There was no fucking gendered clothing prior to the late 19th century/early 20th century, and even during these periods, the colour pink was not considered specifically a male colour when it was supposedly popularized. I will now say the adjective small, which is the magnitude of people that suggested this at the time with their piss poor interpretation of manhood, in different amount of ways to get it through your head, some, a few, a minority, a small amount, a minute proportion. A SMALL minority of people suggested pink. You are just revising/misinterpreting history. I know you have have an agenda to dessiminate. Here's a historian's deconstruction of this myth: "The idea that pink was one a specifically male color is a misconception, which most likely came about because pop sources reporting on Jo Paoletti's Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America either misread the book or found it more interesting to tell a story of standards switching. In actuality, there was no concept of a "boy color" or "girl color" until the early 20th century. You can read a previous answer of mine which discusses the shift toward more gendered clothing for young children at length here, but the gist is that prior to the late 19th century, infants and toddlers were all dressed the same, typically in white gowns; as the boys got closer to the age of "breeching" (being put into breeches/trousers), their gowns would often take on more masculine styling and start to be made in soberer colors, but they were still gowns. In the 1880s/1890s, the wild popularity of Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy led mothers to grow out their sons' hair into ringlets past the age of breeching, and dress them in velvet suits with big ruffly lace collars. This spurred a backlash and a rise of interest in stronger gender differentiation for children, which led in part to magazines and catalogues switching from making color suggestions based on infants' hair and complexions to ones based on gender. And this is where the "the colors have switched!" misconception comes from, because a few suggested pink for boys and blue for girls - since there was no hard-and-fast concept of gendered colors (except in general terms, e.g. lighter colors are for girls and darker ones for boys, once we start to differentiate them), the people writing the suggestions could make up any combinations and justifications they wanted. Blue may have won out as the "boy color" because it could be made darker, even if it's typically a pastel for babies, or it may have just been historical happenstance that we don't today have evolutionary psychologists arguing that girls are inherently attracted to the color blue."
The last "Reveal party" I went to had a green cake. She shouted "IT'S A LIZARD!" once the cake was cut and showed us her new pet iguana. ...My friends are weird.
@@Justin-Hill-1987 If the story takes place in 1918, they would know that they're going to have a son and he would be wearing pink. I understand the story was from the 21st century, so let's not petition the concept.
He wasn't dressed as a girl, he was dressed as a child. That's placing modern day views on a different culture, which doesn't work to anyone's benefit but to show your lack of knowledge and understanding. As the video states, that was how toddlers were dressed much like how we dress up children. It was pretty much the dinosaur onesie of his age.
Pink represented the furry of the fire, but it began as baby set because red was color for adults. So babies and kids used to wear pink. Don't be afraid to wear pink, it's a strong *masculine* color. It represents fire. Clothes don't make men, men makes clothes! Btw pink will make you look good, you will stand out more and ladies will notice you better. If you are buff guy you should wear pink and become an alpha 💪
A man who actively avoids wearing pink is (in most cases) just broadcasting their insecurities/a man who actively avoids wearing purple (in most cases) is just someone who knows they lack the melanin/ingenuity/audacity to pull it off successfully. EDIT:just realized I’m literally wearing a flannel that’s at least half comprised of different shades of purple, just gonna point to the “(in most cases)” as I start slowly backing up and Homer Simpson-ing my way toward the nearest piece of dense foliage.
"A century ago, pink was for boys and blue was for girls..." Me: *thinks back to ww1 and remembers the French uniforms* yea that explains A lot actually. Edit: man I usually suck at fishing but a lot are _taking the bait_
Crocosaure aside from them having French females on the front lines(either as nurses and I think in a few cases snipers) I was also in general making fun of the French.
I remember an ongoing trend that happened during my middle and high schools years were the boys, mostly the ones who were involved in sports, starting wearing pink T-shirts. I don't know how it started and I never jumped in on it, mostly because I didn't follow trends or fads that much during that time.
That reminds me of when my brother refused to do the dishes because he "was not a girl". My mother just stared at him and said "well, kid, you ARE going to do the dishes for a week now, and you might be surprised but your dick is not going to fall, so I guess this is NOT just for girls". She had a... particular definition of gender politics. lol
It might have started in the 50s but it really took off in the 80s. Even my parents were dressed in various colors in the 50s. But in the early 70s and 80s gender toys took off. These toys were sometimes only different by color. The effect is that there are no pictures of me or my cousins or male siblings in light color clothing. Oddly my kids 04-08 had more gender neutral colors in clothing(pink in boys, blue and green in girls) and toys. We may be seeing this on its way out. Long story short, its just a fad and could change or end at any time.
