The Politics of Pink
My son is a stereotypical boy. He is into trains, trucks, robots, lego, excavators, dinosaurs, concrete mixers ( don't dare call it a cement mixer in our house ). He is a high energy boy who runs, jumps, dances ( like Maniac from Flash Dance ), roars like a monster, growls like a pirate and does a perfect impression of a transformer transforming. And his favourite colour is pink. So yeah that last part isn't so stereotypical. But I love that he loves pink. And while I'd like to take all sorts of credit for being a gender neutral mom. It is his two girl friends at daycare that are likely the reason. They like pink. So he likes pink. Personally I love a man in a pink button down with a matching tie. But there are no pink clothes for boys. And most of the girl t-shirts in pink, also include some sort of princess element. And when I suggested a pink shirt that had a princess he emphastically said NO. During a recent t...