Las niñas van de rosauna breve historia política de los marcadores de género en la infancia
ISSN: 1888-4555, 2660-8332
Year of publication: 2020
Issue: 3
Pages: 94-103
Type: Article
More publications in: Indumenta: Revista del Museo del Traje
Abstract
The colour pink, as opposed to blue, is one of the most explicit gender markers in children’s fashion. This chromatic dimorphism between boys and girls is so well-establish nowadays, especially in the early stages, that it is difficult to resist, or, at least, to trace some signs of resistance. This paper presents in the first place the evolution that has led to this state. Secondly, it offers a political reading of this opposition between pink and blue colours, from a historical perspective of the gender markers in childhood and shows its impact in the visibility and distribution of inequality between children.