I’m a man and I don’t belive in this manliness crap. Why do men have to be strong and tough? I would rather be smart and weak than be stupid and strong
Let’s keep away both the sjw posts and anti-sjw posts this time. No more to the irrelevant political rants in educational videos. We can do it, right guys?
I don't know how it was in other countries but in old Turkish culture it was the opposite. Pink was recommended for boys, blue was recommended for girls.
Nuri Kaan Topaloğlu they probably copied the west of europe then since they liked to do that later on in ottoman history and it was the same in the west
I really love your more experimental animations in this video. I think it helped me visualize these abstract concepts a bit better than just regular imagery! Keep it up man!
Yeah whether if I was born male or female, blue would still be my favorite color. Blue to me represents calmness and resiliency. I usually see blue associated with math and that's my favorite subject.
History With Hilbert Alright now im starting to notice shit ive seen small youtubers like you comment something on a bigger youtubers channel and every single one of them have on thing in common:That damm Smiley face is this the new form of Channel advertising?A mediocre comment with a smiley face?
It's kind of funny, actually. My mum insists she looks horrible in pink, so before I was born, she always wore blue, and for some reason, my family thought I would be a boy because she wore blue instead of pink almost all the time, the same with my little sister. Imagine their surprise when instead of at least one little boy, they got two girls as nieces/granddaughters/cousins. The closest they get to either of us being a boy is me being extremely tomboyish.
A gender reveal party is a new trend in the U.S., dating back only a year. It is odd and unnecessary, especially when you could just tell everyone the gender and have a baby shower.
Tyler L. Reid I thought a gender reveal party was another way of saying baby shower. That's really fucking stupid to have a party just to reveal the gender instead of a baby shower and reveal the gender there.
it's not a new thing and it's not an uncommon thing, they're fairly popular and people would know this if they werent angsty 14 year old male virgins online who try to force the fact that they only believe in 2 genders down everybody's throats
While at a office baby shower, I insisted on buying a green outfit for a girl, because everybody else was going pink. I got so much flack for not buying something pink I swore to never attend one of these again. A few months later, the baby girl... was born a boy. Yep, the test to establish fetal gender... was wrong. Suddenly the only thing not pink was my outfit. It's this sort of entropy that I just love, and heck, for once these suburbanites were forced to toss the color identifiers out the window for the next few months. The entire issue wouldn't have mattered though if we just didn't give a flying heck as to what color we put our babies in.
It's kind of similar with the color Purple. Purple today is usually seen as the secont most girly color after pink. but back in the Roman Empire purple was one of, if not, the most desired colors among both genders
Personally, I am loath to wear pink, and know many women who feel the same, yet find it very attractive when men wear it. Gender stereotypes are stupid.
Well, actually, given the existence of hermaphrodites, I think it's quite hard to argue definitively for just 2 genders. However, I don't think it's so much the number, as it is the emphasis on stereotyping and adhering to what a 'man' or a 'woman' should be, act like, and look. I think this emphasis is probably partly why we have, now, so many people choosing to identify with the opposite to their biological gender.
This was a nice informative video. I think there's something else to be said here about why pink is girly and blue is boy...y. Blue is seen as cool-headed and logical, whereas pink is a non-aggressive warm color, and one that denotes sweetness and is a very common flower color. Back when the colors were switched, it was primarily LIGHT blue for girls, which is much softer and delicate shade than the medium or dark blue used for boys today. And back then, pink was for boys because it was derived from light red. By which I mean, their 'pink' didn't come from MAGENTA, like the pink that is used for girls today.
Same as how cheerleading used to be an all men's sport. These days, most male cheerleaders are used for the lifting and support. And men are turned off from doing actual routines.
