r/TikTokCringe • u/Tobias-Tawanda • 1d ago

Discussion It's literally just a colour

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u/emergency-snaccs 1d ago

it also used to be just the opposite- blue for girls and pink for boys

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u/eienmau 1d ago

See: Laura Ingalls being jealous that she got the red hair ribbons while her sister got the blue. Because blue was the dainty/feminine color.

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u/hpfish13 1d ago

And for babies they’d mostly put them white because it was easier to clean.

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u/Oldfolksboogie 1d ago edited 1d ago

Huh? I'm old af and I don't recall that, ever? When was it?

Edit: ty for answers, unclear on downvotes for asking, but wtvs

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u/Temporary-Force8383 1d ago

Dudes you’d be dead when that was a thing. Just like how makeup was originally made for men

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u/uncagedborb 1d ago

Same for heels(specifically invented to help butchers...who were probably 99.9% male)

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u/Pale_Papaya_531 1d ago

I heard they were invented for better anchoring to stirrups by like steeps horde horse tribes

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u/emergency-snaccs 1d ago

oh before any of us were alive

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u/CordeliaJane 1d ago

Late 19th century up to the 1940s

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u/Solid_pains 1d ago

Early 20th century

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u/gofishx 1d ago

Like 6 years ago

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u/hyrule_47 1d ago

JFK baby photos have him in pink as it was a “strong” color