Don't you wish that just once a gender neutral word, name, colour, whatever...

[CurlewKate]

..was a traditionally feminine word, term, colour whatever that became gender neutral? Because that's not something that ever happens. It only goes the other way round. I wonder why?

And men have worn their hair long for ages too...

Sorry, not seeing it.
I'm not either. It only makes sense to me if you only define a narrow range of 'girly girl' things as feminine. The whole pink and purple everything for girls is relatively recent.

My DS has his hair long and wears mint green and lilac mens tshirts.

At one time though pink was considered a masculine colour - right up until the 1940's I think. It just depends on trends really. Also there are boys names which to me at least sound more feminine, Francis and Tracy, also Rowan and Casey.

Maybe it's the whole Eve created from Adam's rib so it's more accepted to take femininity under the wing of a masculine word because the male is seen as the origin? Maybe because men would be more offended by a feminine name but women won't mind so much?

Absolutely. I never buy ‘unisex’

Massive on shoulders ( and I’m broad shouldered) tight on hips. Even Woolovers did this to me.

My dc like and have always liked pink, they dress in it regularly. And dh's nickname is one traditionally used for girls.

Also, as someone said above, many of the nature names are not originally male.

Sorry, not seeing it.

I'm not saying it never happens, but it's unusual. When you say 'Sorry, not seeing it', are you honestly claiming that most parents would just as happily dress their boy in pink and dresses or skirts as they would dress their girl in blue and trousers? Or that calling a boy e.g. Ellie short for Elliot would be as accepted in the playground, and uncommented on by adults, as calling Charlotte Charlie?

I had never thought about this.