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19 May 2012, 9:26 am

Why do so many people in the real world out there say that men shouldn't wear pink? What is wrong with a man wearing a shirt that is a shade of pink?


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19 May 2012, 11:58 am

It's seen as feminine nowadays, but it actually used to be the opposite. Pink was for boys and blue was for girls. I remember hearing a story about how in the early 1900s department stores were trying to decide on what colors to make their boys and girls clothing and decided on pink for boys because it's close to red which is masculine. I think this trend lasted until the 1940s.


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19 May 2012, 12:30 pm

There was a discussion about this in The Philosoraptor Thread, and I posted a link there about pink being the former masculine color and blue being the former feminine color.

http://history.verdeserve.com/pink-wasn ... masculine/

I do not see what is wrong with a male wearing pink. I've seen guys wear pink before, and some tend to look better in pink than others, but there's nothing wrong with it...


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20 May 2012, 5:09 am

This is also covered in the QI episode "boys & girls", is on YouTube in full somewhere. And I might've posted it in the related thread ages ago
Also goes on to explain how boys were even called girls.

Also, though don't blame me, has possibly the greatest-timed joke ever but that can stay as a surprise. ;)



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20 May 2012, 8:04 am

Men shouldn't wear pink unless they have very dark skin and are black, basically. It looks terrible with any other skin tone.



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20 May 2012, 8:08 am

Guys can wear pink, whatever, just don't wear it to a metal concert.



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20 May 2012, 9:23 am

blue_bean wrote:
Guys can wear pink, whatever, just don't wear it to a metal concert.


Done it, but was safely on stage with a solid piece of wood in my hands. :lol:



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20 May 2012, 1:55 pm

SteelMaiden wrote:
Why do so many people in the real world out there say that men shouldn't wear pink? What is wrong with a man wearing a shirt that is a shade of pink?

Actually, from what I've seen it's not weird for a man to wear a pink shirt these days, namely if you're an office worker. It's kids that think it's wrong.


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20 May 2012, 3:10 pm

From throwing everything into the washer at all once, I think a few of my clothes have obtained a slight pink hue. And I'm completely comfortable with that. :D



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20 May 2012, 3:24 pm

I guess I'll just wear pink tomorrow to piss people off and maybe get myself assaulted by random bypassers for wearing pink.



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21 May 2012, 2:29 am

Fudo wrote:
blue_bean wrote:
Guys can wear pink, whatever, just don't wear it to a metal concert.


Done it, but was safely on stage with a solid piece of wood in my hands. :lol:

that sounds interesting ;)

men in pink and lavender look cool to me, because it isn't "the norm". they catch my eye.


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21 May 2012, 3:27 am

I would never wear pink.
I'd rather be dead that have people think I was gay.



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21 May 2012, 8:00 am

There is yet hope perhaps... Lol Ty Hyper :)

I'd rather be gay, or be thought of as gay than be afraid of the stigma..
Got more than enough irrational fears ;)



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21 May 2012, 8:32 am

NeueZiel wrote:
Men shouldn't wear pink unless they have very dark skin and are black, basically. It looks terrible with any other skin tone.


I disagree. Pink can look good on men, even if their skin tone isn't all that dark.



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22 May 2012, 2:19 am

NeueZiel wrote:
Men shouldn't wear pink unless they have very dark skin and are black, basically. It looks terrible with any other skin tone.


If that's the case, then men shouldn't have females in their avatars. :wink:


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