The Real Reason Behind Blue For Boys & Pink For Girls

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If you’re ever at a gender reveal party and find yourself questioning everything about the life decisions that have led you there, you may start wondering about how long certain gender stereotypes have been around.

Why do you just assume the couple is having a boy if blue gunpowder comes out of the cannon, or a girl if it’s pink? It may seem like the color binary goes back centuries, but the blue/pink divide is actually a far more recent concept than you might realize. Let’s take a look at the real reason behind blue for boys and pink for girls.

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Plain white tease | 0:00
Vice versa | 1:04
The first pink-blue divide | 1:40
Breaking with tradition | 2:24
'80s backtrack | 2:51
Modern times? | 3:43
All grown up | 4:38

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