While searching for the newborns clothing on Walmart’s online page, each gender had it’s own category. I clicked on on each individual gender which I noticed that boy’s color were mostly blue, some red, and very few green,with neutral colors such as, white, black or grey. Girls on the other hand had colors like pink, purple, and some yellow. Which I found very interesting, because who made it a norm for boys and girls to have different colors due to their gender? Girls would have flowers printed on their clothings, while boys would have cars, superheroes, or animals. It came to the point where even their bottles were different colors, boys were blue tinted, and girls were pink tinted.
I’ve come to the conclusion that no matter the age gender is always gilded differently. Boys will always wear “boys” color, and girls will always wear “girls” color and if switched the parents will be questioned by other parents asking why their infant i is dressed that way. I’ve seen it plenty of time, never had thought about why must boys wear blue or girls wear pink. Boys are looked to be athletic, which means their clothes are about sports. While girls are meant to be “girly” and soft, which is why most of their clothes are flowers.
One passage that I thought generalize my summary is “From birth, children are exposed to gender messages in the form of pink or blue blankets”, the quote also talks more about how TV shows, and store aisles are gear towards specific gender. The passage talks about how children are geared to accept and understand which “color” is okay to wear.
I agree with you that if parents didn't dress their child in the "normal colors" that they would be asked why their son is dressed like a girl and vise versa. Gender is pushed onto a person starting from a young age, when they don't know what is going on, so when they grow up it just becomes apart of their everyday life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the your idea thaf people would find it odd if parents dressed their children in the opposite genders 'colors'. What I also found interesting is it doesn't stop at clothes -- toys, bibs, highchairs, pacifiers, and even baby food are marketed for specific genders. Do you believe that parents should take the initiative to find gender neutral products, or do you think this would set the child apart as an outcast of sorts?
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to think about why some colors are associated with boys and others with girls. Does Walmart's website have a gender neutral baby section? What colors would those be, do you think?
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