Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
It really is to bad that cilts and the colour pink is considered femine. We shouldn't have stereotypes for everything, who cares! We're people and colours shouldn't matter, no matter who wears it, even if it is pink.
I think this is a living remnant of the '40s and '50s (and I suspect well before that) when clothing for men was pretty subdued. A lot of black, brown, grey, white, and various shades of same. My father had a couple of colored shirts for weekends. Underwear was strictly white. Blue jeans were not allowed in our house. A bit of color in socks and ties. The hallmark for men as I remember it was mostly dull color and course fabrics. (ooohh ooohh ooohh - Thanks to Tim Allen) It was almost as though it wasn't masculine to be concerned about such things. Right from birth - (boy babies in blue , girl babies in pink) - we were conditioned to this at home and school as though it was the law. Silly as it sounds, I still, to this day, cannot bring myself to wear something pink. I doubt that I'm alone.