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post Feb 21 2008, 11:49 AM
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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

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Researchers at Princeton University refer to this as the Pink Frilly Dress (PFD) phase.

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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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SilentLaugh   Blue is for boys and pink is for girls   Feb 21 2008, 11:49 AM
Tamacracker   Thank God I keep it simple, wear black :D   Feb 21 2008, 11:59 AM
S-Majere   ^ I'd love to see your goth-children when you ...   Feb 21 2008, 12:30 PM
Tamacracker   QUOTE(S-Majere @ Feb 21 2008, 12:30 ...   Feb 21 2008, 02:08 PM
LoveToMySilas   QUOTE(Tamacracker @ Feb 21 2008, 02:08 PM...   Feb 21 2008, 07:41 PM
Tamacracker   QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Feb 21 2008, 07:41 ...   Feb 21 2008, 07:49 PM
freeridefight   QUOTE(Tamacracker @ Feb 21 2008, 07:49 PM...   Feb 26 2008, 09:04 AM
Autobahn   QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Feb 21 2008, 04:41 ...   Feb 21 2008, 09:40 PM
SilentLaugh   ^ Thank you =] I love black too! It's so...   Feb 21 2008, 02:34 PM
monster   QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 02:34 PM...   Feb 21 2008, 02:36 PM
SilentLaugh   QUOTE(monster @ Feb 21 2008, 02:36 PM) yo...   Feb 21 2008, 02:50 PM
monster   QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 02:50 PM...   Feb 21 2008, 03:55 PM
Tracy-14   I love blue. But I'm starting to lean toward g...   Feb 21 2008, 02:38 PM
SilentLaugh   ^ do you have family problems? school? if you need...   Feb 21 2008, 07:10 PM
monster   QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 07:10 PM...   Feb 21 2008, 07:16 PM
monster   QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 07:10 PM...   Feb 21 2008, 07:31 PM
Sulfur   I actually had a very big discussion about this in...   Feb 21 2008, 07:12 PM
SilentLaugh   ^ i didnt ask you what your problem was..   Feb 21 2008, 07:17 PM
SilentLaugh   ^ noo, i asked you if you havea problem not what y...   Feb 21 2008, 07:34 PM
monster   QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 07:34 PM...   Feb 21 2008, 07:55 PM
LoveToMySilas   ^ My room is off urine white. Darn those cheap ap...   Feb 21 2008, 07:50 PM
Tamacracker   QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Feb 21 2008, 07:50 ...   Feb 21 2008, 07:52 PM
SilentLaugh   QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Feb 21 2008, 07:50 ...   Feb 21 2008, 10:40 PM
monster   QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Feb 21 2008, 10:40 PM...   Feb 22 2008, 02:32 AM
chocokissez   YELLOW! Neutral-ness now can we get off inter...   Feb 21 2008, 09:50 PM
RockItStudios   i've never liked pink. or purple. my parents s...   Feb 21 2008, 09:57 PM
superficial   I don't believe in that stereotype. I pretty m...   Feb 21 2008, 10:18 PM
taintedangel   I remember how there was an episode in "Gilmo...   Feb 21 2008, 10:22 PM
NoSex   Social conditioning. There are far more startling ...   Feb 21 2008, 10:33 PM
BrandonSaunders   I like hues of ebony. From tan and beige to deep b...   Feb 22 2008, 01:30 AM
Markster   I kinda hate trends. For that, I'll let my son...   Feb 22 2008, 02:34 AM
NoSex   QUOTE(Markster @ Feb 22 2008, 01:34 AM) I...   Feb 22 2008, 02:42 AM
Markster   QUOTE(NoSex @ Feb 21 2008, 11:42 PM) It...   Feb 23 2008, 06:23 PM
NoSex   QUOTE(Markster @ Feb 23 2008, 05:23 PM) W...   Feb 26 2008, 08:40 AM
YaGurlSukedMe2SLeep   I like Purp.   Feb 22 2008, 02:40 AM
missDanish   QUOTEit's a microcosm of a much larger social ...   Feb 22 2008, 05:06 AM
Gryffindor-Girl   Its funny I never really thought of this idea but ...   Feb 23 2008, 06:07 PM
CapCaDancer   I thank goodness for this color distinction. Me w...   Feb 23 2008, 07:47 PM
austinoutloud   When I was little my dad said I wasn't allowed...   Feb 23 2008, 09:14 PM
Steven   I've always been more of a baby blue myself. ...   Feb 23 2008, 09:15 PM
JCLore   not in my world girls love blue - guys love pink.....   Feb 23 2008, 10:27 PM


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