{"id":10442,"date":"2012-12-08T11:15:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=10442"},"modified":"2017-10-15T16:36:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T20:36:37","slug":"sweden-forces-girls-n-guns-boys-n-dolls-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/sweden-forces-girls-n-guns-boys-n-dolls-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden forces girls n\u2019 guns, boys n\u2019 dolls ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Michael Haverluck<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <em>OneNewsNow<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Toy makers are being pressured by a Swedish advertising watchdog group to produce gender-neutral Christmas toy catalogs.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sweden might be known for its safe family-friendly Volvo cars, but its Christmas toy ads are anything but family-friendly \u2500 by conservative standards. One of the most socially liberal nations on the planet now mandates gender confusion in ads geared toward youth.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a parent looking to audition your son for a toy ad in Sweden, he&#8217;ll be more likely to be holding a Barbie or hairdryer than a G.I. Joe or toy gun. And girls will be better off posing with toy assault rifles than Easy-bake Ovens to get a spot.<\/p>\n<p>This politically correct casting is done in the name of gender-neutral advertising.<\/p>\n<p>And who is producing this new role playing? None other than Sweden&#8217;s advertising regulatory body. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150604025133\/http:\/\/onenewsnow.com\/culture\/2012\/12\/07\/sweden-forces-girls-n%E2%80%99-guns-boys-n%E2%80%99-dolls-ads\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Haverluck OneNewsNow Toy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257,17,113,385],"tags":[2932,2914,2939,491,2919],"class_list":["post-10442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-same-sex-marriage","category-children-at-risk","category-homosexuality","category-freedom-signs-of-the-times","tag-homosexuality","tag-children-at-risk","tag-same-sex-marriage","tag-sweden","tag-signs-of-the-times","wpcat-257-id","wpcat-17-id","wpcat-113-id","wpcat-385-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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