Pink bar tape for men?

[jefmcg]

FFS. The whole point of this thread's existence is that a perceived 'feminine' colour is seen as a disadvantage. I'm failing to think of a reverse-gendered example.

Keeping to only quoting from reputable sources in peer-reviewed journals


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYwgG2oyUbA

 

[Tin Pot]

FFS. The whole point of this thread's existence is that a perceived 'feminine' colour is seen as a disadvantage. I'm failing to think of a reverse-gendered example.

I don't think femininity is a disadvantage, I don't think anyone has suggested it is.

What people are getting worked up about is colours associated with the sexes, over nothing imo.

 

[Tin Pot]

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1128775?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

"Mothers of 32 firstborn infants aged 5-10 months were videotaped playing with a 6-month-old "actor baby." 2 female infants and 2 males appeared equally often as actor babies in sex-appropriate and cross-sex clothes and names. Sex-typed and sex-neutral toys were available. Initial toy choice varied with perceived sex of infant. Perceived boys were verbally encouraged to gross motor activity more often than perceived girls, but there were no significant differences in overall physical stimulation. However, mothers responded to the gross motor behavior of perceived boys with gross motor activity significantly more often. Results suggest early socialization in the direction of a masculine stereotype of activity and physical prowess."

Do you have anything to say, or do you think the quote alone is evidence of harm being done by having colours associated with sexes?

 

[Tin Pot]

Why have a thread about men wearing pink then? In which it is asserted that you can get away with it if you're a tough ex-army type who can face down your tormentors?

Social groups form by having differentiating characteristics, to have those characteristics strengthens your inclusion, rejecting them reduces your inclusion.

To say this thread was saying femininity is vegatice, isn't right, it's just not masculine - which is the group pertinent to the thread.

If a thread was started about some common feminine trait, I don't think anyone would assume wearing blue as a girl was negative, just not feminine. It would probably be received with some criticism as does boys wearing pink.

It's just colour of clothing, fashion might change in a few years again, who knows to what.

 

[LarryDuff]

I'd love to get some bright pink hoods on my bike.

 

[MrGrumpy]

@vickster just for the record I never lit any fires in here :-p

 

[gaijintendo]

I picked up some "Red" Clark's Red Bar tape when they were selling them for £1 and it turned out to be a rather fetching pink hue. I went for red outers for contrast. Doesn't really bother me!
I quite like having pink bar tape. I just never had the confidence to say it before this thread.

 

[User169]

Pink bikes are where it's at...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10548569@N07/907100141/sizes/l/