My Pink Boy

[ChildOfTheLight]

This is a bit old, but a quick search didn't turn anything up, so here it is.

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"From the time he could talk, it was clear Liam was different from other boys. Watching "Dragon Tales" on PBS, he identifies with Cassie, the smart, shy girl dragon. Although he's becoming interested in medieval weaponry, he also spends a lot of time imagining he's Tinkerbelle. He was a fairy for Halloween, complete with gauzy skirt, gossamer wings and jeweled tiara. When Liam's grandma asked what he most wanted for Hanukkah this year, he said, without a moment's hesitation: a pink princess dress. So his loving, accepting, open-minded grandmother bought him one. He prances around our house wearing it, with pink Converse sneakers, brandishing the homemade sword his father fashioned out of bamboo from our yard."

[SusanK]

This is a bit old, but a quick search didn't turn anything up, so here it is...

Interesting. Around the 1900's, plus or minus a decade or two, the choice of colors for children were reversed, pink for boys and blue for girls. Shows you what a few wars can do for gender stereotypes. And many boys were raised as girls or neutral for a few years until about 6-8 years old when they were switched to boy clothes and activities. And in some cultures, even today, boys are allowed to be girls until puberty and they can decide who they want to be.