"girly girl"

This makes me crazy. We go to a nearby inflatable play area that is totally awesome. M and friends (or just M many times) bounce, run, jump, giggle, slide for two hours for $6. Last time she was practically drenched in sweat she was playing so hard. (BTW, I bounced with them for about three minutes in one of those bouncy houses, and I was whipped! So much fun...)Anyway, this flier was sitting on the table:They will come to your house (if you have a girl...) and give "Glamour" parties... Hair art, nails, face-painting, hair beading, makeovers, dancing, photo-shoots. Ugh. Why can't the girls just have a party at the bouncy place like the boys, run around, not care how they look and just have fun?I hate this pervasive glamorization, fetishizing spa/beauty treatments for little girls. It's bad enough for us women, can't we let our preschoolers have a little more time of innocence?  (I am at least relieved to see bikini waxing was not yet on the list...) Why can't we just let them run around care-free, with ketchup stains and scabby knees? What need do we adults have that we fall for this? (Apparently folks are making a lot of money, Bratz dolls, makeup kits etc...)Sad thing is, I think M might  enjoy it.What does that say?Check out this crazy diagram of advertising  words that are aimed at boys and girls around toys. What kind of socializing are we doing here... for girls and boys...