only twats stop their sons having a pink plaster cast?

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In frature clinic. Boy next to us ( 11 sporty etc) wanted pink. his mum ' you'll have blue'

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I think gender stereotyping colour is bonkers. Really, really bonkers. I mean, what quality does pink have that makes it feminine? And what is it about blueness that makes it boyish?

It's odd, if you stop and think about it for even one second.

My 10 year old DS is currently sporting a pink cast on his broken foot - his choice. Everyone at school thinks it cool.

My little brother is a bit skater-y and has a fluorescent pink BMX. Everyone loves it.

My 6 yr old DS has some pink tshirts/shirts (just like his Dad) and he says what his Dad says- "only real men wear pink" ha.

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If my DS wanted a pink cast I wouldn't give a monkeys, because if anyone took the piss out of him he'd be advised the pink are just as good as the blue for wacking idiots on the head.

I wonder if she, or anyone else claiming they would stop their child from chosing pink due to gender stereotypes or 'bullying' would stop their daughter from having a blue cast?
If not why not? Is blue not a 'boys colour' and pink a 'girls colour'? Meaning girls can't have blue? Or is it that blue is a more socially acceptable colour? That female children don't give a flying fuck about the colour of their friends cast and therefore wouldn't bully them either way? That male children are so typecast that their friend having a pink cast means they have to take the piss for 6/8/12 weeks until the cast is removed?

If parents stopped being so precious about 'boys colours' and 'girls colours' and just accepted that all colours are acceptable for everyone and that anyone can wear pink, blue, green, purple, whatever, children wouldn't bully others for wearing colours not socially associated with their gender.

For what it's worth, if it were my child picking their cast, they could have whatever colour they wanted.

I read an article about a boy (7/8ish) who said he wanted a pink cast and the medical staff were really trying to talk him out of it because pink is for girls, his response was "no, pink is for breast cancer and my Aunty had breast cancer so I want to show my support" shut them right up!

My local hospital only offers white now they had people going back in asking for a new one to go with their outfit (regular occurance) and one person complained to the top people at hospital because they didn't offer the camouflage coloured casts. They said just using white stops all the problems...I was very disappointed (my previous one had been neon pink, I was thinking blue this time!)

The colour of the cast should not matter, but sending a boy to senior school in a pink cast is setting him up for a lot of teasing. Some children can cope with the teasing better than others. Its not always obvious which children are not going to cope. Not all victims of bullying are fat, ugley and wearing glasses. Some of the "cool" kids get picked up as other kids are jelous.

Two year ago when I broke my thumb there was a choice of four colours. I could have had pink, blue. green or white. I also had sling so it would not have mattered which colour I picked as it was hidden under the sling most of the time.

FeelingSmurfy I am sorry you have broken bones so often.

I honestly don't think a confident boy would be bullied for having a pink cast. Boys wear pink t-shirts and football boots these days you know.

No never heard a boy bring teased for wearing pink or indeed for wearing frocks to parties or shopping at the weekend.

Never ever but only sadly on mumsnet. In RL yes afraid so.

No op I wouldn't let my dss have pink casts as unfortunately where we live they would most definatly be teased. Probably why they wouldn't ask for one.

I feel the mother knows her son best. Not all children are confident.

My 14 year old son had a bright pink cast when he broke his wrist last year. The staff at the hospital said they have a lot of teenagers wanting pink as the girls talk to them more!
BTW my son is gay so any abuse he may have suffered is water off a duck's back after the stick he has taken the last couple of years.

I'd probably say no because DH is quite old fashioned. I let DS have pink water bottles but couldn't let him have Cinderella pyjamas because of what DH would say.

^^ Maybe, or maybe she's just sexist. Plenty of it about.

Bathsheba, that's sad and actually quite worrying IMO.

My older son had pink too. Twice. No bullying.

It's only adults who think this shit

teal it's not only adults at all. Just because your son wasn't bullied doesn't mean it never happens.
It's a few years ago now ,but I can remember when my son refused to take prawn cocktail crisps because of the pink packaging and being teased about it. Hopefully things have changed but I wouldn't bank on it.

DS2 could carry off a pink cast, but then he goes to ballet classes and would pin anyone who tried to pick on him for it to the wall by their hair. DS1 is far more sensitive and would no doubt be sobbing that x,y,z are picking on him before he got home from the clinic.

You can make or buy cast covers if your going to an event where the cast may be inappropriate even if I'm not sure such an event actually exist

My older son had pink too. Twice. No bullying. It's only adults who think this shit

Rubbish I wish it was! It was a 11 year old boy who was the worst.

I honestly don't think a confident boy would be bullied for having a pink cast

Are you saying if a boy gets bullied for wearing pink its their fault for not being confident enough? My DS is very confident thanks, didnt stop some little thug picking on him.

My boys have never broken anything, but if they did, I would love it if they chose pink (and I don't even like pink). But only if they chose it - I wouldn't try to steer them that way. I think it should be up to the individual to decide what colour they want. I also think it's unlikely they would be teased, but if they did, that's a life lesson - that if you choose to be quite individual in any way there's always a chance people will laugh, but it's worth it because you get to do what you want. Personally, when I was a kid I would always rather be teased than do something I didn't want to do.

I'd probably say no because DH is quite old fashioned. I let DS have pink water bottles but couldn't let him have Cinderella pyjamas because of what DH would say

And you're happy to pander to that attitude? What does your H think would happen to your son if he had Cinderella pjs?

My DS 5 would want a pink cast deep down but I know he would then be conscious of other people looking when we were out and about.

I know this because since starting school he has been consistently told by a number of boys in his class that boys can't even have red or purple as they are only for girls. How sad is that! So now despite the fact that he loves pink, purple, red, he will deliberately not wear those colours anywhere where he might see children from his class. At home or with out of school friends he's happy to still.

So yes, in real life people do think that boys can't wear pink and it's not just the adults out there.

his mum might just know him a bit better than you? maybe he would be pestering to change it back to blue by the weekend? who knows, who cares, this is just a stealth boast of how cool mums are who let their boys wear pink/dresses/sequins. yet again. dull