I’m tired of gendered baby clothing.

Popped into our local supermarket for the weekly shop (I’m UK based) and went to the baby clothing section to get some tights/leggings for our 4mo boy, so that we can layer under pants, etc for warmth during winter. Obvs all of it was separated by gender and colour (which also irks me cos colour has no gender). Went to the boys side first cos I guess that’s where all the blues are - he just happens to look good in blues and greens - and couldn’t find a single pair. Went to the girls side, and well, picture as evidenced. I… honestly don’t care that it’s pink and yellow. At 4mo neither does he. I just want him warm and comfy. What annoys me is that do people actually think boys don’t need/shouldn’t wear tights, and need to “tough it out” or some nonsense like that? Out of curiosity I checked the aisle of older kids clothes and again, all the nice warm leggings were closer to the girls’ clothes, and I just… why??? Do they think boys don’t want warm feet/legs too?? And aye, I know other stores probably have gender neutral tights. It’s not my point.

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Yes, it's absolutely ridiculous. The sad thing is a lot of people believe that's how it should be... At least there are online brands that have gone past that.

This is a fairly new practice that has just gotten out of hand. Gendered baby clothes didn’t start until mid-early 1900s and before that it was about what matched baby’s hair/eye color (pinks for brown hair/brown eyes and blues for blond hair/blue eyes). Then a little later on, someone decides that blue is a daintier color thus should be for girls, while pink is closer to red (a powerful color) thus should be for boys. Yeah, go figure. Then sometime around 1950?60?, someone else said “Ehhhhh, red is more romantic. So let’s make pink for girls, because women are emotional. And let’s make blue for boys and just convince people that they should put their boys in blue. Well…it’s working for most of the world. Especially those who are obsessed with gender reveals. The overarching issue, I believe, is the general acceptance of gender roles. Too many citizens of our world accept the societally norms gender roles down to the color and style of their children’s clothing. 🤷🏾‍♀️