Each generation brings a new definition of what is masculine or feminine .
In 1884, social standards dictated that the little boys wore dresses until age 6 or 7 years would also be the time when they would make his first haircut. All the little kids were dressed in white. In photographs from that era, gender neutral. As we came to have two teams? the baby pink and baby blue?
What was once a matter of functionality, it was easier put in the sun bleach or white clothes-today affects so that some people believe that wearing a creature with the wrong color can lead to psychological disorders marked dimension.
The change was not quick or linear. Until after the First World War was when popular culture began to mark the transformation.
Earlier in 1918, a magazine famous for its prestige in American homes dictated the following:
"definitely and generally the color pink is ideal for little boys because it is stronger and shows courage and determination. In contrast, Blue is the color for girls to be more delicate and exquisite. "
Other Publications said that blue was for girls blonde, pink to brown-haired babies and in 1927 Time magazine published a chart that specifically raised the appropriate colors sane idea the sex of the babies.
The historian will soon publish a book on this subject, to review the files of the large department stores in Boston and New York, found that in the 20's the dictates of fashion clearly marked pink for boys and blue for girls.
The change was established in 1940 as a result of the preference of American families. This is based on children's clothing manufacturers and department stores in Boston, Chicago and New York mainly.
Now kids dressed like their fathers and girls and their moms.
And then came the movement of the Liberation of Women. In the 60's with their anti-gender messages and anti-fashion, uni-sex style is covirtió the look of the moment. Women began to dress apart from the "female touch" trying at any cost that not be pigeonholed and stereotyped.
historian confirmed that the famous catalog Sears Roebuck store in 1970 there was no photograph of an infant under 2 years pink dress.
The women's movement thought that girls fell into the trap of esclavisantes roles through the clothes they wore and claimed that "... if we women get dressed more like the kids and without so much lace and frills, we would have more options and we would feel freer to run more activities.
Those who have researched sexual identity principles argue that gender is learned primarily through the social and environmental standards. This was one of the most important props in the 70's there calling to educate, not to pigeonhole .
The movement of uni-sex clothing and remained neutral until 1985. Suddenly it was no longer just a blue panties, but a blue panties with the image of a teddy bear wearing a soccer ball. Disposable diapers began to be made in pink and blue.
studies and prenatal testing were a big reason for this change. Now parents knew in advance the sex of the baby and bought according to the news they had received. ; The great discovery of the sellers was that while the clothes were more personalized products is moving more in the children's market. Pink fashion began to spread: the stroller, crib, bed linen, quilts .... the parents with resources could decorate the room rose to their first child when she was a child and start yet again blue if the next child was a boy.
Interestingly, many young mothers who grew up in the 80's without lace, ruffles and dolls to dress decided not to use the unisex look when their daughters were born. Although still feminists, the way they perceive the costumes are very different, "writes the historian.
think he says that even if the girl would become a surgeon, has nothing to do to be a doctor very feminine.
Another important factor has been the rise in consumerism among children in recent decades. According to child development experts, children are aware of its kind among ages 3 and 4 years but understand that it is permanent until they are 6 or 7 years. At the same time, however, are bomberdeados by sophisticated advertising campaigns and constants that tend to reinforce social convention. The little girls think that being a woman means having long hair and wear a dress. Now the kids are so interested in all this that have become firm and inflexible in what they like and dislikes.
The fashion world may have divided the children in pink and blue but in the real world of the individual, not everything is black and white.
Note: This is a preview of a book by historian Jo B. Paoletti (University of Maryland) which goes on sale in the United States this summer.
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