Comments on: Pink and Femininity

By: “Pink or blue?” « Thinking Aloud

“Pink or blue?” « Thinking Aloud — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:11:40 +0000

[...] Continue reading at thesocietypages.org The Sunday Sentinel in 1914 told American mothers: “If you like the colour note on the little one’s garments, use pink for the boy and blue for the girl, if you are a follower of convention.” Some sources suggest it wasn’t until the 1940s that the modern gender associations of girly pink became universally accepted. Pink is, therefore, perhaps not biologically girly. Boys who were raised in pink frilly dresses went down mines and fought in the second world war. Clothing conventions change over time. [...]

By: Michael Lawrence

Michael Lawrence — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:36:00 +0000

I find it interesting that most of the comments deal with the models and less with the content of this post. In the ’80s pink for guys was a hot trend. It has died down, but it is still okay for guys to wear pink. What it comes down to now is not necessarily the colour so much as the style. A pink polo shirt might be more socially acceptable than a pink v-neck tshirt on a guy, but then who knows…

By: When Pink Was For Everyone: 1950s Bathrooms » Sociological Images

When Pink Was For Everyone: 1950s Bathrooms » Sociological Images — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:31:59 +0000

[...] it’s certainly here now, pink didn’t stabilize as a girls-only color until sometime in the 1950s. During that decade, pink was the in-style color for bathrooms in residential homes. Notice [...]

By: June

June — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:37:29 +0000

Where?

By: abby

abby — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:42:19 +0000

Care to elaborate? Examples perhaps?

By: Unico

Unico — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:03:42 +0000

First poster “anon”. You are incorrect.
There are plenty of ads of women of various size in US magazines.

By: B

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:45:49 +0000

what the name of the girl in the first pic?

By: Розово и синьо… | Даниела и Михаил

Розово и синьо… | Даниела и Михаил — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:46:43 +0000

[...] guardian.co.uk, снимки: thesocietypages.org и [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:41:23 +0000

The “Fit for me” brand is plus-size, thus the plus-size model.

By: Business Memes » GUEST POST: BEAR WITH US

Business Memes » GUEST POST: BEAR WITH US — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:00:01 +0000

[...] couple of days later, Lisa at Sociological Images had a post reminding us that pink was once the color for boys. She linked to an article by Ben Goldacre in the [...]

By: Sociological Images » GUEST POST: BEAR WITH US

Sociological Images » GUEST POST: BEAR WITH US — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:51 +0000

[...] couple of days later, Lisa at Sociological Images had a post reminding us that pink was once the color for boys. She linked to an article by Ben Goldacre in the [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:51:46 +0000

It’s OK to be sexual if you have curves, once one has rolls though, things are different unless one is in a society that finds obesity attractive.

By: Dubi

Dubi — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:58:21 +0000

Anonymous – that’s a funny reading of it. Why isn’t it more reasonable that the implication is “the sexy undies won’t look good on your if you’re not thin”?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:18:21 +0000

The things that strike me about these is the contrast of the size of the models and the types of undergarments. The thinner woman is shown with stereotypical ‘sexy undies’ where the larger woman is shown with a less overtly sexual choice.
The implication seems to be you don’t get/need to be sexual if you have curves.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:24:30 +0000

i just got my most recent copy of Eurosport (a soccer catalog), and opened it shortly after reading this post. Found it interesting that women’s gear section is indicated by a running header at the top of each page, distinct from the rest of the mag, in that it’s blue. It’s Carolina blue (UNC has been DOMINANT in women’s college soccer for a LONG time), which may have a lot to do with it, but – blue none the less.