tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804549542354537680.post8117251372686379550..comments2023-04-10T00:54:38.100-07:00Comments on My Moment of Time: Pretty in Pink? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804549542354537680.post-71269801224968475882014-10-14T07:36:29.078-07:002014-10-14T07:36:29.078-07:00I said that every year it seems to get more aggres...I said that every year it seems to get more aggressive about the gender thing. For example--my oldest is 14, and there were no pink bottles in 2000. There were just bottles. Car seats were almost always gender-neutral. I'm sure there were pink towels, but I mostly remember yellow. Some of what you're talking about is pretty new.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804549542354537680.post-28904333653296715182014-10-14T07:31:47.539-07:002014-10-14T07:31:47.539-07:00I have two daughters, and IME even when they were ...I have two daughters, and IME even when they were wearing hot pink people would guess they were boys. But I do not care if people mistake them for boys--what does it matter? Not a big issue. It so happens that I like blue and green best, so I bought a lot of blue and green, sometimes from the boy side of the aisle. The clothes were cute! (Pro tip: green is not a good color for a going-home-from-hospital outfit. Because new babies are usually a little bit jaundiced and green does NOT help.)<br /><br />It has been interesting, and somewhat worrying, to watch children's clothing and toys go from somewhat gender-neutral in my own childhood to aggressively gender-specific now, and every year seems to get more so. On the one hand, it seems that if you let children 2-5 pick their own clothes, they really do enforce gender roles, because they're working out what it means to be a boy or a girl. So a girl will think "I'm a girl and girls like pink so I like pink because I'm a girl and pink is for girls." It's kind of circular and self-reinforcing. But there is nothing inherent in pink that makes it girly; that's just the color our society has picked 'for girls' and we happen to be in a spot where that is being pushed really hard. Which is kind of weird. <br /><br />I actually do know a woman who wears pink every day, often has pink hair, calls herself Pinky, etc.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804549542354537680.post-4550472900131662232014-09-27T06:11:20.719-07:002014-09-27T06:11:20.719-07:00I agree with Carrie. You need a way for strangers ...I agree with Carrie. You need a way for strangers to be able to tell gender. Here's a trick for bows if your baby doesn't have much hair to clip it to: I would glue them to her head using ky jelly. It works great, it's totally safe, and washes off easily!Annette Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08203545007134523554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804549542354537680.post-75594300380030947152014-09-24T00:09:43.030-07:002014-09-24T00:09:43.030-07:00When I was pregnant with Summer, I avoided buying ...When I was pregnant with Summer, I avoided buying anything pink, and when people asked, I requested that they not give me pink baby gifts. I still got plenty of pink. But I warmed up to the pink clothes more every time someone told me what a cute little boy I had! For the first few months of Summer's life, literally 100% of people who guessed a gender guessed that she was a boy. I think it's probably because she had so little hair.<br /><br />There are other good ways to indicate a baby's gender, though. A bow in the hair is a dead giveaway, and of course, a dress will do the trick. Or you could just get some fabric paint and write "GIRL" on all the baby's onesies!<br /><br />I did occasionally have people guess that Summer was a boy even when she was completely decked out in pink. I'm glad she finally has her adorable little curls, so she can wear whatever she wants!<br /><br />White's another good color to avoid. Spit-up turns white clothes yellow over time, and of course, what comes out of the other end isn't good for white either! I actually wanted some black stuff for Summer because Ken's favorite color is black, but it's pretty much impossible to find black baby clothes.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038597347405251733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804549542354537680.post-43965437498677659112014-09-08T20:34:47.471-07:002014-09-08T20:34:47.471-07:00I totally agree with you. If I ever have a daughte...I totally agree with you. If I ever have a daughter, I plan to request that people give me items that are anything but pink. I will go crazy on the purple instead. Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948556798149579164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804549542354537680.post-13806134558714815752014-08-12T23:57:46.742-07:002014-08-12T23:57:46.742-07:00Love this post! Your writing amazes me. It is bo...Love this post! Your writing amazes me. It is both amusing and profound. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380398287029030455noreply@blogger.com