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WHY DO ALL THE GIRLS HAVE TO BUY PINK STUFF???

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Yeah, that Riley girl knows all those dirty marketing tricks. She ain't falling for the pink stuff just because it's pink.
 
My wifey likes purple stuff. She is crazy about purple and when she was with her parents had her whole room painted in purple. She likes buying purple stuff and thankfully that doesn't drive me insane. I like purple color, I think. It's way more pleasing to the eyes.
 
Gender issues. My son has quite a few pink things; all hand-me-downs from his older female cousin. It's kind of sad how some parents force their kids into the gender role mindset early on...sometimes too early on.

Son's friend came over for a playdate and was angry that my son had a Rainbow Brite coloring book. Keep in mind, this kid is three:

"Why does [ben's son] have pink?"

Because he got it from his cousin.

"Pink is for GIRLS!" laughs.

Well, he's a boy, he's just coloring in a girl's book. *trolling* Do YOU want to color in the pink book?

"NO!" angry

Why not?

"CUZ I'M A BOY!" this little three year old growls, THROWING the Cars book he was coloring in across the room. "PINK IS FOR GIRLS AND I'M A BOY!"


All I could think of was "I bet your dad has beaten that into you early, huh?"
 
My former biology teacher mentally conditioned his child against pink and Barbie. Whenever Barbie was advertised he pulled a face and said 'eurgh' when she was growing up. He told her that pink was a silly colour.

She's my age and is awesome.
 
black and pink is a sick combo. I even went to school in all pink in middle school when I was in my diplomat phase.
 
Eh I can understand the mindset, but me and my wife have always given our daughter a choice in which toys she wants, or color clothing she likes, etc. She almost always picks the choice that would appear more "feminine", she loves the disney princesses, but she also loves mickey mouse and buzz lightyear from toy story.

I agree that kids should not be forced to like something just because it's what some marketing team tries to force on our culture. However I would also argue that little girls who like princesses and pink, and little boys who like trucks, and Superman should not be treated badly either just because the anti gender groups thinks it's evil propaganda. Kids are going to like what they like no matter what.
 
TheWiicast said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-CU040Hqbas

This little girl is on the ball. She knows those slick marketing exec's tricks and she's not falling for it!

+1 for her dad :)
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You can make kids that age repeat anything you tell them. And they will repeat it in the cutest fashion with conviction as if it was their own idea.

My daughter got the pink vanity set in the background of that video and loves it. Nothing wrong with that.

Girls also have a choice of purple if they want some variety.
 
ReaperXL07 said:
Eh I can understand the mindset, but me and my wife have always given our daughter a choice in which toys she wants, or color clothing she likes, etc. She almost always picks the choice that would appear more "feminine", she loves the disney princesses, but she also loves mickey mouse and buzz lightyear from toy story.

I agree that kids should not be forced to like something just because it's what some marketing team tries to force on our culture. However I would also argue that little girls who like princesses and pink, and little boys who like trucks, and Superman should not be treated badly either just because the anti gender groups thinks it's evil propaganda. Kids are going to like what they like no matter what.
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A lot of times the little girl will also follow colors she sees her mom wearing. There is nothing wrong though with girls playing with superheroes or barbies as you said.
 
hteng said:
this kid gonna grow up like Britta
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Pink was originally a color for boys, because it was a variation of red, a man's color.

My daughter definitely loved pink, though she is now big into purple.
 
I'm having a girl (wife is in labor as we speak). My wife and I would rather not have a girly girl. We'll do what we can to raise her "balanced" I guess.
 
Galvanise_ said:
My former biology teacher mentally conditioned his child against pink and Barbie. Whenever Barbie was advertised he pulled a face and said 'eurgh' when she was growing up. He told her that pink was a silly colour.

She's my age and is awesome.
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what's wrong with the colour pink? Seems to be that she's been conditioned to dislike a colour simply because it is a colour that her father found objectionable. It's a colour. Nothing more than a wavelength of light. I get he feeling that she would be even more awesome if she could appreciate all wavelengths without the lens of cultural bias.


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as a side note, I feel like there is a contemporary cultural bias against femininity. As if girls who play with boy toys are somehow more interesting than those who play with girls toys. But I feel as though this is sexist because it never explains why the boys toys are better or why traditional masculinity is better than traditional femininity. But even girl monkeys play with dolls...
 
RustyNails said:
My wifey likes purple stuff. She is crazy about purple and when she was with her parents had her whole room painted in purple. She likes buying purple stuff and thankfully that doesn't drive me insane. I like purple color, I think. It's way more pleasing to the eyes.
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Marie from Breaking Bad

Also this video makes me happy
 
Neuromancer said:
Haha cute. I wonder if she was coached though.
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No, don't be silly, of course not, the only people who are coached are children who play into traditional gender roles, obviously.

