Anybody who's walked down a toy aisle recently knows that toys can't just be toys — they have to be toys for boys or toys for girls. That's a trend on the rise since the 1970s , and its inherent ridiculousness has been called out both in long thinkpieces and in impassioned rants by five-year-olds .
But if you're still trying to decide if a toy is for boys or girls, designer Kristen Myers made this very helpful common-sense flowchart to help you with that:
There you have it.
(h/t to Linda Perlstein on Twitter)
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