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[quote=Anonymous]Some of the responses on this thread make me so sad. Should girls only wear skirts and lace and pink sparkly stuff?  Once upon a time, there was an expectation that women only wear dresses or skirts and fortunately that expectation has  disappeared now.  There was also an expectation that women stay home and raise babies and take care of the home and not work.  Gender norms evolve and - at least from my perspective - that is a desirable thing. I try to teach my boys that there is nothing boys can do that girls cannot - AND VICE VERSA. And they play with super heroes and legos and magnatiles but sometimes they do play with dolls or pick pink shirts and seriously WHY WOULD ANYONE CARE?  We cannot have it both ways - expect women to be treated equally and have access to traditionally male domains, but then still insist some things are reserved only for women.

I think OP is a troll, but just for the record the answer to the question is: boys can wear whatever they want, just like girls can. The question of what is appropriate dress in terms of skirts, skimpy clothes, nail polish etc. is between kids and their parents/schools/etc.  Not strangers on the playground.  And when your daughter has questions about someone's appearance in the future, they should be subtly directed to her parents outside the presence of the person in question,  because that is what good manners dictates.[/quote]

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