To think the anti-pink brigade can be a bit OTT

[NeedACleverNN]

I have noticed on here there are some people who refuse to allow their girls wear anything pink/sparkly/overly feminine. A lot of the reasoning seems to be because it sets women back 100 years etc etc and gender neutral stuff.

However the same people are eager to point out they don't care if their son wears it and in fact actively encourage them to do so.

AIBU to think pink is just a colour and if girls want to enjoy pink and princesses and babies and pushchairs they should be able to just as much as a boy can?

[IfNotNowThenWhenever]

I think the grey/army/frucks/skulls stuff that boys are supposed to wear is just as limiting and narrow. And stuff "for girls"m does often have negative connotations. Girls shoes are rarely made for actually doing anything physical.

[Spandexpants007]

My girls wore anything color wise and so we were as multicoloured as possible. Blue and yellow was a favourite of theirs as toddlers/infants though. Now as teens they have a great individual sense of style and veer away the usual mundane feminine teen look.

[IfNotNowThenWhenever]

*trucks

[Spandexpants007]

Yes girls shoes are not as sturdy as boys.

[bettyberry]

There is so little choice when it comes to girls. Take a walk through any toy shop or clothes shop. When choice is limited like this to just pink then its a problem.

I make a point of NOT buying anything pink for nieces.

It infuriates me that more often than not pink products aimed a women are more expensive. Take mobile phones - pink handsets were more expensive!

I just hate the assumption that because I have ovaries I want everything covered in pink/hearts.

[RupertPupkin]

"I find it really insulting to be told my preference for girly and feminine things has affected my career choice and held me back given what my career choice is, where I am in it and current earnings. Credit women and girls with a bit of intelligence."

No one has said that. Honestly. That is not what PinkStinks and Let Toys Be Toys etc is about. Please, do some reading. Or let me know if you want me to post some links.

[OvariesBeforeBrovaries]

I don't like Pink Stinks etc as I think it gives the message that to be acceptable, girls should be like boys.

I do very strongly support Let Clothes Be Clothes and Let Toys Be Toys and similar campaigns, however, because as the mum of a dinosaur-loving girl it's a nightmare finding clothes that fit her!

She's almost two, and she's small. Girls 2-3 clothes are pretty big on her; boys 2-3 absolutely swamps her. I'm pretty sure boys and girls aged 2-3 aren't hugely different in size to each other - certainly not from what I've seen of DD's nursery - and yet the size difference is ridiculous. If DD wants to wear dinosaurs and Paw Patrol (her other obsession) she has to get swamped by boys' 2-3 clothes.

Thankfully Next and Tesco have realised that girls like dinosaurs too and she's now got a fantastic dinosaur wardrobe, which makes her very happy

I've never seen anyone who wears it as a badge of honour, though. I've been accused in the past of being a "pink-hating feminazi" because I talked about DD's dinosaur obsession and trying to find Paw Patrol clothes with the girl dog on - the other day DD's outfit consisted of a Star Wars t-shirt, a Batman hoodie, a bright pink sparkly tutu and ballerina tights I think you'd be very hard-pushed to find someone who genuinely banishes all pink from their child's wardrobe, but I do sigh inwardly when I walk into the "girls clothes" aisle and it's a sea of pink, sparkles and slogans like "Be Cute" and "Mummy's pretty flower".

[paxillin]

It's also lazy marketing. Teenage girls don't buy enough iPhones? Oh- I know- we make them pink, they'll come running for them, girls are all about colour!

[Itinerary]

I find it really insulting to be told my preference for girly and feminine things has affected my career choice and held me back

No-one is applying it to you individually. It's about statistical trends.

[Itinerary]

Rolson 25 Piece Pink Tool Bag Set

[NeedACleverNN]

That tool bag is awesome!

[newmumwithquestions]

Next has got dinasoars? Will have a look.
I'd say many of us react against the pink thing because it's everywhere. Pink clothes, pink toys. I avoid buying pink for DD as I know she'll get it as presents/hand me downs so to have a variety of clothes I have to make an effort to avoid buying pink. I don't know anyone who refuses to put their girls in any pink, ever.
Segregating toys makes my blood boil - why??? Went into my local toy shop and asked for present recommendations for a 1 year and 2 year old. They asked me whether they were girls or boys... I asked why and they said they would recommend different things... Seriously?? At 1 and 2
So yes YABU as IMO all the segregation is a problem.

[paxillin]

Now all we need is cinnamon and strawberry scented machine oil for our delicate lady noses.

[bettyberry]

Itinerary funnily enough my gran bought me pink tools and they are the ONLY tools that haven't been stolen by an ex or people I work with.

[Waltermittythesequel]

You don't really want a discussion do you?

I know this wasn't to me but how is questioning why "blue is for boys" is ok not wanting a discussion?

[MoonriseKingdom]

I dress my DD in a variety of colours including pink. I'm not anti pink I just wish it wasn't so dominant.

I'm sure is been posted before but this is a well known ad from 1981 for Lego. I was 2 at the time and looking back at pictures I wore all sorts of colours (lots of brown!). I can't imagine a little girl being shown in that sort of an outfit today in a big ad campaign. I do find it sad that Lego, a previously gender neutral toy is now being marketed in a pink version (Lego Friends) aimed at girls.

[NeedACleverNN]

Now these are fantastic

www.next.co.uk/g31446s5#109514

Thank you who ever said next was doing girls dinosaur clothes

[Narp]

Moonrise

That sis so staggeringly different from anything you'd see today (unless a company were self-consciously 'hip' and 'vintage')

[TattyCat]

I don't have an opinion about who should wear what colours, but I do have an opinion that everywhere I look is utter drabness. Take a look around when you're out shopping - everyone wears such dull, drab colours - it's depressing.

I know we're not living in a sunny country (which seems to be synonymous with colour choice) but I wish I saw brighter colours every day to compensate for our grey skies.

[Littlefluffyclouds81]

A friend posted on FB that their baby daughter was going to be anti pink. I replied something like 'good luck with that, wait until she's 4 and your flat is knee deep in pink plastic shite'. As the mother of 2 girls, it's pretty difficult to avoid, ime. I don't have a problem with pink, or any other colour for that matter. It's just a colour.

[guerre]

Boden also have a variety of dinosaur clothes, even a pink diplodocus and dino and planet pjs for girls.

[VikingVolva]

Also BIC biros 'for her'

"It's pretty difficult to avoid" - I think that's the nub of it. If it was just one choice amongst many (like what it used to be) then it wouldn't matter.