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April 9, 2011 01:30 pm PDT
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In great-grandma's time, little kids went around un-gendered
A hundred years ago, little boys wore pink and little girls wore blue—if their clothing was gendered at all. It wasn't always. In fact, a heavy emphasis on gendered clothing for children under the age of 6 is a relatively recent phenomenon. Smithsonian has really interesting story about the socio-cultural history of small children, gender, and clothing....Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/3wwSVwFIyjE/in-great-grandmas-ti.html
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