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The colors used to be switched in the 1800s. Pink for boys and blue for girls.
by TrispusAttucks 4y ago
The colors used to be switched in the 1800s. Pink for boys and blue for girls.
- mc32 4y agoAnd before that color was too expensive. But one wouldn’t say that gender roles did not exist. Color is nothing but an added expression like lipstick or horsehair wigs. For some today black is the macho color, for others it’s the artistic color.
- TrispusAttucks 4y agoMy only point is that because of the color switch we can see that certain concepts of gender identity preference, "color", are social constructs that influence society.
- ryanbrunner 4y agoThat just says that gender norms are malleable, not that they don't exist. Both in the 1800s and today there were strong expectations in terms of "expected" roles for different genders.