[UbuntuWomen] Ubuntu4girls projetc (Cristina Ingram)

Jacinta Richardson jarich at perltraining.com.au
Mon Oct 1 04:14:39 UTC 2007


Jan Claeys wrote:

> Now, until 50-100 years ago, in the USA pink was considered a boy's
> colour and inappropriate ("too aggressive") for girls.

For those wondering, it was too aggressive because pink was considered a shade
of red, and red - the colour of blood - was a man's colour.  Young girls and
female babies were typically dressed in blue as the Mary the mother of Jesus'
colour.

	J

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