JBC: Toys/Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Pink toys are for girls, and blue toys are for boys; this thought is completely socially constructed. Kids don't know that dolls are for girls and cars are for boys. Once a child plays with a toy that's meant for the opposite sex their parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins will tell them that they're not supposed to play with them. A great example of this is when my nephew was still just a toddler he would always watch Peppa Pig. One day he asked his parents if they can buy him a set of Peppa Pig toys and they both told him not because it's meant for girls only. As time went by they gave in and bought him a Peppa Pig house set, it didn't make him less of a boy that he was. He played with his cars as much as he did with the Peppa Pig set. 

My younger brother, who has a different father, loves playing with my nail polishes, and makeups. At the time I was still a high schooler and made very quick judgments about his interest; however, I never asked him to lose interest in them. He stopped having interests in those items during his late child development stage. During his early adolescence, he started showing more interest in makeups, and nail polishes again. After a while, he came out as a homosexual.

I don't believe that toys can change someone's sexuality, but I do believe that there are those who show massive are interests in particular items probably knows their sexuality. Studies have shown that people discover their sexual orientation when they are of a young age.