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Re:Amazon drops gendered categories for toys by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @07:33PM (#9495674)
> Even for searching for your own kids gender categories are useful thing.

I dunno, when I've searched for gifts for children I know (and, really, the same thing goes for adults), I've usually had some idea of what I was looking for which was more useful than a gender category.

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Re:Amazon drops gendered categories for toys by the_mitsuhiko on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @07:44PM (#9495720)
When you search for baby toys you often have no idea what to look for. Gender categories are useful for that.
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Re:Amazon drops gendered categories for toys by PopeOfNope on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @09:41PM (#9496122)
You two are talking past each other. The way it was before, you both could do what you wanted: either use the gender filter or not use the gender filter. Now there's no choice.
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Re:Amazon drops gendered categories for toys by deirdres on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @09:15PM (#9496050)
If the child is too young to express a preference, you don't need to choose between (eg) dolls or trucks - baby toys need to be primarily something that can't hurt the baby. If the child is old enough to express a preference, you can ask the child or their parents.
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