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California bill would ban 'boys' and 'girls' departments in stores
2021-03-07
[NYPOST] Big stores in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, would have to get rid of separate "boys" and "girls" departments for toys and clothes under a new bill.

The proposal would require stores with 500 or more employees to maintain "undivided areas of its sales floor" for childcare items, kids clothes and toys, "regardless of whether an item has traditionally been marketed for either girls or for boys," according to the legislation.

The bill, which refers to "unjustified differences in similar products that are traditionally marketed either for girls or for boys," would also ban signs indicating specific items are for girls or boys.

Online, any California-based businesses selling childcare items, children’s clothing or toys, would have to "dedicate a section of the internet website to the sale of those items and articles that is titled, at the discretion of the retailer, ’kids,’ ’unisex,’ or ’gender neutral.’", the bill states.


Posted by:Fred

#10  Sick.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-03-07 14:49  

#9  3 Resistance to change, rather. If the culture really had changed, the shops would have already done this on their own.

This. No one understands the pop culture better than the people who market clothing to children and their moms. He buyers for Gap, Target, Abercrombie etc make their living spotting trends. They have realtime data about every trend imaginable and they're immersed in that data, 24/7.

The fact that the state, not the market, is coercing this change tells you all you need to know.

= More BS virtue signaling from our retarded political class.
Posted by: Lampedusa Uninter1198   2021-03-07 11:03  

#8  Except for the inability to try things on (absurdly impossible now anyway as changing rooms are closed), this absurdity just might drive even more people to online, if that's even possible.

But, just let California be California. Like the a market bubble (real estate, stocks), that Liberal stupidity bubble will pop one day. 'When' is the question.
Posted by: Clem   2021-03-07 09:18  

#7  Don't give em ideas
Posted by: Frank G   2021-03-07 09:02  

#6  why have men's and women's clothing separated? why not sell a government-mandated gray woolen unisex jumpsuit?
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2021-03-07 08:30  

#5  Ah, but there's an advantage to the store, if not the consumer. It'll take longer to find what you're looking for so you're more likely to make more impulse purchases.

But I doubt the shopper in my house would agree that is a benefit.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-03-07 07:42  

#4  Let us standardize shoe sizes while we are at it. No more men's and women's shoes and all sizes should use the European metric system . I'm looking for ancient Roman style hobnail sandals. Sark/off
Posted by: Phinetch Wherese4624   2021-03-07 04:00  

#3  Resistance to change, rather. If the culture really had changed, the shops would have already done this on their own.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-03-07 01:35  

#2  Clearly more evidence of a cultural metamorphosis, as if more evidence were actually needed.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-07 00:49  

#1  Absurd. But there is so much virtue signaling going on, not sure why California even needs this absurdity.

Posted by: Clem   2021-03-07 00:42  

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