Why is it so important to feminists that 'gender' is a product of social influence?

[muziq girl]

There were three phases of feminism
1. the sufragettes, who fought for the vote
2. femists who believed that women and men should be socialy and economically equal
3. feminists who wanted to be socially economically equal whilst still maintaining femininity.

You are talking about the 2 wave of feminism.... the marketing for dolls was thought of by males, to them, this was just a way to encourage them into the domestic direction. They believed the same with bra, hence they became known as the bra burners. To them the doll would be socially acceptable if the dolls was "lawyer barbie" or somthing

I hope that answered ur question