...why do people think its gay for guys to wear pink?

Question

i mean like. I like pink, and wear it, and a lot of people think I'm gay. lol. just because of the color I'm wearin. wierd people out there.

Answer 1

Yes Real, Straight, Tough, men wear pink!

Answer 2

Probably because pink is stereotyped as a "girl" color. That's why they say "It takes a real man to wear pink". Cos most guys are too worried of what others will think of them. But I don't really get how people can see a guy wearing a pink shirt and go "Oh, they must be gay". I mean, it's like walking up to someone who's eating a banana, and going "Oh, they must be a dirty person." I mean, where's the difference, really?

Answer 3

I agree. I think that a lot of guys look really good in pink shirts. Who knows why it's like that. Where I live, guys can't wear pink, and nobody can wear purple, or anything with rainbows without someone accusing you of being gay. Come on people, they're just colors! And whether or not the person wearing them is gay doesn't matter. We're all human, and that should be the only thing that does.

Answer 4

Because the stereotype is that gay men wear feminine colors like pink so when guys wear pink they automatically think they're gay. Personally I think if you're comfortable with wearing pink, wear it, who cares what other people think! I think some guys actually look cute in pink!

Answer 5

They associate the color with femininity when it's actually the opposite.

Pink is bold, masculine, and daring. Blue is more weak, delicate and dainty.

People USED to be in their right frame of minds but then all of a sudden we got backwards. Like some people think the partner being the 'bottom' is the one in pain and the top only receives pleasure but actually the bottom receives MORE pleasure than the top. The bottom is also the one more in control.

So a lispy, queen in a pink shirt that's a bottom is actually innately more powerful than a straight top man with a blue backwards baseball cap. But people don't look at it that way!!!

Answer 6

At one point pink was considered more of a boy's color, as a watered-down red, which is a fierce color) and blue was morefor girls. The associate of pink with bold, dramatic red clearly affected its use for boys. An American newspaper in 1914 advised mothers, "If you like the color note on the little one's garments, use pink for the boy and blue for the girl, if you are a follower of convention." [The Sunday Sentinal, March 29, 1914.] A woman's magazine in 1918 informed mothers, "There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is pertier for the girl." [Ladies Home Journal, June, 1918] This undoubteldy strikes modern readers as very surprising indeed. Some sources suggest it was not until the 1940s that the modern gender associations with color became universally accepted.

The color pink is now associated with womanhood and little girls, just like light blue is associated with little boys and manhood. However, in 1918 "Infant's Department" (an industry publication) said the reverse was the "generally accepted rule", describing pink as "more decided and stronger" while blue was "more delicate and dainty" . Pink continued to be used for both boys' and girls' clothing through the early 1960s, though it is becoming more and more associated with femininity. For example, Carrie from Sex and the City often wears pink dresses. Pink is also the signature color for Elle from the Legally Blonde movie series.
The color pink also has an association with female genitalia. Used as a slang term to refer to female genitalia.

Pink is also associated with gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, often in the form of a pink triangle. This symbolic usage stems from the symbols used by the Nazis to label their prisoners in the concentration camps . Where Jews were forced to wear the familiar yellow stars of David, and Roma people were forced to wear a black triangle; men imprisoned on accusations of homosexuality or same sex sexual activity were forced to wear a pink triangle. Nowadays, it is often worn with pride.

In 1993, artist Gioia Fonda created a conceptual piece in the form of a week long holiday called "pink week". The intention of pink week is to liberate the color pink from all dogma and simply celebrate the color pink as a color. Although the artist acknowledges that it is nearly impossible for most people in our culture not to associate certain meanings with certain colors, she hopes that we can let pink, and all colors for that matter, be just colors for one week a year.

Gender stereotyping starts even before a child is born. As
friends and family buy gifts for an upcoming birth, color
choices are often limited to pale green or yellow if the baby's
gender is to be a surprise. If the baby's sex is known, or after
the child is born, pale pinks and small flowers adorn newborn
girls' clothing, while light blue with trucks and sports
insignia adorn newborn boys' clothes.

Answer 7

I didn't know know they thought that! Hey. I got it! The old tradition that blue is for baby boys & pink is for girls! Maybe? Yes, a lot of weird people out there. I had a friend who was anything but gay, & looked terrific in pink shirts. (At least the gals all thought so!) Just keep wearing it--anyone so silly should be ignored!

Answer 8

Weird people indeed! I think a man with dark hair looks great in pink! Honestly do you really care what people think? I don't think you do because you already said you wear pink to school.

Answer 9

some people are wierd but alot of men streigh or gay look good in pink i personaly think that a real men wears pink

Answer 10

because hwne you were yooung you were brought up in an environement were ususlly little girls and women only wear pinks but since it the new trend and generation some guys want to change the tradtion...so they are not gay! just having fun! with "PINK."

i find it very cute though haha