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What if color wasn’t associated with gender? | Riley Callais-Jackson | TEDxYouth@Columbus


blue for boys pink for girls that’s just

how it is but what if it wasn’t what if

color wasn’t associated with gender now

first of all why the colors blue and

pink in the first place I mean they

could have picked any colors why blue

and pink research was done where they

asked adults their favorite colors woman

raided the red shades higher but blue

came out on top for both genders they

the collagen of the research think that

the woman rated the registry attire

because women are usually gathers and

they got used to the registered some

berries but here’s a different

hypothesis if girls are only exposed to

certain colors or or toys then what do

you expect them to like a famous a

famous study was done where they dressed

the same baby in different colors and

had people play with it if the baby was

in blue then they automatically thought

it was a boy so they played physical

games with it and encourage it to play

the squeaky hammer if the baby was

dressed in pink they automatically

thought it was a girl so so they found a

doll for it to play with and gently

rocked it now I’m guessing you’re

wondering why I chose this topic so I’ll

tell you once on the playground at

school I saw a boy getting made fun of

for wearing a pink shirt and that didn’t

make me feel good I don’t think it would

make you feel good good either I want to

incur I want to encourage everyone to

help stop gender stereotyping here a

I baby showers you could use

gender-neutral colors not pink if it’s a

girl blue if it’s a boy second Christmas

gifts if you if your aunt uncle grandma

grandpa if you if you think you have to

get a girl a doll every year you’re

wrong you get a girl in action figure

clothes if you’re a boy and you want to

wear a pink shirt just wear it I mean

it’s what you want to do in Halloween

costumes finally if you’re a girl and

you think you have to be a fairy

princess every year because you’re a

girl well you’re wrong I was iron man

last year in conclusion I think you

should use some of these ways and make

up your own to stop what’s happening

stop gender stereotyping thank you [Applause]

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