Do you thik boys/girls instinctively like the colours blue/pink?

[Consuelaa]

Or is it just society that drums that into them?

I was wondering when recently my 2 year old nephew was drinking out of a pink cup. He didn't seem to care at all what colour the cup was but my sister/his mother came up and was all like "no no he can't drink out of a pink cup" and changed his cup.

Before that happened he would have seen pink in a neutral light? But after that he now sees pink as a colour not to associate with?

When DS was in the neonatal unit straight after birth, I was assured by one of the doctors that they would do their best to dress him in "gender appropriate clothing"
I assured her that I knew I had a son, so not to worry on my account, and I doubted that he cared at all.
Not innate - and as other posters have pointed out, absolutely ridiculous that the colour spectrum has been narrowed to two colours (try buying clothes for a preemie in anything other than pink or blue...)

Not at all, it is a sociological influence that presses societies belief that pink is girly onto children through their interaction with their peers and the media.

It wasn't that long ago that blue was for girls and pink for boys -

Towards the end of the great war, in June 1918, America's most authoritative women's magazine, the Ladies' Home Journal (it still exists), had a few wise words of advice for fretting mothers. "There has been a great diversity of debate on the subject," it wrote, "but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger colour, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl."

Which just goes to show that the real underlying stereotype is not the colour but the perception that boys are strong and girls are delicate. FFS -how do people get a conclusion that an 8lb baby boy is strong and an 8lb baby girl is delicate. It is especially laughable when research shows that the pre-birth attrition rate and immediate post-natal attrition rate is higher in boys i.e. girl embryos and babies are actually more robust.

[slaps hand on forehead at the idiocy of it all].

I think some children like pink. And some don't. Dd loves girly dresses in all colours. She also likes her favourite motorbike t shirt and batman hoody. Ds likes all things superhero related but still likes to play with his dolly and pink pram. They both know that pink is "for girls" and blue is "for boys". Do they care? Um no.

I fucking hate pink. Thank goodness, DD has come out the other side (at nearly 9,) I never bought her pink, but the first outfit she had was brought to the maternity ward by MIL - a puke pastel pink onsie that said "Love To Shop" with pictures of high heels and a bottle of milk. I nearly threw up on it. Manky.

DS2 is determined that pink shall remain in the house though, everything DD rejects from her room is being siphoned off into his - he's 3.8, and has no idea yet that his prediliction for pink and handbags (filled with Bob the Builder toys) are not socially acceptable. He's just started nursery, so it won't be long.

Working with kids, I found that they were mainly attracted to bright colours with high contrast. NOT pink. I hate that all the "big" toys (kitchens, rockers, desks etc) are now available in pink, I have a friend whose toy room looks like the inside of a bottle of pepto bismol. To each their own, of course.

Did you hear about the European country that banned the Teletubbies because Tinky Winky was male with a handbag and therefore was promoting homosexuality?

Pink v Blue is a marketing tool designed to make parents buy two of everything. Why encourage people to buy one green toy when you can get them to buy the same thing twice, one blue and one pink.

That's why we never see ads like these anymore.

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iv not read all the replies so it may have been mentioned but historically in england pink was a mans colour and blue was a ladies colour. apparantly this lasted until about 150 years ago (roughly) so i would presume its a society thing

correct me if im wrong

i was told this by a history lecturer

Proud uncle - yes tis true - red was considered to be a strong manly colour so pale red (ie pink) was for young boys whereas blue was considered to be calm and restful for women so pale blue for boys.

Not many people know that gainsboroughs boy in blue has a companion painting of boy in pink.

And yes in Kazakhstan they don;t do blue for boys and pink for girls at all. I have several photos on DS in pink velvet as a baby!

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