CornBurrito
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They don't, unless they are told to notice it. Simple as that.
I've got twins, a boy and a girl. There's always been a selection of girl and boy focused toys in my house, they both play with whatever their imagination wants them to with very little thought for anything else.
I can see as a parent of a singleton that you may feel slighted against your child, but the suggestion that a girl should expect to play as a girl actually goes against the concept of gender equality.
You have both boys and girls toys. Yet you draw the conclusion that girls don't care at all about representation. Unless you don't have any female dolls/figures in that toy collection how do you know your daughter wouldn't care about their abscence?
And nobody is saying a girl should only play with girl toys or play as female characters. I think the argument is that the option should exist. Which even your post seems to agree with.