Tell me the last time you saw a boy pushing a toy stroller. I see little girls pushing them every week -- starting before they are 2.
Just because things make you uncomfortable doesn't mean they are cliches.
Just because things make you uncomfortable doesn't mean they are cliches.
Cliche is the wrong word. Gender roles in society are a topic that spans many disciplines and has a whole lot of detail to discuss. They are a huge thing, and you're right: the gender role assigned to girls does prescribe for them a lot of child rearing practice. That said, after seeing what some kids will do to a baby doll, I can confidently assert that such play is no substitute for actual instruction.
It makes me very sad.
But people will argue that it's innate until they're blue in the face, and use it as examples to 'prove' that our brains are sexed.