tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post999708745910541614..comments2023-03-27T04:06:40.058-07:00Comments on Scientific Chick: A pink truck is still a truckDr. Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063821240460369640noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post-85921390317421570722012-02-11T21:12:37.098-08:002012-02-11T21:12:37.098-08:00Red is a color associated with Valor. Pink, being...Red is a color associated with Valor. Pink, being the softer form of red, as stated already, was considered a more masculine color. You can still see this in Victorian style houses, older Courts, and other, more historical, areas in the US architecture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post-81897150082576123102010-12-15T00:31:09.944-08:002010-12-15T00:31:09.944-08:00Nice discussion here! Yawn has the point! Our thin...Nice discussion here! Yawn has the point! Our thinking is that pink is for girls and blue for boys which is not always true. In fact, my guy friend has pink car which his proud of... :)Shift Knobhttp://www.jcwhitney.com/shift-knobs/c10255j1s17.jcwxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post-82945260492780516072010-09-13T21:53:55.338-07:002010-09-13T21:53:55.338-07:00Thanks, Julie, for instigating interesting thought...Thanks, Julie, for instigating interesting thoughts. My comment grew into a <a href="http://veach-glines.blogspot.com/2010/09/must-bellydancer-driving-pink-truck-be.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> of it's own.veach glineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09858630502888259101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post-70360461449491634062010-09-09T16:16:52.559-07:002010-09-09T16:16:52.559-07:00Thanks for your comments, Anonymous and xiao-an! A...Thanks for your comments, Anonymous and xiao-an! And thanks for pulling that this information about the color pink. Everybody seems to agree that pink used to be the boy color, I wonder what happened in the 1940's?<br /><br />xiao-an, thanks for the input about your boys, that's really funny about the Barbie sandals!Scientific Chickhttp://www.scientificchick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post-84720741050253510032010-09-09T13:58:18.755-07:002010-09-09T13:58:18.755-07:00Interesting post! I have two sons, ages 3 and 4. B...Interesting post! I have two sons, ages 3 and 4. Both of them prefer pink to any other color, although I don't know whether the younger one is just copying the older one. We took them to get shoes last year and they both threw tantrums when Daddy wouldn't let them try on the pink sparkly Barbie sandals - boys' shoes are just not as fun, I guess! In situations where we have a set of different colored toys or bowls or cups, I always have to hide the pink one if there is only one, or else they will fight over it. I don't know why they both love pink - it is my favorite color but we don't actually have a lot of pink things nor do I wear pink a lot.<br /><br />According to Wikipedia, "In Western culture, the practice of assigning pink to an individual gender began in the 1920s.[13] From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary.[14][15][16] Since the 1940s, the societal norm was inverted; pink became considered appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century."曉安 (xiǎo-ān)http://burdenofthought.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post-80065400387905585982010-09-09T13:51:19.500-07:002010-09-09T13:51:19.500-07:00Pink in gender form Wikipedia
* In Western cultu...Pink in gender form Wikipedia<br /><br /> * In Western culture, the practice of assigning pink to an individual gender began in the 1920s. From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary.Since the 1940s, the societal norm was inverted; pink became considered appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century.[17]<br /><br /> * Though the color pink has sometimes been associated with negative gender stereotypes, some feminists have sought to 'reclaim' it. For example, the Swedish radical feminist party Feminist Initiative and the American activist women's group Code Pink: Women for Peace use pink as their color.<br /><br /> * The pink ribbon is the international symbol of breast cancer awareness. Pink was chosen partially because it is so strongly associated with femininity.<br /><br /> * It has been suggested that females prefer pink because of a preference for reddish things like ripe fruits and healthy faces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post-13478275332571277822010-09-09T09:30:36.317-07:002010-09-09T09:30:36.317-07:00Thanks for the comment, Fawn! I was hoping that pa...Thanks for the comment, Fawn! I was hoping that parents would chime in about their kids' preferences. :)<br /><br />I agree that pink was not always the girl color, and it probably isn't the girl color currently in different cultures, either. So maybe the whole thing is just a fad?Scientific Chickhttp://www.scientificchick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045067453505592669.post-27001162074976862022010-09-08T23:46:47.229-07:002010-09-08T23:46:47.229-07:00Jade is very consistent in telling us that her fav...Jade is very consistent in telling us that her favourite colour is blue. (Though she will often add "And purple, and pink, too!")<br /><br />But 50 years ago, pink was considered the "stronger" colour appropriate for boys, while blue was the softer colour for girls. So our thinking that pink is for girls and blue for boys is certainly not innate.Fawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10049727418673399133noreply@blogger.com