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Predators:
Prey:
It's definitely fair to say things marketed to boys tend to have a more badass feel while things marketed to girls have a more cute/sexy feel, but predators and prey aren't really a pattern, and it's very much not the case that you're boxed into those genres.
Edit #73638295: How the fuck do you format a bullet list on Lemmy?
This is not how I wanted it to be formatted, but it will have to fucking do. How hard is it to just not ignore line breaks?
Edit again: Is Pikachu a predator or prey animal? Maybe an opportunistic scavenger? Do you think it eats poop like other rodents?
Pikachu is a predator. Dude only pretends to be cute and nice but he can attack if he wants to
The animals for kids thing is more like... There are a lot of animals that are weirdly gendered. You will have a hard time finding boy clothes with cats, horses, bunnies. You will have a hard time finding girl clothes with sharks, lions, eagles.
Now, what do I mean with "boy clothes" even, isn't everything kid's clothes? And that's where I got amazed when the same pyjama set sold at size 74/80 - that is a baby size - had vastly different cuts for the girl design (a narwal argonaut) and the boy design (a dino astronaut). My girl never even fit into the girl set because it was so narrow. Not even when she was actually wearing 68. She fit into the boy set until she was actually wearing 98.
The sad truth is that clothes are awkwardly gendered from early on. Few brands make truly unisex designs. There is nothing wrong with girls wearing a wide tshirt with sharks or boys wearing a pink leggings. But to most people this will be an "X in Y clothes". Few brands design unisex clothing and few brands will create a dino dress for girls or a bunny shirt for boys. They exist, but among the common brands it is rather rare.
Edit to add: apparently watermelons are unisex. I've seen them on a lot of swim wear this season. Just in case you wondered about the genderedness of fruit. Because that's also a thing.