{"id":168492,"date":"2021-02-24T13:37:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=168492"},"modified":"2021-02-24T13:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T18:59:21","slug":"california-bill-requires-gender-neutral-stores-fines-retailers-1000-for-having-separate-boy-and-girl-toy-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-bill-requires-gender-neutral-stores-fines-retailers-1000-for-having-separate-boy-and-girl-toy-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"California Bill Requires \u2018Gender Neutral\u2019 Stores, Fines Retailers $1000 For Having Separate \u2018Boy\u2019 And \u2018Girl\u2019 Toy Departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-bill-requires-gender-neutral-stores-fines-retailers-1000-for-having-separate-boy-and-girl-toy-departments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=168492&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-480656920-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>California\u2019s Assembly is slated to consider a new bill requiring department store childrens\u2019 sections to be largely \u201cgender-neutral\u201d in order to combat \u201cprejudice\u201d and \u201cjudgment\u201d against gender non-conforming children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarge retailers that sell toys, clothes, and other children\u2019s items in California would have to devote floor space to merchandise marketed to both boys and girls under a new bill,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2020\/02\/21\/california-bill-would-require-gender-neutral-sections-in-department-stores-1263029\">Politico reported earlier this week<\/a>. \u201cStores would be able to sell the same products they do now as long as they maintain some areas where shoppers can find all toys or clothes, regardless of gender-based marketing, under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/legislative-compass\/bill\/CA_19R_AB_2826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-bill-id=\"CA_19R_AB_2826\">CA AB2826 (19R)<\/a> from Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell). It would apply to department stores with 500 or more employees beginning in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lowe told Politico that the idea for the bill, which he also introduced last year to little effect, came from one of his staffers, who claims her daughter wanted an item in the \u201cboys\u201d section but felt slighted because she the toy was designated for a male child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an issue of children being able to express themselves without bias,\u201d Lowe told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping similar items that are traditionally marketed either for girls or for boys separated makes it more difficult for the consumer to compare the products and incorrectly implies that their use by one gender is inappropriate,\u201d the text of the bill notes.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, after Lowe pulled the first version of the bill, he said he was determined to push forward with the issue a second time because \u201cthe policy behind this bill is not only important in regards to addressing perceived societal norms but also ensuring that prejudice and judgment does not play a prominent role in our children\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California retailers are currently struggling to stay in business, according to local news reports, after being shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, stores in California are able to operate only at 25% capacity, ostensibly in order to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill comes amid a growing backlash to gender-specific toys and clothing. Groups such as the international\u00a0Let Toys Be Toys campaign argue that such merchandise perpetuates entrenched gender stereotypes and can make children feel shame if they don\u2019t conform to them,\u201d Politico said. \u201cTarget in 2015 announced it would stop its gender-based labeling of toys under pressure from consumer advocates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/02\/23\/california-bill-would-give-1000-fines-to-retailers-with-separate-girls-and-boys-toy-sections\/\">Libertarian-leaning outlet Reason Magazine<\/a>, though, noted that, although the trend may be towards more gender-neutral displays, the new bill would rob retailers of agency in selecting that option for themselves. As Target noted when it made its decision, not every toy or item of clothing can be classified as \u201cgender-neutral\u201d because there are \u201cfit and sizing differences\u201d that make full gender neutrality in a retail environment difficult.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would certainly have economic consequences \u2014 stores would have to spend money to update their displays to come into compliance with the new regulations \u2014 and, Reason points out, there could be First Amendment issues as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California\u2019s Assembly is slated to consider a new bill requiring department store childrens\u2019 sections to be largely \u201cgender-neutral\u201d in order to combat \u201cprejudice\u201d and \u201cjudgment\u201d against gender non-conforming children. \u201cLarge &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274138,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-480656920-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"California Bill Requires \u2018Gender Neutral\u2019 Stores, Fines Retailers $1000 For Having Separate \u2018Boy\u2019 And \u2018Girl\u2019 Toy Departments","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-480656920-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"California Bill Requires \u2018Gender Neutral\u2019 Stores, Fines Retailers $1000 For Having Separate \u2018Boy\u2019 And \u2018Girl\u2019 Toy Departments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}