{"id":175448,"date":"2014-12-25T04:59:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T04:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/12\/25\/profeminist-the-prez-does-it-again-when\/"},"modified":"2018-09-12T06:22:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T06:22:50","slug":"profeminist-the-prez-does-it-again-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/12\/25\/profeminist-the-prez-does-it-again-when\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-175448 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/12\/25\/profeminist-the-prez-does-it-again-when\/attachment\/175449\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/tumblr_nh2hknVUum1s9rx9zo1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/tumblr_nh2hknVUum1s9rx9zo1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/tumblr_nh2hknVUum1s9rx9zo1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/profeminist.tumblr.com\/post\/106020772377\/the-prez-does-it-again-when-asked-to-sort\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">profeminist<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>The Prez does it again!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addictinginfo.org\/2014\/12\/23\/when-asked-to-sort-girls-and-boys-gifts-obama-destroys-toy-gender-stereotypes-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">When Asked To Sort \u2018Girls\u2019 And \u2018Boys\u2019 Gifts, Obama Destroys Toy Gender Stereotypes (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President and Michelle Obama were sorting toys into \u2018girls\u2019 and \u2018boys\u2019 bins for the Marine\u2019s Toys for Tots program when the President tackled toy-gender stereotypes in true Obama fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Between them, the pair delivered about 1,000 toys from the President\u2019s staff to the U.S. Marine Corps\u2019 Toys for Tots campaign, an annual holiday toy drive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But then things got even more adorable. The President started putting the sports and the science toys into the \u2018girls\u2019 bin.\u00a0 Placing a basketball into the bin, Obama says:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI just wanna make sure some girls play some ball.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>A person from the crowd queries his decision to put legos in the girls, rather than the boys collection \u2013 because they might not like them.\u00a0 The President responds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cGirls don\u2019t like toys?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>As he continues to sort, he comes across a T-Ball set.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cT-Ball? Girls like T-Ball\u201d and nodding, puts the set in the girls\u2019 bin.\u00a0 The crowd is snapping photos, with some looking a little confused and he adds. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to break down these gender stereotypes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Read the full piece <a href=\"http:\/\/www.addictinginfo.org\/2014\/12\/23\/when-asked-to-sort-girls-and-boys-gifts-obama-destroys-toy-gender-stereotypes-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After eight years of \u201cThe Grinch Administration\u201d aka Bush\/Cheney, news like this just makes my heart grow three sizes bigger!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>profeminist: The Prez does it again!\u00a0 When Asked To Sort \u2018Girls\u2019 And \u2018Boys\u2019 Gifts, Obama Destroys Toy Gender Stereotypes (VIDEO) &ldquo;President and Michelle Obama were sorting toys into \u2018girls\u2019 and \u2018boys\u2019 bins for the Marine\u2019s Toys for Tots program when the President tackled toy-gender stereotypes in true Obama fashion. Between them, the pair delivered about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/12\/25\/profeminist-the-prez-does-it-again-when\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[19158,212],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175450,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175448\/revisions\/175450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}