Gender stereotypes surrounding toys are deeply entrenched, so when a dad shared a Facebook video showing how he felt when his son asked him for a doll, it was bound to get a debate flowing.
Mikki Willis's son received two of the same presents for his birthday, so Willis offered to take him to exchange the duplicate for a replacement of his choosing.
After looking round the toy shop Willis's son returned with a Little Mermaid Ariel doll in his hand.
Willis holds the doll up to the camera and asks: "How do you think a dad feels when his son wants to get this?"
Well, how do you think he reacted?
Watch the video above to find out. We promise you won't regret it, (although you may want to have the volume down a bit first).
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Gender Neutral Nursery
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Went with neutral turquoise and then added purples and yellows after we found out! (credit:Amanda Cross)
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For our little girl, Phoebe. Lovely and fresh with grey, white and yellow. Plus lots of animals wearing clothes! (credit:Helen Farmer)
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This was the nursery that I decorated for my son; 3 years later I changed it just a bit when my daughter came along. (credit:Rebecca Titus Smith)
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We had a little girl and loved this decor! Plus, our next child, no matter the gender, will get plenty of use from it! (credit:April Dynarski)
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This is one of the areas in our nursery. I chose the minty blue even before we knew we were having a boy. My main goal was to make a space that was fun. (credit:Leyda Vanessa Campbell-Mount)
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While the nursery for our daughter has a feminine flair, we definitely avoided all pinks/blues. Soft green, camel, black and white work well for either! (credit:Shannon D. Stabbert)
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Grey/white patterns with teal and yellow accents. (credit:Stephanie Lynne)
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We know we're having a boy, but kept it pretty neutral! (credit:Shanna Ellis)
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We didn't find out the sex. We went with a "worldy" theme; maps, globes, elephants, etc. (credit:Kady Randolph)
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We went gender neutral because we wanted to be surprised (it's a girl). This is her "nursery nook" in our bedroom. (credit:Katrina Gordon)
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All tan, chocolate and cream. (credit:Megan Rose Hershfield)
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Gray and mint/Aqua. Could work for a boy or girl (credit:Leslie Ciak)
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We knew we were having a girl and went orange and grey regardless. Added in some pink in art and one of our changing pads but not much else! (credit:Liz Bullis)
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We turned our already grey and yellow guest room into the nursery. It was all DIY with my 2 sons help. We ended up with a little girl! (credit:Amber Gabriel)
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We are team green! Due in 3 days! (credit:Allison Dungan)
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We were team green when we had our son. We went gender-neutral for the nursery and also wanted something that would grow with him. It made it easy for both kids to share a room after we had our daughter. (credit:Jessica Duff)
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We didn't find out, but did green, brown, and white with giraffes. We had a girl and I just added a pink circular rug and a few little pink accents after she arrived. I loved it. (credit:Holly Jo Huttner)
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We used yellow, green, white and brown in our son's nursery. We wanted colors that would work for future babies as well as our first. (credit:Katie Mitchell)
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The room gets so much natural light, we decided to go with a calm, dark grey with little pops if color. The artwork is maps from kids books. It's my favorite room in the house! So peaceful. (credit:Marcy Holderman)
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We went with a celestial theme, gold and midnight violet colors. My mother made the layout for us - it was very difficult to find anything celestial that wasn't all spaceships and rockets. We painted glow-in-the-dark constellations on the ceiling, which our 14-mo is just now starting to notice! (credit:Rebecca Shamblin)
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We knew it was a girl, but opted for browns and greens so we could reuse things for the next kid. (credit:Kim White)
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Purple & Teal Ocean Theme (credit:Kristin Sun)
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We personalized a little after my daughter was born (2 years ago) (credit:Randa Lovins Raupp)
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My baby girl's nursery. (credit:Julia Vlahos)
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Muppets and pop art! (credit:Mary-Katherine Maddox)
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We decided on green with blue stripes for our girl. Still my favourite room in the house...for some reason the colours give the room a calm energy. (credit:Jennifer Douglas)
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painted the walls myself. Wanted them to be perfect! Our theme was robots and started blending in steam punk pieces, rockets and outer space, and nerdy video game stuff like pics of space invaders even after knowing we were going to have a girl. She has the most feminine name, Eva Aurora, both family names. But we want her and her sibling to end up sharing the room for their first few years. So we want to keep it nerdy/geeky fun, like her parents. (credit:Jenni)
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We didn't know the sex of our daughter before she was born so went with a gender neutral palette. (credit:Amanda)
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We waited until our daughter was born on August 27, 2014 to find out her sex. We wanted to stay away from soft, muted tones, and opted for bright oranges and yellows, the focal point being the patterned wall we'd painted ourselves. (credit:Christine Mangiamele)
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We did not find out the sex of our baby so gender neutral was a must for us. After our son was born however, we kept it exactly how it was because it just suited him. It wasn't over the top but it was perfect for what we needed. He is still in that room with the warm yellow walls and froggies all around, and he loves it! Now comes the hard part of transitioning him into a big boy bed! He is ready, mommy is not :-) (credit:Lindsey Burk)
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We did not find out the gender of our now daughter, Aviva. We had a muralist come in and paint gender neutral nursery rhymes and had a store hold pink and blue sheets and diaper changing covers to accent the room once she was born. (credit:Pamela Bookbinder Clarke)