Gender bias? How can choice of colors be called bias? I love pinks.. Pink is a feminine color that highlights the soft qualities of womanhood beautifully. Men are indeed sadly stuck to a few colors ( though not all men)
Pink and blue are colors identified with specific genders, I agree. However, a decade (or more I guess) ago pink was the in color for men's shirts. Every party I attended men wore pink shirts or ties. It suddenly got an identity as a unisex color. I don't know if anyone here remembers this.
Websters would define Bias as
a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others that usually results in treating some people unfairly
: a strong interest in something or ability to do something
Unfair colors.? ??
I love blue too.. sky blue is a favorite color of mine not just pink.
My little research shows that in 1900 pink was for boys and blue for girls. However after the second world war things changed and the norm became blue for boys and pink for girls.
To put it in a nutshell - The whole history of color coding was a gimmick of mass manufacturing.
Read this for more information http://www.livescience.com/22037-pink-girls-blue-boys.html
The advertisement industry and marketing people always prey on the gullible nature of the buyers. It is their strategy. And here we are arguing about nonexistent bias. Sounds funny to me.
I fail to understand, how a few colors are going to pave the way for gender bias " Please elucidate.
Hello Rambabu, we are living in 21 century. I think colors have not any link with gender. Pink red color is popular in females. black, blue color are also using by females.
