DanielaLJones
What is the source of the pink and blue distinction? Is there a reason...or is there one? Is it beneficial to anyone? If you're a parent, did you or your child dress in pink or blue as a baby? Do you have any idea why?
This is an old custom, or habit, as I like to call it.
It dates back to a time when baby males were regarded as more valuable than baby girls. As a result, boys are given their own defender colour, with the intention of allowing him to live a healthy life. They chose blue because the sky is blue, and these guys will be protected from evil spirits by the heavens. People believed in bad spirits, and they believed that all evil manifests itself around us when humans are pleased, such as during births, marriages, and triumphs and successes.
As a result, people try to keep evil spirits away from their bliss. And many superstitions have developed during the last several hundred years. Even if we no longer believe in malevolent spirits, we still say "Good luck" to each other and knock on wood if things are going well and we want them to continue that way. As a result, we allow baby boys to wear sky blue, which represents the beautiful sky where all the good spirits reside.
The sky blue frock for baby girl will keep the evil spirits at bay and dissuade them from entering the baby's room. Not only the garments, but the entire room might be painted blue; in some Middle Eastern countries, even the front door is painted blue.
But, if blue can shield males from evil, what about the little girls?
Can't they have the same level of protection as the boys?
The practical answer is no; they were merely in a different colour for the sake of difference, for people who didn't know whether it was a boy or a sky blue color dress. As a result, they discovered something quite different from blue. And that hue is rose, which is the same as a baby's skin colour in Europe, where the living skin colour differs from the sky blue boyish colour.
Psychologically, the colour rose connotes health and cleanliness – which we associate with pink, beautiful skin – so it's only natural that it's a girly colour, right? True, the rose or pink does not have magical protection power, but the girls are not frightened by those bad spirits because they are valued less than the guys, and hence evil is unconcerned about them. sky blue color dress do not require a separate guard; all they require is a sign that distinguishes them from the boys.
Years have passed, and all of these beliefs have faded away, replaced by a slew of new ideas (too numerous to list).
But one thing is certain: even if we don't believe in or even remember these old myths, we nevertheless employ them in our daily lives. Because some things are handed down from generation to generation. Boys receive blue, girls get pink; it's a "habit" we've developed without thinking about it.
What's going on today?
When we first chose pink or blue based on ancient ideas, babies are completely unconcerned. But, once they've figured out who they are and what they want, they'll determine what to dress. But it's too late by then, because they've already learned that blue is for boys and pink is for females. Parents won't be able to influence them at that point, and the colour of their attire won't have an impact on their behaviours; boys and girls can't be too boyish or girlish. There is no such thing as "too."
