mum demands kids clothes have with ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ labels be scrapped

Its all rather depressing

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/school-children-jobs-men-women-tv-show-cbeebies-bitz-and-bob-cbeebies-a8250906.html

This survey seems questionable. There is no link to the actual questions asked or methodology (and nothing on the onepoll website either). The jobs the children picked actually seem very accurate - most hairdressers and nurses are women, while most builders, engineers, footballers etc. are men. I'm suspicious of the conclusion that they think each sex "can't" do other jobs, merely that they tend not to.

If you only believe you can be a hairdresser then that is all you will aspire to be.

I don't believe this. I don't think girls "only believe they can be a hairdresser".

This was never suggested. But in a survey of children, girls tend to identify careers such as hairdressing as their only options. Similarly boys limit themselves to perceived male jobs like firefighters or police etc etc.

If you don't believe me, ask a good handful of kids for yourself? And then push the envelope and ask girls if they can be firefighters. You will be rather depressed especially if you ask kids from areas of the country where aspirations are low.

What the survey is probably getting at (although as I mentioned no link to methods or questions is given), is that boys and girls prefer different jobs, and they mainly see adult men and women doing certain jobs.

This is what you and the survey are suggesting!

I have children and I have talked to many about career plans (I do career talks at schools). I simply don't believe that boys and girls don't think they can do certain jobs. What the survey is probably getting at (although as I mentioned no link to methods or questions is given), is that boys and girls prefer different jobs, and they mainly see adult men and women doing certain jobs.