posted April 01, 2009 07:46 PM            

Shades of Violet

posted April 01, 2009 09:39 PM            

Then, of course, when he came home from school that afternoon, he very seriously informed me that he'd asked all his friends, boys and girls, whether they liked pink. All the boys said pink was for girls and all the girls said they loved pink. And this evolved into girls wear bows and skirts and jewelry and boys don't wear any of that and wasn't I silly?

Now he has an aversion to pink that I really had little to do with besides asking a question. At this age, it appears conformity is a must. I've read that this trend continues until about the early teens, when rebellion kicks in for many.

Anyway, just thought I'd share. It appears that kids have a very precise view of the world and their place in it even early on. Who knows? Maybe I should have encouraged him to wear pink? But 1) it never occurred to me and 2) I don't really encourage him to wear anything based on color or style. Just, here, wear this, it's clean. Neither am I going to force him to start wearing pink or skirts or bows, etc. It isn't some natural aversion on my part though I must admit a little boy in a pink dress would confuse me at first sight; after all, it isn't a common sight.

But, really, children can tease so mercilessly based on any differences, even perceived ones, at this age. If you stick out you'll get picked on ... who knew it began so early? Frankly, unless my son is set on wearing this or that, I don't care what he's wearing so long as it was clean when he first put it on and it has remained reasonably clean throughout the day.

posted April 01, 2009 09:50 PM              

& I see pink here too.

posted April 01, 2009 10:46 PM            

Eleanore: My friend is having a baby girl and I REFUSED to buy her anything pink. Unfortunately, people bought clothes for her before I could and alas, all freaking pink.

My roommate and I were at Target looking at potential baby things to buy for her, and I thought a white onesie with blue and orange airplanes was really cute and my roommate was like "NOOOO THAT IS CLEARLY FOR BOYS!" and I was like, "Why can't a girl like airplanes?? I loved airplanes when I was little!" And she and I got into an argument about it. I ended up buying her a lot of gender neutral toys and a sippy cup with dinosaurs on it.

posted April 02, 2009 05:18 AM            

Eleanore, good story I think I was very similar as a child with colour. Although I was unusual when it came to taking my clothes off. Up until the age of 5, I somehow thought it was rude to take my t-shirt off and bare my chest, whilst happily running around without any pants or trousers leaving nothing to imagination!! My mum used to find it quite funny.

I agree it does look pink 26Taurus, and I would never live down the constant... torture!!... that I would recieve at work for happily browsing a pink website. Thats just guys for you

posted April 02, 2009 12:33 PM            

Thank you amowls!

That article is very imformative!

posted April 02, 2009 01:17 PM            

Anywho, I'm a girl and I can't stand the color pink; I rarely ever wear it. My aversion DOES have to do with the fact that its wired into my mind as a 'girly' color and my gemini venus prefers neutrality.

posted April 02, 2009 03:33 PM            

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Where's NosiS? He's the expert on Color.

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Thanks for encouraging me, T.
If that were only true!
I've only scratched the surface (pun intended) but, God willing, I will get there.

As for LL's colors, they're fine by me. I think these tints are very functional for reading purposes and we can all thank Randall for that.
Could you imagine having to read all these posts with some crazy neon-orange in the background? Ouch...

I've encountered this issue of being found in public while visiting LL but it really isn't a problem for me. I know ppl look and I can see the curiosity gleaming from their eyes but, eventually, there comes a point within all of our self-consciousness from which our self-confidence must inevitably come forth.

posted April 02, 2009 03:37 PM            

We need more of those stories please!

posted April 02, 2009 03:38 PM            

I read about the 1940s - the time period when we began to assign pink a feminine gender - and its interesting to note that this is when the first major feminist movement started. Due to the 2nd world war, women began flooding the workplace in efforts to support the war effort and consolidate the lack of men in the work-market now absent fighting abroad. For the first time, women were acting as an anchor to societies. They fought hard for a welfare state system, ensuring the security of many for decades to come.

Im not quite sure how pink could have shifted genders so dramatically during this time, but it seems no coincidence that it happened in the same time period that women shifted into male roles within society. Seems nature was at work on some deep level and the colour pink was somewhat representative of that.

posted April 02, 2009 05:47 PM            

as many other sites do.

posted April 03, 2009 02:54 AM            

But really, the feminist movements have been divided up into 'waves'. First wave was around the early 1900s during the womens suffrage movement. 2nd wave is radical feminism which is 60s/70s. We're in a third wave I guess.