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What's your point OP?
Soooooooooooo boring... yaaaaaaaaawwwnnnn |
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| Saw this in the catalog when it came in the mail. Stunned that people are making a big deal about..oh wait, I am not because people are stupid. This is a distraction from the huge economic problems we have. People who can afford to buy children's clothing from J Crew aren't concerned with outmoded gender ideas. They just need their tax cuts off the backs of the poor and disappearing middle class. But go ahead and concern yourself with the irrelevant. |
cuzimawesome
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The only reason it's sparking a debate is because fox news is making it a debate. Do they really have nothing better to do?
Btw, in the 0920s and 30s, pink used to be a boys color. And girls wore blue. The Disney Cinderella's dress is blue because it was considered more of a feminine color at the time. Pink was considered closer to red, therefore a boys color. It wasn't until the late seventies, early 80s when they did the big switcheroo. Seriously, this pink/blue shit just has to do with commercialism and marketing. It doesn't mean anything. I think I'm gonna go out right now and buy my son a pink onesie. Just for the hell of it. |
Anonymous
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PP who made this an economic issue - really??
I also saw the ad weeks ago when the catalog came. It's actually a very cute ad because it looks like mother and son are having a blast. Would I paint my son's nails pink? No. But my DH regularly gets mani/pedis in clear. |
Anonymous
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It has nothing to do with the color of the polish. It has to do with polish period. Since when do boys paint their nails?
Nevermind...I don't even want to know. |
cuzimawesome
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Did you sleep through the 90s? |
cuzimawesome
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Yeah, this whole pink/blue thing is a whole marketing ploy. And a brilliant one at that. Peggy Orenstein's book, "Cinderella Ate My Daughter," explains the history of pink. I don't agree with everything Orenstein says. I'm not against getting a few girlie things for my daughter, but she has a lot of interesting facts about social norms and mores in regards to femininity. Think about it. All these companies make a killing off of pink baby items. Say a new mom finds out she's having a girl. So she goes out and buys a pink baby swing for her baby. Then for her second pregnancy, she finds out she's having a boy. Well god forbid that she has a pink swing for her boy... so she gets a new one. I personally would use the pink swing for the boy, but there are so many people that wouldn't. It's so ingrained in our heads that pink is for girls and blue is for boys. It's a brilliant marketing ploy. |
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Um, yeah, it's Fox "News". You must not be too familiar with them if this surprises you. And I wouldn't cal it a debate, either. |
Anonymous
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I knew lots of guys at my college who painted their nails. This was in the mid-late 1990s. Not just goth black, either.
I'd totally paint my sons' nails, whatever colors they wanted! Why not? Maybe it is effective Republican Repellant. |
cuzimawesome
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I'm familiar with fox news. And if people are talking about it and arguing over it.... I would say that it's a debate. A stupid one at that... but a debate. And no, I'm not surprised. |
Anonymous
| I paint my 3 year old son's toenails all the time. It's a compromise, because when I paint his sister's fingernails, he demands some color too. Totally harmless and sweet. |
Anonymous
| I paint my 20 month old's toenails when he asks me to. Why not? He just likes the colors, it isn't indicating that he wants to be female. |
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Same here. I'll paint my six year old DD's toes pink every once in awhile if she asks for it, and then my 3 year old DS asks for it too, and I have absolutely zero qualms about doing it. I think it's adorable. And it horrifies my inlaws, so win-win. |
Anonymous
| I paint my 7 yr old boy's toes in neon orange or neon yellow when we go to the beach. It's a tradition. You can get the little $2.50 vials of neon colors at Claire's. / PSA over |