Asanyonewho's goneshoppinginthechildren's sectionof a departmentstoreknows, there's a clearpatterntowhatcolorsofclothesareusuallyavailableforboysandgirls.
Butitwasn't alwaysthatway, andifyoudosomediggingintothehistoryofhowweidentifyourchildren, you'llfindthatthere's a lotthatwentintomakingtheblue-pinkdynamicsuch a mainstayofkids' fashions.
- Okay... - No, no, no, no, no; comeon, that's myhat.
- よし... - いや、いや、いや。 おい、それ、俺の帽子だぞ。
So, whitewasreallythepreferredcolorforyoungkidstowearuntiltheyreachedtheageofsixorsevenandstartedwearingmoresophisticatedandcolorfulthreadsliketheadultsintheirlives.
Buteventhen, thingswerestillquitedifferentassomepublicationsdeemedpinktheidealcolorforboyssinceitwas a stronger, boldercolorwhilebluewasbettersuitedforgirls.
A re-emergenceof "blueisforboys, pinkisforgirls" fashionethosforourpint-sizedcitizensinthe '80s had a lottodowiththemostpowerfulthingintheworld: money.
Findingoutthegenderofbabiesbeforetheywerebornsuddenlybecame a medicalpossibility, andthatmeantretailersfound a newwaytocapitalizeonsellingspecificmerchandisegearedtowardboysandgirls.
In 2012, a sociologicalstudyattheUniversityofMarylandshowedthatwhen 2,000 peoplewereaskedtochoose a favoritecolorbetweenblue, pink, and a handfulofotheroptions, theoverwhelmingmajorityfrombothgenderschoseblue.
Asanyonewho's goneshoppinginthechildren's sectionof a departmentstoreknows, there's a clearpatterntowhatcolorsofclothesareusuallyavailableforboysandgirls.