Blue is for boys and pink is for girls |
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 Feb 21 2008, 11:49 AM
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 <joke> inside </joke>  Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590  |
Why do you think baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls in pink? Or that teenage girls lean towards red and boys to blue? Sure, this has been changing and many girls prefer blue over pink (me), but still...where did this even come from to begin with?
Gender and color QUOTE Researchers at Princeton University refer to this as the Pink Frilly Dress (PFD) phase.  QUOTE When the color assignments among boys and girls did evolve in the '20s, the colors were reversed: pink was for boys and blue for girls. It wasn't until around the 1940s that the colors flip-flopped to the assignment we recognize today [source: The Guardian]. 
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Feb 21 2008, 11:59 AM
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Thank God I keep it simple, wear black :D
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Feb 21 2008, 12:30 PM
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^ I'd love to see your goth-children when you have them, Tamacracker.
It makes me smile to think pink was associated with boys before the 20's. |
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Feb 21 2008, 02:08 PM
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QUOTE(S-Majere @ Feb 21 2008, 12:30 PM)  ^ I'd love to see your goth-children when you have them, Tamacracker. It makes me smile to think pink was associated with boys before the 20's. o.O I'm not gothic... I just love black... black shoes, sneakers, hats, necklace, contacts, jerseys, shirts, shorts, pants etc... beautiful color to me :) One color I wouldn't wear, would be pink. I have nothin to prove in wearing pink lol Btw, good articles, Silent. |
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Feb 21 2008, 02:34 PM
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<joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
^ Thank you =]
I love black too! It's so neutral and simple. and no, im not goth either |
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Feb 21 2008, 02:36 PM
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QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 02:34 PM) ^ Thank you =] I love black too! It's so neutral and simple. and no, im not goth either you make the shittiest threads. |
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Feb 21 2008, 02:38 PM
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I love blue. But I'm starting to lean toward green now.
Kind of off topic - The color for bully day is pink, and everyone in my school wears pink. |
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Feb 21 2008, 02:50 PM
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QUOTE(monster @ Feb 21 2008, 02:36 PM) you make the shittiest threads. OMFG! you said i make the shittiest threads! i am SOOO heart broken! omg! i think im going to commit suicide now because some random person online told me i make the shittiest threads! |
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Feb 21 2008, 03:55 PM
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QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 02:50 PM) OMFG! you said i make the shittiest threads! i am SOOO heart broken! omg! i think im going to commit suicide now because some random person online told me i make the shittiest threads! please do, you androgynous dick. |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:10 PM
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<joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
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do you have family problems? school? if you need to talk about it, i'm here for you  
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Feb 21 2008, 07:12 PM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
I actually had a very big discussion about this in my Communications class. Which is why I've decided to dress my kid GREEN.
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Feb 21 2008, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 07:10 PM) ^ do you have family problems? school? if you need to talk about it, i'm here for you my problem is that you're a dumbass. kthx4listening |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:17 PM
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<joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
^ i didnt ask you what your problem was..
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Feb 21 2008, 07:31 PM
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QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 07:10 PM) ^ do you have family problems? school? if you need to talk about it, i'm here for you yes, you did. |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:34 PM
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<joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
^ noo, i asked you if you havea problem not what your problem is.
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Feb 21 2008, 07:41 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
QUOTE(Tamacracker @ Feb 21 2008, 02:08 PM) o.O I'm not gothic... I just love black... black shoes, sneakers, hats, necklace, contacts, jerseys, shirts, shorts, pants etc... beautiful color to me :) Black is not a color, its a shade! One color I wouldn't wear, would be pink. I have nothin to prove in wearing pink lol Btw, good articles, Silent.  sorry. I just wanted to sound smart. Haha.When I first saw the topic title, it reminded me of Juno of how they wanted to paint the baby room yellow because it ws supposively a "neutral" color. Then the father said, "why does everyone think that yellow is a boy or girl color? I never had a yellow room when I was growing up." Eh, I don't know. Its probably from how society brings things up in the media and how the parents teach kids that "Blue is for boys and pink is for girls!" I like green though, I don't know what that makes me. |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:49 PM
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QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Feb 21 2008, 07:41 PM) Black is not a color, its a shade! sorry. I just wanted to sound smart. Haha.When I first saw the topic title, it reminded me of Juno of how they wanted to paint the baby room yellow because it ws supposively a "neutral" color. Then the father said, "why does everyone think that yellow is a boy or girl color? I never had a yellow room when I was growing up." Eh, I don't know. Its probably from how society brings things up in the media and how the parents teach kids that "Blue is for boys and pink is for girls!" I like green though, I don't know what that makes me. The color of my room has always been baby blue or sky blue =X |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:50 PM
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That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
^ My room is off urine white.
 Darn those cheap apartment walls.
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Feb 21 2008, 07:52 PM
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QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Feb 21 2008, 07:50 PM) ^ My room is off urine white. Darn those cheap apartment walls.roflmao |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 07:34 PM) ^ noo, i asked you if you havea problem not what your problem is. you're still not reading the last part of your statement. |
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Feb 21 2008, 09:40 PM
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 vivacity Group: Official Member Posts: 3,183 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 495,247 |
QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Feb 21 2008, 04:41 PM) Black is not a color, its a shade! So does that make black the absence of white? Like how darkness is the absence of light? sorry. I just wanted to sound smart. Haha.Who cares. It's just some weird human being stereotypical thing. |
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Feb 21 2008, 09:50 PM
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YELLOW!
Neutral-ness now can we get off internet drama and back on the subject?
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Feb 21 2008, 09:57 PM
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i've never liked pink. or purple.
my parents said even when i was a little baby i would cry (i was a oober quiet child) if they even showed me pink or purple clothing. over the years, my favorite color has evolved from i-don't-know (because i thought i was weird since i was the only person ever to hate pink or purple, i didn't fit in!) to navy blue. gorgeous color, IMO. red has been one of my favorites since i actually started concentrating on colors. navy blue > red though. plus red is starting to get more popular. :[ |
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Feb 21 2008, 10:18 PM
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 YUNJAESU<3 Group: Official Member Posts: 1,291 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 585,275 |
I don't believe in that stereotype. I pretty much never wear pink, even when I was a baby. I always wore blue... and that still holds true in the present. The only time I'm seen wearing pink is either 1. I have no other clothes or 2. It's Valentines Day. I prefer Green or maybe navy or gray. And I sometimes wear creme-y white, but I hate how it gets dirty so damn easily. :(.
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Feb 21 2008, 10:22 PM
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 What the fack. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,164 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,519 |
I remember how there was an episode in "Gilmore Girls" when Sherry was having a baby shower and Rory and Lorelai were invited. Everything was green because they said it was the new pink or something.. Or maybe they chose it because they weren't sure of the baby's gender yet? I forget, but this thread reminded me of that.
I personally love Y E L L O W. :D |
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