Why Pink for girls and Blue for boys?

I fail to understand, how a few colors are going to pave the way for gender bias " Please elucidate.

rambabu wrote:

I fail to understand, how a few colors are going to pave the way for gender bias " Please elucidate.

 

That's a common factor, for example look at your own profile picture and see you have used all blue and its shades yourself.

 

suni51 wrote:

rambabu wrote:

I fail to understand, how a few colors are going to pave the way for gender bias " Please elucidate.

 

That's a common factor, for example look at your own profile picture and see you have used all blue and its shades yourself.

 Blue, does it signify gender bias ? My wife too wears blue sarees.

 

 

You can spot any girl section of clothing, you will find maximum pink dresses pink ribbons. Why Designating a particular color to a gender? 

rambabu wrote:

suni51 wrote:

rambabu wrote:

I fail to understand, how a few colors are going to pave the way for gender bias " Please elucidate.

 

That's a common factor, for example look at your own profile picture and see you have used all blue and its shades yourself.

 Blue, does it signify gender bias ? My wife too wears blue sarees.

 

Actually in western world they associate pink with female although blue is a common color. As far Indians are concerned, we are too colorful to limit our choice to a particular color for a particular gender.

 

 

 

suni51 wrote:

rambabu wrote:

suni51 wrote:

rambabu wrote:

I fail to understand, how a few colors are going to pave the way for gender bias " Please elucidate.

 

That's a common factor, for example look at your own profile picture and see you have used all blue and its shades yourself.

 Blue, does it signify gender bias ? My wife too wears blue sarees.

 

Actually in western world they associate pink with female although blue is a common color. As far Indians are concerned, we are too colorful to limit our choice to a particular color for a particular gender.

So, it says that in this context using a particular color as a scale to determine Gender bias is meaningless. At the most one can predict the attitude of a male or female by their color choices.

 

 

 

 

May be because the ocean and sky are masculine and the Mother Earth feminine.

So, what is there to speak about gender bias ? They are the colors endowed by the nature.

In China I have seen male and females dressed in same colored dresses, generally dark blue. The whole scenery looks so colorless and drab. I think we are overreacting to the color codes.

Exactly. colors are just speak of one's likes. Nothing more.

India is one of the most colorful countries in the world with a rich heritage of its uses in all walks of life. Unfortunately jean culture is robbing this colorful heritage,

I don't think colors are gender basis. Many times women and girls also wear blue, and men also wears pink.

Honestly speaking, I have not used a pink colored shirt or trousers as far my memory serves me.

Some colors are gender bias like red which bis generally used by women.

Red shirts are used by me. Ascertaining gender bias based on color is unreliable. These days every color is being used by every gender..

You are right. But the amount of red colored material like sarees, bindis, ribbons skirts, sandals and shoes etc  that women use are far far high in proportion to what a few men use. It is because of such one sided use that red gets associated with feminine gender.

rambabu wrote:

Red shirts are used by me. Ascertaining gender bias based on color is unreliable. These days every color is being used by every gender..

 

You remember the promise you will pick me from airport when I visit Vizag in December this year. I request you to please wear a red shirt so I could spot you immediately.

 

My Red tea shirts outnumber my wife's sarees. She always prefers floral designs where even the traces of RED are not there.

One swallow does not make a summer. 

And with one example one cannot apply to all.