Whoever was it that decided that pink was for girls and blue for boys?
How can one possibly put a gender on a colour? Or a colour on a gender, for that matter?
That makes no sense to me.
Colours are gender-less, and neither do they naturally occur only in specific genders. After all, there ARE male flamingos and female blue jays out there. Furthermore, whoever decided that colours such as yellow or green were gender-neutral? What makes a colour more feminine? What makes a colour more masculine? Who decided and why? When babies are born, they aren't naturally attracted to a certain colour according to their gender; It is grown-ups that decide for them, which colours they should wear, use, and have around them. Ain't it kind of wrong? Doesn't this set things up for worse problems?
What's the deal with that?
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It isn't just gender, emotions and meanings are put on colors too. It's all psychological.
ReplyDeleteMy iPhone wallpaper has a message that isn't usually associated with pink. What does that say about me? :P
No fue siempre asÃ... http://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/pinkblue-boygirl/
ReplyDeleteHah, David, that's a cool article! Who new that it was all based on religion, and that the Nazis had an influence on our colours which still lives on in this day and age!
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