Pointlessly gendered products

I bought a reusable portable cutlery set a few weeks ago. Choice was 'male' and 'female' with the colours being blue and pink. I HATE pink.

I was at a trade show once and one stall was selling construction clothes for (presumably) female builders etc.
Think pink hard hats, hi vis vests with pink trim, pink steel toecap boots etc. The lady on the stall was really nice and trying to get her business off the ground so I tried to be noncommittal rather than say what I actually thought

Pink isn't even a nice colour!

I went to try and buy pyjamas yesterday. Was there anything without pink, flowers, cats, love hearts, glitter, bows, or inexplicably transparent? Nope.

I gave up and went to the men's section, where the clothes weren't see through. And where interestingly the mannequins weren't contorted into weird sexualised poses, but stood like regular humans. Not twisted with their hips thrust forward or bending over with arse in the air. Or with the pj top unbuttoned to reveal their little crop top underneath.

And this was fucking M&S. I went there because I thought they might be half sensible. The poses of the female mannequins were disturbing. I'm not convinced a normal human body is capable of getting into some of those positions.

But perhaps I am weird and the rest of womankind do put their pyjamas on then walk around their homes like they're auditioning for a porn film.

Was reading a NF book to ds from the library probably published around 2000 and the clothes the children are wearing are noticeably mostly neutral.

Why do I need a pink razor?

Because that way you pay 50% more.

(Just buy the very gender-neutal yellow ones.)

Crisps

www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/doritos-lady-friendly-crisps-prove-crunch-time-sexist-marketing/

Biros!

Don't even get me started on birthday cards. I wanted to buy ones with the words niece and a nephew on the front.
Cue pink unicorns and blue video games.

It especially annoys me when it's stuff for kids. In Lidl on Friday I saw waterproof trousers. They were labelled "girls" or "boys". The shape/sizing was identical but the girls ones were pink or purple and the boys ones were blue. My DS would prefer the purple ones but now he can read he is self conscious about things that are "for girls"

So many more things are gendered than they used to be. This Is particularly noticeable in baby and children’s things. It’s obviously a marketing ploy to make people buy new for a second baby, but the consequence is a reinforcing of stereotypes. It’s infuriating.

Lego. When I was growing up it was just Lego. I still played with it. I still loved it.

Yes Oh Holy, I always buy the razors targeted at men, not the crap pink ones. Really annoys me.

Razors. Why do I need to have a pink razor?

I have an old fashioned, stainless steel one with actual blades. Works better than every 'female' one I've ever had.

I find this really frustrating. Where genuine design differences are needed (e.g. goggles etc) they're missing but companies fall over themselves to make a pink or floral version "for women". And even if the women's version is better designed for women it still gets the pink treatment just so we can be reminded how flowery and delicate we all are.

Having said that I did see a hot pink JCB digger at a country show once that I quite fancied.

I thought that one issue in some cases is the way items aren't built for female faces; I have a hard time getting goggles to fit right.

But yes, why flowers are needed is a joke.

What if I'm a goth and want skulls?