/s

But, more seriously, there have been studies that suggest that there are biological color preferences between men and women, boys and girls. It may very well be true that the disposition towards 'more pink' colors aren't just because of gender stereotyping from marketing firms, but rather, that those feed into biological dispositions.

Here's a small snippet from one: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1654371,00.html
 
lol, she is just mad that she can't pull it off and ten years from know she will be mad that she can't get football team dick.
 
genjiZERO said:
what's wrong with the colour pink? Seems to be that she's been conditioned to dislike a colour simply because it is a colour that her father found objectionable. It's a colour. Nothing more than a wavelength of light. I get he feeling that she would be even more awesome if she could appreciate all wavelengths without the lens of cultural bias.
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To me it's comes off as the same thing that the Anti-gender folks are fighting against. They get so wrapped up in that mentality that if their children show an interest in what is typically associated with their gender that its seen as a bad thing, and should be punishable.

Every kid i've ever known at some point chooses what they themselves like, or dislike regardless of "conditioning", both sides spend too much time trying to force their own ideals on to their children instead of allowing the child to develop their own beliefs, likes, and dislikes.

I'm not a religious person, but If my daughter decided she was interested in religion at some point, I would try to get her to take a look at as many different religions as possible so that she could make an educated choice. This is coming from someone whos parents were extreamly religious Catholics.

I feel the same way on the choice of gender related stuff, i'll always give her a choice in this aspect of her life, if she likes pink then so be it, if she likes blue, thats alright aswell.
 
ReaperXL07 said:
To me it's comes off as the same thing that the Anti-gender folks are fighting against. They get so wrapped up in that mentality that if their children show an interest in what is typically associated with their gender that its seen as a bad thing, and should be punishable.

Every kid i've ever known at some point chooses what they themselves like, or dislike regardless of "conditioning", both sides spend too much time trying to force their own ideals on to their children instead of allowing the child to develop their own beliefs, likes, and dislikes.

I'm not a religious person, but If my daughter decided she was interested in religion at some point, I would try to get her to take a look at as many different religions as possible so that she could make an educated choice. This is coming from someone whos parents were extreamly religious Catholics.

I feel the same way on the choice of gender related stuff, i'll always give her a choice in this aspect of her life, if she likes pink then so be it, if she likes blue, thats alright aswell.
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I agree with you completely.
 
genjiZERO said:
as a side note, I feel like there is a contemporary cultural bias against femininity. As if girls who play with boy toys are somehow more interesting than those who play with girls toys. But I feel as though this is sexist because it never explains why the boys toys are better or why traditional masculinity is better than traditional femininity. But even girl monkeys play with dolls...
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Tomboys are better than girlie girls. The latter are trained since birth to center their lives and self-worth around men.
 
The Albatross said:
But, more seriously, there have been studies that suggest that there are biological color preferences between men and women, boys and girls. It may very well be true that the disposition towards 'more pink' colors aren't just because of gender stereotyping from marketing firms, but rather, that those feed into biological dispositions.

Here's a small snippet from one: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1654371,00.html
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"Why did all the men hunt and why did all the women gather?! Maybe some women wanted to hunt and some men wanted to gather!"

To be perfectly honest, I found her rant a little annoying. Never thought a little kid could sound "preachy".
 
Adorable. :) A future feminist in the making.
MIMIC said:
"Why did all the men hunt and why did all the women gather?! Maybe some women wanted to hunt and some men wanted to gather!"

To be perfectly honest, I found her rant a little annoying. Never thought a little kid could sound "preachy".
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Its starts very early like when someone is having a girl, you give them pink clothing, I guess to avoid confusion to newcomers " Is it a girl/boy"

But then you have these toys that are overly in your face " this is for girls and this is for boys" We usually have neutral colors like soft blue and yellow because at an age kids don't give a crap. But like the store she is in...I mean damn, everything is pink, so it must be the girl section, since we have strollers and dolls.

I mean have they ever explained why Sleeping Beauty is in pink while in the original she has blue for the entire movie!
 
Samara said:
Its starts very early like when someone is having a girl, you give them pink clothing, I guess to avoid confusion to newcomers " Is it a girl/boy"

But then you have these toys that are overly in your face " this is for girls and this is for boys" We usually have neutral colors like soft blue and yellow because at an age kids don't give a crap. But like the store she is in...I mean damn, everything is pink, so it must be the girl section, since we have strollers and dolls.

I mean have they ever explained why Sleeping Beauty is in pink while in the original she has blue for the entire movie!
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actually her dress is changed by the fairies multiple times from pink, to blue by the arguing fairies.
 
Have two daughters in elementary school (in a typical suburb)...not a lot of the girls are in to pink. Most will occasionally wear it but blues, turquoises, greens, lavenders, and black dominate the playground.
 
Poor girl. She will be driving a boxy Subaru wagon and have a bowl cut at 45 years old.
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Hahaha.

The corporations think people are stupid. The corporations are the ones keeping us down!
 
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