Pink Toys Create Generation Of Princesses

Girls identify themselves with the pink colour before turning 3, which increases differences between genders.

Manufacturers of toys and clothes for the youngest encountered peltings of accusations from experts, who claim that products for girls being exclusively manufactured in pink can be exceptionally harmful, Telegraph reports.

Experts believe that the so-called “pink plague” brainwashes girls and stimulates gender-related stereotypes.

Sue Palmer, author of the book “Toxic Childhood” claims girls identify themselves with the pink clothes and toys before turning 3, and thus refuse products which are not of that colour.

Internet groups also touched on this issue in various forums and networks, parents and experts are getting involved in the discussion and most agree that the division on “pink and blue” only increases the differences between genders and stimulates gender-related stereotypes.

A research conducted by Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of Newcastle University showed that pink and blue, which we are used to from the words go, permanently affects us. Subjects of both genders were shown various combinations of colours and were asked to pick out their favourite colours without thinking about it.

Female subjects were prone to red and pink tones, while male subjects chose blue as their favourite colour. All subjects were adults, which suggests that girls learn how to identify themselves with the colour pink since birth.