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Why Are All Products For Girls Pink?
New York, 4:54 PM
Sun Dec 6
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01/03/09
My mother hates pink and never dressed me in it. I hate pink and have never dressed in it (ironically, out of me, the goth, and my sister, the future Ashley Tisdale, SHE'S the rebel of the family!)
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That being said, I love sapphire, cobalt, crimson and champagne.
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01/02/09
Having refused make-up, a hairbrush, matching prints, and an iron in my post-New Years hangover stupor, I'm feeling pretty dang elegant.
01/02/09
But I don't think that just because something is pink means it's automatically anti-feminist.
01/02/09
Every time I go into a sports team shop, the women's section is full of pink jerseys and tees that are bedazzled and skin tight. It's disgusting.
On the bright side, though, it has led me to buy the XL kids shirts which are cheaper anyway.
01/02/09
I beg to differ. I've hated pink. Hated. Hatehatehatehatehate. I refused to wear pink when I was a small girl and, according to my mother, the trauma of me crying about the color was almost as bad as the trauma she endured taking me out in public in the late '60s wearing "unfeminine" palettes.
From what we experienced at the home improvement center today it is totally conditioned. We ventured out to buy lighting (we've dug deep, taken the plunge and hired a contractor to rewire our 120 year old monstrosity before the place burns down) and needed to purchase a ceiling fan. We could have chosen THREE different pink Barbie fans! If I had a small daughter who insisted on the pink Barbie ceiling fan for her room, I would die inside.
01/02/09
I have both of those books out of my personal library on loan or I could offer exactly which one it is. However, in one or both books ze (yes, "ze": a chosen gender neutral pronoun) talks about how their was literally a campaign, with write in votes and all, to determine which color should be for boys and which for girls. At one time, pink was considered more masculine, while blue was considered more romantic and feminine. Babies, however, until the 1940's were most often seen in white dresses, regardless of their sex. All baby items were a neutral yellow or green, with only the occasional touch of pink or blue. The concept of pink = girls and blue = boys is, as pretty much everyone else has said, strictly social conditioning.
And I would argue that not all girls succumb to it. My oldest daughter has always hated pink. My younger daughter went through a phase where she could not stand pink either. Individuality can and does exist despite social conditioning. All rules have exceptions!
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If they want to sell stuff to the Jeenzy sector, it better be covered in chocolate and be able to get me drunk. Without a hangover.
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