Today's kids are growing up in a world
where the ideas about gender change all the time,
and their toys are changing right along with it.
Woman: It's a perfect time to introduce this new doll line
that is truly gender-neutral.
Announcer: Creatable World -- a doll line designed
to keep labels out and invite everyone in.
I love this idea. Except for one thing.
Where are the ugly, unlikable dolls?!
Not all kids look like these fresh-ass punks!
Where are the asymmetrical, inbred dolls who fart in class
and stuff the pockets of their cargo shorts with Doritos?
Where are they?!
When they make that doll,
that's when we've reached peak inclusivity.
These dolls were created by the company Mattel,
which introduced the original Barbie doll in 1959.
And since then, she's changed quite a bit.
Woman: Mattel has made significant strides
in diversifying its doll lineup, releasing Barbie dolls
with different body types, skin tones, and face shapes.
It also gave Barbie's long-time boyfriend, Ken, a makeover
and created a doll with a prosthetic leg
and another in a wheelchair.
Wheelchair Barbie was actually introduced
just after D.U.I. Ken.
[ Laughter ]
To his credit, he did date her for a few months
after the accident to keep up appearances.
[ Audience groans ]
Ken's not a good guy.
Mattel isn't the only toymaker reinventing classic toys
in an effort to be inclusive.
Woman: It's hard to think of a more classic American toy.
But 6-year-old Vivian Lord noticed all of them are men.
So she wrote a letter to toymakers.
Vivian: "Why do you not make girl Army men?"
Woman: At BMC Toys in Pennsylvania,
president Jeff Imel was already working on
a line of women toy soldiers.
The first prototype -- a captain figure
holding a handgun and binoculars.
It made me so happy.
[ Crowd awws ]
[ Applause ]
Finally!
Finally a girl gun-wielding figurine.
What a huge step towards equality.
Maybe some day there will be just as many girl mass shooters
as there are boys.
What can I say? I'm -- I'm a dreamer.
[ Laughter ]
And for the kids,
the world is only getting more gender-neutraler.
Right now, trends for babies and little kids
is gender-neutral.
Everything right now is keeping it simple --
neutral palette, grays, taupes, beige, white.
Yes, nothing says progress like getting rid of fun colors
and replacing them with gray, taupe, and beige.
That means you, Pride flag!
You ancient symbol of oppression!
Get with the times!
Better! Better!
[ Applause ]
That's how color-blind gays feel every day.
[ Laughter ]
And this is just as important for boys as it is for girls.
Woman: Parents often tell me
that they want to raise their boys
to be really wonderful fathers.
How do we expect to raise wonderful, nurturing fathers
if we don't encourage nurturing play when they're boys?
Just let boys play with dolls.
No, not that one. Not that one.
Yeah, this one, that's fine.
That's fine. What are people afraid of?
That if their child plays with a doll,
all of a sudden their son will be gay?
As a kid, I spent hours in my room
playing with a half-naked muscular man
with blond shoulder-length hair,
tight leather underwear, and furry boots.
And he gave me a He-Man doll so I'd keep quiet about it.
[ Laughter ]
[ Applause ]
Look, I support this trend of gender-neutral toys.
In fact, I think it's great that society as a whole
is embracing gender neutrality.
As gender lines continue to blur,
we become more like each other every day, more fluid.
20 years from now, when the whole world
is an asexual, indeterminate, gender-bending mass,
well, that's when men like me
will rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
My basic clothes and bad attitude
will be considered exotic.
And women will say,
"I had sex the other day with Jim Jefferies.
It was unusual. He didn't cry afterwards.
It -- It was -- It was like he has no feelings.
It was so refreshing."
[ Applause ]
See you in the future, girls.