Monday - November 30, 2009

Breaking news of the morning.  PINK is dangerous color for girls. HUH? Sorry moms.

OK, I realize it’s very foolish of me to even try and write about and venture an opinion about a subject I’m not at all familiar with. I have no training in this sort of thing but ....

I think it’s more stupid stuff.  The folks who dream up these things really need to go out and find real jobs. Don’t ya think?
I could not resist posting this article it seems so bizarre to me.  okok. Maybe girls do not need globes that are painted pink. 

Another Moonbat sign of our twisted times.

Pink toys ‘damaging’ for girls

The “pinkification” of girls’ toys is damaging their development, according to a mother who has called for a boycott of The Early Learning Centre, the retailer she claims is the worst offender.

By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor
Published: 7:00AM GMT 30 Nov 2009

Rows upon rows of pink musical instruments, dressing-up outfits, and pretend kitchens are encouraging an “obsession with body image, which starts younger and younger” and makes girls think “beauty is valued over brains”.

The campaign has been backed by Ed Mayo, the former government “consumer tsar” and author of Consumer Kids, How Big Business is Grooming our Children for Profit.

He said: “There may be worse things to worry about, but I feel this colour apartheid is one of the things that sets children on two separate railway tracks. One leads to higher pay, and higher status and one doesn’t.”

Emma Moore, a mother of two girls, founded the campaign with her twin sister Abi, a mother of two sons, after comparing the products available for their children on the high street. They have dubbed the campaign Pinkstinks.

They say the Early Learning Centre (ELC) is not that much worse than many other retailers, but it has became its primary target after reading the retailer’s mission statement. “It seems so hypocritical to us. The ELC claims its toys are designed to help children explore the boundaries of their imaginations and creativity, to make learning fun and help children be all they can be’,” said Miss Moore.

However, she points out that ELC sells pink toy washing machines, pink cash registers, and even pink globes.

“Why on earth do girls need to have a globe in pink?” said Mr Mayo. “Does it ultimately lead to the 15 per cent pay gap suffered by women further down the line?. That’s far too simplistic, but I feel gender roles are becoming polarised far too early on.”

He adds that before World War II pink was more usually associated with boys, while blue – traditionally the colour of the Virgin Mary – was linked with girls.

Emma Moore said: “Over the last 15 years or so there’s been a neon pink signpost out there we’ve all been happy to follow. It needs to change.

“We want ELC to put its money where its mouth is and to really start encouraging our daughters to be active and happy children instead of passive and preening princesses.”

A spokesman for ELC denied the company was responsible for a “colour apartheid”. She said: Come down to Early Learning Centre and see for yourself the huge range of toys in an assortment of colours. Customers can choose a red kitchen, a blue kitchen, a blue cash register, a yellow dolls house or a gorgeous farm.”

PRETTY IN PINK

I just happened upon this weird thought. Maybe this is a subject best left to mothers of daughters to talk about. Perhaps males shouldn’t have any opinion.
Still seems odd tho.

OK I have to say this anyway.  If young girls are thinking body image at younger ages, I really don’t understand why pink has anything to do with it. How about moms who push little girls into beauty contests trying to relive their youth thru their daughters?  How about the images that are tossed in our collective faces daily of models (many wearing black) who are thin and scantily clothed. And all you have to do is open the daily paper, any one them here, to see what I’m referring to. And then there’s the “entertainment” and music industries. The list can go on and on with regard to images.
Kids see things on TV and later when older on computers that parents often aren’t even aware of. But come on.  PINK?  Jeesh.

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