性别代号：女孩穿粉色，男孩穿蓝色
<p>女孩穿粉色，男孩穿蓝色，不是很常见么?但这两种颜色为何成了区分性别的常用色，这个问题倒是值得探究。</p><p><span word="Little">Little</span> <span word="Franklin">Franklin</span> <span word="Delano">Delano</span> <span word="Roosevelt">Roosevelt</span> <span word="sits">sits</span> <span word="primly">primly</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stool">stool</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="skirt">skirt</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="smoothly">smoothly</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="lap">lap</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="clasping">clasping</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hat">hat</span> <span word="trimmed">trimmed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="marabou">marabou</span> <span word="feather">feather</span>. <span word="Shoulder">Shoulder</span>-<span word="length">length</span> <span word="hair">hair</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="patent">patent</span> <span word="leather">leather</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="shoes">shoes</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ensemble">ensemble</span>.</p><p><span word="We">We</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="unsettling">unsettling</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="convention">convention</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1884, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="FDR">FDR</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="photographed">photographed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="age">age</span> 2 1/2, <span word="dictated">dictated</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="wore">wore</span> <span word="dresses">dresses</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="age">age</span> 6 <span word="or">or</span> 7, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="haircut">haircut</span>. <span word="Franklin">Franklin</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="outfit">outfit</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="gender">gender</span>-<span word="neutral">neutral</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="nowadays">nowadays</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="baby">baby</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="glance">glance</span>. <span word="Thus">Thus</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="see">see</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pink">pink</span> <span word="headband">headband</span> <span word="encircling">encircling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bald">bald</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="infant">infant</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>.</p><p><span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="children">children</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="clothing">clothing</span> <span word="styles">styles</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="dramatically">dramatically</span>? <span word="How">How</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="two">two</span> “<span word="teams">teams</span>”—<span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="blue">blue</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="pink">pink</span>?</p><p><span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="neutral">neutral</span> <span word="clothing">clothing</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="wore">wore</span> <span word="dainty">dainty</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="dresses">dresses</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="age">age</span> 6. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="practicality">practicality</span>—<span word="you">you</span> <span word="dress">dress</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="baby">baby</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="dresses">dresses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="diapers">diapers</span>; <span word="white">white</span> <span word="cotton">cotton</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="bleached">bleached</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="march">march</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="gender">gender</span>-<span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="neither">neither</span> <span word="linear">linear</span> <span word="nor">nor</span> <span word="rapid">rapid</span>. <span word="Pink">Pink</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="blue">blue</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span>, <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="pastels">pastels</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="colors">colors</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="babies">babies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="colors">colors</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="promoted">promoted</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="signifiers">signifiers</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="I">I</span>—<span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="then">then</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="out">out</span>.</p>
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