In this awesome video Ellen DeGeneres takes on a lot of stereotypes about gender. Last year my niece wished for a wooden toy washing machine and without thinking about it I bought her that manifestation of gender roles. I desperately needed to get more confused…

Children are raised from early on to fit into specific roles society assigns to them. Clothes are pink or blue, toys are barbies or cars and costumes are princess dresses or cowboys. All those things are so normalized around us, that sometimes we do not even question them anymore.

Let’s confuse them!