• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

belgianwaffle

  • Home
  • About
  • Archives

Archives for 26 July, 2008

Pink to make the boys wink

26 July, 2008
Posted in: Belgium, Ireland, Mr. Waffle, Princess, Reading etc.

When I was a child, little girls did not wear pink all the time.  I was a child of the 70s, so orange was the dominant tone of my childhood.

When did pink take over?  Little boys don’t have to wear blue all the time.  Why should little girls have to wear pink?  My loving husband would be the first to point out that when the Princess was a baby, I went out and bought a range of pink things.  Well, I’m tired of it now.  I note that in Belgium, pink does not dominate in the same way as in Ireland though after spotting a number of girls in hot pink at the foire du midi this afternoon, I may have to reconsider.  I am informed that in Italy, it is not uncommon to dress baby girls in black.  Trendy but a little alarming, I imagine.  I bet they get through a lot of pink all the same.
Is it all Walt Disney’s fault?  Is it easier to market to little girls, if everything is pink?  Is there a conspiracy?  Do I only care because my daughter looks better in blues and greens?

Weighty questions for a Saturday evening while my husband is off emptying out his office.  Rather ominously, he feels it will take all evening.  Where will we put everything?
In a related packing question, my husband and I were discussing what we would take with us in the car rather than leave to the mercy of the movers.  “Only important things” we agreed.

“Like the family photo albums,” I said.

“Like my degrees,” he said simultaneously.

This neatly sums up some sexist assumptions.  I don’t even know where my degrees are, I should have left them in Cork with my mother where they were safe.  Maybe I should wear more pink.

Primary Sidebar

Flickr Photos

More Photos
July 2008
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Jun   Aug »
Tweets by Belgianwaffle

Categories

  • Belgium (141)
  • Boys (764)
  • Cork (186)
  • Daniel (520)
  • Dublin (407)
  • Family (552)
  • Hodge (44)
  • Ireland (766)
  • Liffey Journal (7)
  • Michael (512)
  • Miscellaneous (71)
  • Mr. Waffle (461)
  • Princess (987)
  • Reading etc. (540)
  • Siblings (166)
  • The tale of Lazy Jack Silver (18)
  • Travel (149)
  • Work (164)

Subscribe via Email

Subscribe Share
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

© 2003–2021 belgianwaffle · Privacy Policy · Write