Please could someone help me articulate an email to Asda regarding these pyjamas?

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First post here so please be gentle.

I was looking for Christmas pyjamas this morning for DD age 3 and 7yo DS. Ridiculous I know in September but last year I left it too late and everywhere sold out.

I was just about to buy the red pyjamas from Asda below for both of them when I happened to notice the pyjamas were in the boys section. Intrigued, I looked in the girls section and found these pink so-called Christmas pyjamas.

Now I am very sleep deprived due to said 3yo not sleeping ever. So I don't know if my initial horrified reaction is OTT. But just WHY??? Why are there pink ones for girls? The universal colours of Christmas are red and green not insipid pink! Why do there need to be separate girls and boys ones? It just seems so unnecessary but at the same time sending a message as ever seems to be the case that girls and boys should be treated differently. My DD is already one of the strongest fiercest people I know and I don't want that changing any time soon but with stuff like this how can it not??

Excuse tired angry rant, if anyone else thinks I am not BU pls could you help me form a coherent email?
Thanks

It's just a pair of pyjamas. I can think of bigger world issues really.

It gives me the rage too OP. I have a 7 month old daughter, and the avalanche of pink glitter unicorn mermaid shite annoys me.

I dont get why clothes for children are separated by gender - by all means produce the glitter fairy stuff but at the end of the day it doesn't need to have a for boys or for girls label on it.

Every bigger world issue is a culmination of a multitude of small shitty issues that people ignored.

Just buy them both the red ones if that's what you prefer.

Of all the battles to pick I personally wouldn't trouble myself with this one.

Fuck sake

just buy the red pyjamas!

It’s shit that they’re designated by gender, but just buy the red ones for dd. Job done.

OP I get it. Why should your daughter be confined to pink? Why should they have different colours at all? If the boys version is red could the girls not have been green? Or have 2 unisex pairs? Really, the clothing shouldn’t be segregated to boys and girls at this age. It should just be clothes for children.

Someone is buying them Asda are meeting demand.

Be the change you want to see.

Buy the red pyjamas.

I'd bet a tenner that the fabric on the pink pjs is thinner and they are cut smaller and tighter than the red ones. It's the same with t-shirts and shorts from Asda.

I have sent emails before to both M&S and Boden about the ridiculous designation of ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ stuff. It’s crap - especially if the red ones have ‘Boy’ stitched on the label.

The main thrust of my argument to M&S was to ask why the girl’s shorts have to be up slashed to the buttocks while boy’s shorts are above the knee.

Just buy the red ones. I have 2 boys and would always cross over into the girls section for brighter colours when the brown navy and checked shirts got me down.

What is Santa saying on the pink ones? It looks like “cost vibes”. No speech bubbles on the red ones.

Life's way too short for this OP.Just buy the PJs you prefer. My Maths and Science obsessed DD who intends to be an engineer would have loved the pink ones when she was small.

I'd bet a tenner that the fabric on the pink pjs is thinner and they are cut smaller and tighter than the red ones

Actually, if the cut is different you have a legitimate complaint.

It's a long time since mine were little children but I'd have given my right arm for clothes cut thinner and tighter back then. They had to wait until they reached adult sizes for clothes that actually fit.

I think it’s all a ploy to make people buy more stuff. I.e. people with a sons and daughters feel they can’t hand everything down.

I disagree with those who think it’s insignificant. Socialisation is the result of thousands of messages sent to girls and boys growing up, and all the “girly pink” stuff is part of that.

“Let clothes be clothes” on a Twitter might be interested OP. And I liked your first post

At least the pink ones don’t have unicorns and rainbows and pithy little quips like ‘princess’ and ‘be kind’.

Christmas is red red red, not pink.

I, like a poster above, roll my eyes at the teensy shorts that was common on the summer for girls (boys got more sensible longer ones) and T-shirt’s with cutesy ‘girl’ stuff and the boys have ‘army guy’ themes.

When my twins were babies I bought them knitted Christmas pudding hats (brown with a White top part and holly and berries on the top).

The label said “boys knitted hat”.

Why can’t girls be Christmas puddings? It’s bizarre.

I agree that if the fabric/cut is different, then you have a value-based complaint.

OP you're right.

Email and point it out, why not

'Cosy vibes'

Hmm. I do get irritated by needlessly gendered clothing but I do feel there are much worse offenders out there. I thought it was going to be girls pyjamas that said 'shower princesses with goodnight kisses' or something gross like that

First off I actually really like the pink ones - the colours, i’d prefer Dino’s to speech bubbles though. But I agree just buy the red ones and highlight to Asda that they need to be careful with labeling so as not to lose your custom, you might have missed out on the red completely if you were in store. I bought pink pjs for my son the other day, more colours for everyone I think.

Eye roll. I'd just buy red ones. I generally buy whatever I or DD prefers regardless.
Recently bought some fantastic bear slippers from Mothercare from "boys" section after DD 21 months clearly expressed preference over pink sparkly things in "girls" section. She absolutely loves them. Its hard - i just hope i can help DD feel comfortable choosing whatever she likes as she grows up x

Just buy the red ones.

Why would you want to stop other people from having the option to buy pink ones, if they like them, whether it be for a boy or a girl?