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Gender Preference?

Feb 16, 2017

    1. I tend to prefer girl dolls because there are more options for makeup, hair, and clothing, but I’m not opposed to having an over-the-top stylized and feminine boy doll.

      I also love the idea of a nonbinary or gender neutral doll, since a lot of tinies are made to appear genderless.
       
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    2. I’ve only ever had girl dolls, since I was a kid. Never wanted Kens or anything. I don’t know why – I have plenty of male friends, so it’s not like I hate the whole gender. I guess I just find women more aesthetically appealing, or feel like I have more options with female characters? (it would be overly simplistic to say “it’s because I’m a lesbian,” because I’m sure there are gay women who collect male dolls. But as a casual joke… Yeah. :XD:)
       
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    3. Lol... I'm bi but have always preferred female dolls, female characters on TV, had mostly female OC's, etc. Sometimes I wonder what this says about me...
       
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    4. I make the same joke!! I have… 5 male dolls and one of them, the character is nonbinary, so they don’t even count as a man! Comparatively I think I have 40 female dolls by now
       
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    5. That makes a lot of sense actually.... I really like looking at boys and that's probably why they make up a majority of my crew (if one doesn't count the Azone fashion dolls then they make up the entirety of my doll family hehe)!
       
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    6. I def prefer collecting exclusively female bjds. My guess is because I find women more attractive then men, although I am pan and married to a guy lol. I just enjoy dressing femme dolls up more and creating stories for them more.
       
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    7. Prefer girls because I enjoy styling and making stuff for them way, way more. Though even if I didn't I'm not sure I would have more than the 2 boys I have now anyway, as it's really rare that I come across a male face sculpt that I like, let alone it being sold attached to a body that I don't aesthetically dislike too much (I don't want to have to hybrid, so).
       
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    8. I started out heavily preferring female/feminine dolls, however now I have a heavy male preference which I find really interesting! Part of it could be that I identify as male now and therefore am more drawn to masculine dolls, or I just flip-flop with my preferences :XD:
      I think part of what changed it for me was realizing that just because a doll was male didn't mean it had to be dressed in a traditionally masculine way, which was/is definitely hand-in-hand with my gender identity/self-discovery, which I think is pretty cool.
       
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    9. I have a strong bias towards male dolls only. I did order two girls, but they are undergoing modification to make them both boys (I bought them with the intention to do this). I wont really delve into why but my boys dolls were always my favorite as a kid so its really just being carried over from that.
       
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    10. I prefer girls, because I find dressing them more delightful. Also I just generally like cute girly things :whee: I do keep the door open for some cutesy boys too, but it's mostly girls here.
      I used to prefer men, but that was heavily based on the internalized misogyny I had at the time, and I didn't really bond with any of my manly dolls at the time. We live and learn, eh?
       
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    11. Definitely a very strong male bias on my end. I'm asexual/aromantic so it isn't necessarily out of attraction, I just find the male form more appealing, if that makes any sense?
       
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    12. I have both, but mostly gravitate towards male sculpts. Clothes are more fun for girl dolls, but my boys tend to be characters.
       
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    13. My BJDs are all males, with the exception of 2 tinies and 2 of my anthros, which are strongly outnumbered by the boys. I collect other dolls such as vintage dolls, Barbie and MH, so I get my fix of girlie fashion with those, and can enjoy dressing my boys and developing male characters with my BJDs.
       
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    14. I definitely prefer girls and I have found that even through I am not into girly stuff for myself, I do love to dress my girls up. I do have some boys but it's not quite the same.
       
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    15. I tend to gravitate more toward female sculpts these days, although I'm not sure why. I have a handful of non-binary characters as well but that's not really determined by the sculpt for the most part.
       
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    16. I heavily prefer male dolls. Feminine styling on any front has never been my thing. The aesthetics associated just suit my taste.
       
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    17. I have mainly male dolls and my first doll was a Dollshe Bernard. My favorite size is 70cm although I’ve recently fallen in love with the 65cm range after getting my Soom Sard.
      Out of the 25 dolls I have here there are 4 ladies and I’d actually like some more but I wish there were a few more companies that offered more mature 1/3 ladies!
       
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    18. I generally prefer female dolls, as I find them to be more fun to dress up, do faceups on, etc. However, I do enjoy a good pretty boy elf doll, currently have 2 that are different incarnations of Link from The Legend of Zelda
       
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    19. I tend to prefer girls, maybe because face up and wigs, and outfits options. However, I really want to buy couple boys also, or even more, I think they are also really cute.
       
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    20. I am a girl doll collector! I can admire boy dolls but feminine clothing and bodies are just the best :love.
       
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