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@lileth: I think it's healthy to allow children access to as many different kinds of play as they want and allow them to find their own interests, but that isn't the same as neutral - I don't think that's possible. even if you hyper-controlled them (no pink, blue, football, digger trucks or fairy princesses allowed), dressed them only in beige, they would still play with other kids and see the stuff that's targetted at them.
I would have been a very sad panda if I hadn't been a tomboy, albeit one with a thing for cuddly toys and arts&crafts. I didn't bother to correct people (nor did my parents) and assumed they would think I was a boy, until the age of ten-ish. but my best friend at junior school was into Tammy Girl and was super-girly.