This puzzles me. If I (female) walk down the street in a navy jumper no one would ever comment "is that a boys top then?"
If a 10m old little girl is in a navy jumper cue lots of comment "is that big brothers hand me downs" etc etc.
Recently my friend was upset that the local paper came and took a photo of us at toddler group for an article and her 8m old DD was in a red top "oh no why's there a photographer here of all days when she looks like a boy in red!!"
My DS has a pink tshirt (with a piranha on does that make it more manly?!) and often gets comments on it "oh... His tshirt...it's umm pink?!" As if I hadn't noticed.
If DH aged 33 wore a pink shirt no one would mention it.
So at what age do people "allow" people to wear clothes colour coordinated for the "wrong" gender. Teenage? Adult?
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What age does society not mind girls in blue and boys in pink
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heidihole · 30/06/2013 10:58
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