Pink: Exploiting or Empowering?

So, my first post (big deal, I know). And I have chosen to do it about a colour. Pink. So when we are little girls, we loved pink. Well most of us (I personally prefered purple, and I'm sure others prefered other colours). But how could we not, with our naivity and everything made for us in "delightful" colours of bubblegum or pastel pink. Barbies, bratz, polly pocket, toys, clothes ect. It was a world of pink. Then we get older and realize how it pushed us into a steareotype of a little girly girl who thought she was a fairy. Of course boys had to deal with blue, but blue is unisex so there's not much of a problem.

What's that phrase again? "Pink makes the boys wink". Well maybe we don't want the boys to wink at us. We're not fairies or princesses. We don't want to be forced into pink to get a guy to "wink" at us. We want to be taken seriously. Pink is shallow, dumb and is brainwashing the younger generation.


However is pink really so bad? It's been our "friend" for our childhood. Hell; call it a memory of fun, childish times. And bright pink can boost our confidence. It makes us more noticeable, which is good for work, as long as its not pink underwear that is noticeable. Pink can be gentle, it doesn't represent blood and violence. It represents gay pride, which links to equality. My bedroom walls are painted "Sexy Pink" which I sould be ashamed of, but it looks bright and welcoming, and I've personalised it with posters ect. And it's not like men are banned from wearing pink, most just choose not to, and that's their problem with "pride" they need to sort out.

Pastel pink represents fluffy vulnerability, but my bright pink ramones t shirt makes me confident, and I love it.

So I think pink is okay, as long as it is sophsticated and not slutty. And as for little girls forced into a childhood of pink to be stereotyped; well, it's up to the parents to know what's right and what's wrong, and to not let their daughters grow up into dumb womyn, but realise they are in fact, smart and brilliant, and have recieved a healthy, equal dose of all colours.

So there you go. What I think of pink.


Comments? Opinions? Everything welcome.


:)