> traditional gender roles pink wasn't considered a color for girls until the 1950s. if anything, in the first half of the 20th century and earlier pink was often seen as a lighter shade of red that was appropriate for boys.  the idea of pink being for girls and blue being for boys is just another one of those post-wwii consoomerist things that the boomers were the first generation to grow up with but now everyone thinks is some ancient tradition.
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