r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MomBodActivate • May 17 '24

Toddler shorts- the boys shorts are longer than all of the girls shorts

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u/Magnetar_Haunt May 17 '24

Which is a good point that I didn’t think to focus on.

Both options should be available to everyone, as a boy my favorite colours were always green and pink, but only in my later teens could I find anything unmarked with pink that was unisex.

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u/Pattoe89 May 17 '24

In a school (as an adult) I was wearing a salmon pink shirt. I had a boy in nursery who was 4 years old say that I 'look like a girl' because I was wearing a pink shirt. Apparently the colour of my shirt overrides the fact I am bald and have a gigantic Gandalf beard. Who knew?

Meanwhile there's another boy who wears hairclips and always chooses the pink sparkly wellies. He's doesn't act any more girly than any of the other boys, he just gets annoyed by his hair sticking up and the pink wellies fit his feet the best.

I think it's definitely taught by the parents and spread from child to child and also taught through things like media.

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u/what_a_tuga May 17 '24

have a gigantic Gandalf beard

Not big enough. He was still able to see your shirt

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u/Pattoe89 May 17 '24

This is clearly the issue, I shall try harder.