I’m so disheartened by the amount of everyday sexism I’m encountering especially when it comes to kids clothes. I am currently on a forest holiday in the U.K. and in the shop they had some pink and blue t-shirts (picture included) and I was instantly annoyed by them. It can’t be just me can it? Not so much the colour (although it’s no coincidence they happened to be pink and blue is it?) but the slogan. Yet another example of girls being delicate little beings who enjoy things like butterflies, stars and ‘sleeps’
whilst boys are obviously always rambunctious and always enjoy mud and fun.
Another example, my dd’s gym class gave out new t-shirts as part of their uniform. They were also pink and blue, although the kids could choose which colour they preferred, why not just have one colour for everyone? Why the need to enforce gender stereotypes like this? I see it in shops all the time as well, boys always portrayed as being strong, cheeky, boisterous. Girls are small, quiet, pretty etc.
I haven’t mentioned it to her Gym Class because I don’t want to be ‘that parent’ and they will probably look at me like I have 2 heads!
Yes in theory I could buy the blue t-shirt for my dd’s instead but first of all, why should I? And second, the eldest especially is pink obsessed and despite all my efforts sees pink as very much a ‘girls colour’ and blue for boys - I am trying to teach her that colours are for anyone who likes them, but it’s a work in progress unfortunately I just hope that one day she sees where I’m coming from. At the moment there’s no way she would accept clothing that was obviously marketed at boys.
I hate this pink=girl blue=boy nonsense. Can’t just be me can it? I feel like no one else sees the problem and it makes me question whether I’m just nit-picking or not. Figured if people in feminism chat think I’m over reacting then they are probably right and vice versa.