Toggle, how dare you distract from the uber-serious topic of masculine-identifying slow cookers?
Chad, maybe it's me, but I think that your crockpot is perhaps trying too hard. I think it has some issues. I'd keep an eye on it.
And speaking of gender weirdness: Today I was looking online for a cheap digital camera to use at work, and discovered that Fisher-Price has beginning cameras for kids, and they are divided by gender: Blue camera for boys, pink camera for girls. Same camera, mind you - just packaged differently. While I don't really have any issues with "traditional" toys for boys and girls, I think that is just bizare.