Two points I wanted to mention. 1.A dress is a lot easier to work with when taking off diapers than pants on a kid. That's one of the reasons why all kids wore dresses. Also kids grow out of clothes really fast, and pants are a little more limited in what you can wear long or short. 2. For a long time, blue was associated with the Virgin Mary, one more reason blue was seen as feminine.
there’s another funny thing about blue, for most of human civilisation in and around the Indian subcontinent to western europe; “blue” wasn’t really distinguished from green. they’re very close on the light spectrum, and even today green isn’t necessarily seen as a primary color, but with yellow in its stead. that’s why things like turquoise is seen as blue/green today, when back in the day it was _just_ “blue-ish enough famalam”. it wasn’t really until blue wode dye production northern Europe was industrialised that “blue” became a distinct color in and of itself.
Inbred Alice lmao this coming from an Internet troll. if u was to say this to my face you would be picking up your teeth but hey that's the reason why you only troll on the internet forms
paris lawless OHHHH SHIT BOIS THIS GUY GRADUATED TOP OF HIS CLASS IN THE MMA! HE GOT OVER 10,000 CONFIRMED K.O.S LOOK OUT Y’ALL HE ALSO WEARS PINK SO YOU KNOW HE IS A BADASS
Back in 6th grade my school tried to get boys to wear pink saying that only real men wear pink, and it started the whole "Real men wear pink" Trend that continues to this day.
I had always known that they had been the other way around at some point in time, but I never came across why the meaning of the colors shifted. Good video, I enjoyed it.
Rebecca Johnson Yes and no, color preception is subjective, hell gender alone makes color completely different as women and men see colors differently to an extent. And so far there is only a woman who has the ability to see millions of colors more then most of us can (( one documented woman, there are likely more, impossible for her to explain how she sees colors though )). If you take 10 random people and ask them what color certain hues are, you will get different answers, that is just how human vision works, there is no shared perception of colors for everyone. Funny thing is, human eyes are pretty garbage when it comes to seeing color overall ^^; Also funny fact, pink does not actually exist as a color, it is literally just something the human brain sees, and other animals likely see something else.
4:04 A prince in pink made absolute sense - purple was a kings color after all, and the lighter variant, pink, was a good way to show the kids station in life. Of course that led people to emulate their nobility, which was basically how pink became the color of choice for all boys. When store chains in the US started to market more clothes and toys to children after child mortality dropped and people spent money on their kids, color coding the sections dedicated to boys and girls made sense: not only since people would find what they were looking for faster but also (and more importantly) it would force them to buy some stuff twice. And after a long cultural disconnect from european origins, pink was not associated with boys anymore. Why exactly they chose pink for girls though has not been officially researched as far as I know. May have been simple chance.
Franklin Delano Donut No it isnt that. I'm just used to dealing with guys who are serious about this and act all mental about it. It's a bit hard to tell when it is a joke with the way people are on here.
It's still based on something within us just which part we decide to focus on until it sticks. Blue is calming therefore give it to girls who are expected to be more gentle while boys get a light passionate red, switch it up later for a darker blue to fit with the trends of military, still bold and masculine and pink can be for baby girls, innocent+loving. Same color but different shades and different interpretations became more common.
right... and pink is a subset of red.... or I see it generic or I see it specific... I do understand them being related to blue and pink but most of the video it isn't really blue or pink, it's cyan and magenta.
Quick Fix that's not the idea, they are commonly known to be associated with the color red. He states earlier in the video how pink was supposed to represent the pre mature british soldier
Yah, but I am saying that other colors have a single wavelength attached to them, while pink does nor have a wavelength for it. It is our brain interpreting multiple different wavelengths at once. There is no single wavelength of "pink"
Dresses are honestly the smartest thing to dress small kids in, especially before they know how to use a toilet, and dresses are easy to sew and repair.
My baby blanket had white, blue, and pink stripes. And I wore my elder brothers clothes for the first few years. My parents thought they were being fiscally savvy. If my brother outgrew clothing so often, why throw them away and get me new clothes? So I cleaned my parents' boxes of photos and put them into albums and half the time I couldn't tell if the baby-toddler photos had me or my brother in them...Go TMNTs...we have a lot of them on our clothing.
It’s quite obvious why this happened, with the rise of mass produced and imported goods it was easier for people to get a diverse range of materials and colours.
uhm, actually there was a trend for boys to wear marine uniforms in the 19th and early 20th century - and those were blue/white. and since techniques of textile printing were possible since at least the 19th century, flower prints (often pinkish colors) became more and more popular - esp. for girls.
