Pink is for Girls? Interesting LIP

Butterflie6381 · October 2010

Found on another board, this article was really interesting to me, especially just before the ulitmate toy buying season.

I'm am curious to what others think?

I had been feeling guilty becasue a lot of the toys I want to buy are "boys toys." Case in point - dinosaurs are for boys only. When I went to buy dinos for our special day, the saleswomen told me she didn't know anything about them becasue they were for boys and she had daughters. She then tried to sell me beanie babies instead. I bought dino plates at Target, and they rang up as "boys plates" on the receipt. When I used the dino plates during a playdate, I was asked why I had boys stuff.

Maybe I'm just different - becasue its really important to me to have balance, and that means boys and girls toys. The girls were wearing tu-tus while eating off of the dinosaur plates. I am looking forward to buying Legos and Barbies. I think little boys should play 'house.' I wouldn't go as far as to say "Pink Stinks", because I think that can be just as bad as saying pink is the only choice. I, personally, would like to see a larger variety of colors and less of a divide between what is for girls and what is for boys.

Ashleysred · October 2010

I complain about this all the time. How funny that there is a whole campaign about it. I get asked all the time if K is a boy - when she isn't wearing a headband (although some people still ask) and wearing any boy color...blue, green, or brown. It is silly.

Not only are the choices of toys not in blue or pink narrow but people want to buy stuff for K and it is always pink. OMG. We have so much pink stuff. I think I overcompensate and get her boy stuff to make up for everything else.

I do agree, PinkStinks is a little over the top there should be more diversity.

katers1279 · October 2010

Oh my gosh, I am going to insist that Mady play with anything she wants. "Boy" toys, "girl" toys....and I'd feel the same way if we were having a boy. I think it's ridiculous to classify toys by sex. I played with legos just as much as I did with Barbies. Granted, I don't want my 10 year old son wearing nail polish or anything, but, if he wants to wear a dress up dress when he's 3, what's the big deal? JMPO.

And Mady WILL wear blue, she WILL play sports and she WILL take out the garbage. Yes

sarlah · October 2010

All this "pink is for girls" and "blue is for boys" is partly why I want to be Team Green. All that stuff just doesn't matter. When I was a little girl my favorite color was green and I loved Barbies and Lincoln Logs. My brother sometimes played Barbies with me. We both turned out fine.

AprilJT · October 2010

Rowen's favorite color is pink and he is 5. I don't have a problem with it but I get so much crap from people for it. He has pink sheets on his bed (they had a boy version and a girl version of his safari bedding and he picked the girl version. I didn't complain.) He also has pink pajamas (they are exactly like the blue "boys" ones only they are pink). When we get kids meals and they ask me boy or girl we switch it up depending on which toy he wants. He has at least 2 Barbies because of this. We were always raised this way so I didn't see the problem with it. My brother played dress up with me and we did his makeup and painted his nails all the time. I played trucks in the dirt with him and he played Barbies with me. My mother in law always bought her boys dolls too. I think its great to get them both. Phoebe's room is pink, but its only because I let Rowen pick the color!

ludyjanboltz · October 2010

AprilJT:
Phoebe's room is pink, but its only because I let Rowen pick the color!

Aww, I love this!

katers1279 · October 2010

ludyjanboltz:

AprilJT:
Phoebe's room is pink, but its only because I let Rowen pick the color!

Aww, I love this!

Me too!

trevess · October 2010

I think this is a very American concept, & didn't really start until the last few decades. Hopefully Barbara can chime in about this issue in France.

lauralizabee · October 2010

AprilJT:
When we get kids meals and they ask me boy or girl we switch it up depending on which toy he wants. He has at least 2 Barbies because of this. We were always raised this way so I didn't see the problem with it. My brother played dress up with me and we did his makeup and painted his nails all the time. I played trucks in the dirt with him and he played Barbies with me.

Us too! Those are some of our favorite pictures from when we were little...my little brother loved putting on our ballet outfits Stick out tongue

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MmeBP · October 2010

What I love about France is the diversity in all things kids and babies. Very few things are pastels and very few things are pink and blue. Everything is in bright colors as far as toys are concerned - yellows, oranges greens. Very perfect and fitting for boys and girls.

As far as the clothes are concerned - the gender roles are completely reversed! Some of the cutest boys (and I must say men) clothes are in pink. When one of my co-workers came in wearing a very nice (and expensive) buttoned down pink shirt I made a comment that you would never see that in the US to which he replied "real men are not afraid to wear pink".

As for me personally - Nathan has worn pink. I'm not embarassed and no one ever commented. Don't think I can get away with this once we go back home and that makes me a bit sad.

Buttercup29 · October 2010

katers1279:

And Mady WILL wear blue, she WILL play sports and she WILL take out the garbage.

Love this comment! I was a tom-boy growing up because I wanted to be like my older brother. I played with trucks, barbies, my little pony and legos. I think I turned out okay. I never liked pink until a few years ago - - but now I really like it. Why don't people let kids be kids and stop slapping labels on them.

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