Isn’t the whole “pink for girls; blue for boys” thing over?

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s weird when people act like hating pink is a feminist badge rather than misogynistic itself.

Am a feminist who knows that there is no gender to color, that pink was considered a color appropriate for boys in the past because it was a dilution of red which was considered a strong masculine color, and I still don’t like pink as a personal preference. Except in flowers.

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Anonymous wrote:On a related note, why are kittens for girls clothes and puppies for boys? When was that decided?

Because dogs are more manly, and spinsters have cats. Or something like that.

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I just went to my friends' birthday party for her 4 year old son. He loved the rainbow tutu he wore all day! (He borrowed it from his sister.) I don't think they kept ANY pink or blue clothes in the house.

I minimized all the pink/blue crap when my 3 kids were babies and toddlers.

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When my daughter was 4 she said "no more pink. That's for babies." From then on it was all red and purple.

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Re the hand me downs: My 3rd child was a girl with 2 older brothers. You bet she wore blue.

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I’m a girly girl and I love pink.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s weird when people act like hating pink is a feminist badge rather than misogynistic itself.

I think there’s nuance between “hating pink” and “not wanting your life to look like it’s been spray painted with pepto-bismol in service of lazy gender norming by mainstream children’s clothing retailers”. I’d be just as frustrated if it was yellow or green that suddenly became so overwhelmingly the default for little girls.

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I don’t understand why people find out the sex. We were so happy with either and wanted unisex clothes. Just seems the easy path if you aren’t into stereotypes.

If you plan on treating both equally, then why bother finding out?

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It's the cheap clothes. If you get them OR get gifts and hand me downs from Target, Walmart, Carter's, etc, the girls' clothes are pink and purple with sparkles and "prey animals," the boys' clothes are navy and gray and camo with trucks and predators, and the only neutral options are white and gray. It drives me crazy but I don't have the money to drop on an entire wardrobe of brightly colored gender-neutral clothes that are going to be worn for 3-6 months. My kids wear a lot of gifts and hand me downs so they don't exactly reflect my taste.

[Anonymous]

This is partly why the only children's clothing I buy new is from Primary!
Primary.com
All the colors of the rainbow - not gendered clothing 🌈

[Anonymous]

Is this the new millennial bullshit? More to complain about? And I'm 38 for reference. When does your complaining stop????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this the new millennial bullshit? More to complain about? And I'm 38 for reference. When does your complaining stop????

When idiots stop with the “boys color/girls color” crap. Try to keep up, grandma, the world is changing.

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So in this vein, I asked my 10 yr old, 5th grade son if he would wear a pink shirt (Not totally pink but with a pink hue) and he said absolutely no way. I also asked him to wear some pink soccer socks. Again, absolutely no way.

Sorry, guys. But the pink = girl, blue = boy is not quite over yet. You cannot force little kids to wear things that they do not want no matter how PC you want to make them

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Who cares? Dress your baby however you want. I’m about to have a girl after a boy. I have been all blue, grey and green for my son and am excited for pinks and purples for my daughter. Will also dress her in my sons blue and grey hand me downs. For me, it’s not “done,” and while I wouldn’t do a boys nursery in pink or purple, no issue with neutrals and blues yellows greens etc for either gender, and am fine dressing a boy in a pink or purple polo shirt etc.

[Anonymous]

I’m still going to do pink/blue. Enough with over thinking every stupid little thing!