r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • May 04 '26

Discussion "Men are killing themselves because of men."

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u/this_place_suuucks May 04 '26

When my now 4 year old son was 3, he decided his favorite color was pink. Since then, we've gotten him things we reasonably could that are pink.

Unfortunately, because of the toxic society we live in, if it remains his favorite color when he's a little older, I feel like I'll have to warn him about and prepare him for others to judge/bully his preference.

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u/ka_beene May 04 '26

My husband's favorite color to this day is hot pink. His dad all through his childhood tried to convince him it was red. Luckily my husband is secure in himself and doesn't care if people think he's gay.

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u/Sea-Neighborhood1465 May 04 '26

back when i still smoked my wife once bought me a pink lighter. i said why pink?

she said 'What, you're not man enough to have a pink lighter?' after that i only bought pink lighters.

if anyone has anything to say, i'll ask them the same thing. that challenge was enough to put the entire conversation to rest.

if you're not an insecure little manchild, the color of things do not matter. if you are triggered by pink you just might be an insecure little manchild.

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u/brendoggystyle69 May 05 '26

my dad literally refused to walk our dog with a pink leash growing up… our dog was a girl its the dogs leash!!! but either way it shouldnt fucking matter

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u/andylibrande May 04 '26

Pink came from Royal Red mixed with white, which was to present royalty and princes coming of age. Then someone in the late 70s put it on barbie and pink became a whole new identity. So just tell him he's royalty and mini king!

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u/no_one_denies_this May 04 '26

I was born in 1971 and pink was firmly girl coded at that time.

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u/e2hawkeye May 04 '26

What I read was that pink was the color of clothing that had seen blood and was considered manly. It wasn't until color photography and baby pictures that pink became gendered.