Pink vs. Blue

When you say girl, people think pink. When you say boy, people think blue. If you were to walk down the toy aisle in any store, the girl aisle would be hot pink with dolls and dress up clothing. The boy aisle would be blue with guns, trucks and Ninja Turtles. Continue your journey through the store to the clothing. The girl's clothing consists of pinks, purples and yellows. Each article of clothing has either glitter, lace or flowers. The boy's clothing are mostly blue. There are some green and red, but overwhelmingly blue. The shirts all have corny sayings on them like “daddy’s little slugger”. The last stop in the store is the craft aisle. All the crafts that have girls on the boxes are dressed in pinks making pottery or friendship bracelets. The coloring book selection for them consists of princesses, fairytale themes, etc. The boys have model cars and airplanes to build. Their coloring books consist of cars, sports, etc. Color is one of the most obvious ways to categorize gender

Over the course of the semester, I will be researching the affects of color on males and females.  The research will consist of everything from the color of their clothing to the colors boys and girls use to color pictures. I chose this gender stereotype because I think this stereotype is very prominent in our society. It is something that is easily observed every day. Also this stereotype is one that is trying to be debunked by many people so I thought it would be interesting to see how much color truly affects gender.