dawn-road: You forgot the best part. Originally pink was branded for boys since it was a red hue and
dawn-road:You forgot the best part.Originally pink was branded for boys since it was a red hue and thus more manly and harsh and blue was for girls because it was calmer and more gentle, the color of the sky.In the early 1940’s the colors switched when Hitler used pink triangles to identify homosexual men. Can’t have our boys associated with the gay sickness now (sarcasm). And yes gay men (and mtf trans women) specifically were made to wear the pink triangle, lesbians were forced to wear the black triangle for “abnormal”. So the color coded gender binary with clothing is not only due to capitalism but also homophobia and nazis. -- source link
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