts often accidentally caught alight killing or severely disfiguring women.<\/p>\n

Law and Custom prevented women from wearing men\u2019s clothing for centuries; until the last half of the 20th century.\u00a0 It was just in the 1970\u2019s when designer jeans and trouser suits became popular that women of all ages were wearing trousers at work and home.\u00a0 Hilary Clinton made history in the 1990\u2019s by being the first and only First Lady to wear pants in her official portrait.\u00a0 Until 2012, women in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were not permitted to wear trousers!<\/p>\n

Gender inequalities continue.\u00a0 In US case of Jespersen v. Harrah 2004, the Appeal court ruled that there were gender-specific standards for male and female bartenders.\u00a0 A barmaid, who refused to wear makeup, could be lawfully sacked.<\/p>\n

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\"Franklin<\/a>\"Prince<\/a><\/p>\n

During Belle \u00c9poque<\/a>, children up to six years wore gender neutral white dresses.\u00a0 If the 32nd President of America, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (left) could look like a princess as does the Prince George, so can Dyson Kilodavis<\/a>, who likes to dress up as a princess in pink.\u00a0 Historically, boys wore pink and girls wore blue.\u00a0 Pink was the strong colour and blue was considered pale, and delicate.\u00a0 Pink for females is a post-World War II phenomenon.<\/p>\n

\"Gainsborough's<\/a><\/p>\n

Gendered clothing is gendered thinking.\u00a0 It limits the horizons of children. Science-based clothing often excludes girls. Clarks introduced a range of boy only dinosaur shoes. Sophie Trow, aged eight wrote to Clarks saying ‘I don\u2019t like how girls just have to like pink and purple \u2013 I like blue and science and fossils.’<\/p>\n

History proves there is nothing natural or necessary in gender stereotypes.\u00a0 It is a controlling mechanism keeping the sexes in small tight binary cages.\u00a0 Fortunately, cultural evolution is ongoing, and self-expression by people such as Jaden Smith, Dyson Kilodavis and Sophie Trow help to remove the barriers of inequality that strangle adults.<\/p>\n

i’mjussayin<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Connect with me on Twitter: <\/b>www.twitter.com\/imjussayin2<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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I came across offensive comments about 17-year old Jaden Smith because he wore a skirt earlier this year for a fashion house.\u00a0 Similarly, when a mother appeared in an advert painting her son\u2019s toenails his favourite colour pink, it was considered to be \u2018Psychological sterilisation\u2019 by psychiatrist Keith Ablow.\u00a0 Society knows the rules for gender; […]<\/p>\n

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