A soon-to-be-boy-mom got absolutelyroastedon social mediaafter her request for a “boy car seat” wentviral. The distressed woman, who had been donated a pink infant car seat, had been urgently looking for alternatives to match her future son’sgenderbetter. As a result, people have been mocking thepregnantlady’s ridiculousheteronormative bias.
The post was captioned: “The one I got for free isn’t the want I wanted.”
As per the screenshot, apregnant woman, whose identity has been blurred, explained: “I’m looking for a newborn car seat for a boy, I’m due any day now.
“I was given one but unfortunately, it’spink.
“If anyone is willing to trade or maybe even donate a boy one. It will be greatly appreciated.”
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A soon-to-be-boy-mom got absolutely roasted on social media after her request for a “boy car seat” went viral
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Nevertheless, plenty of Redditors ruthlessly ridiculed the mom, as a person asked: “Is she worried about the other babies making fun of him for having a pink car seat?”
“I’m 99.9% sure that they’re afraid it will make himgay,” an observer commented.
“Safety is gendered, NASA,Bill Gates, and the Masons don’t want you to know this.
“It’s actually apart of the sinister gay agenda. Stay informed.”
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A netizen recalled: “I gave someone a pink blanket for their firstborn; they told me later they liked it so much they used it for all their ensuing children, including the then-current newborn, a boy.
“‘It’s pink and I don’t care.’ (It was super soft/cozy.)
The woman, who had been donated a pink infant car seat, had been urgently looking for alternatives to match her future son’s gender better
“Nothing worse than trying to leave the hospital with a newborn and they refuse to get in the car seat because it’s pink,” a cybernaut sarcastically noted.
An additional Redditor penned: “I heard this is the number one cause of homosexuality.”
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“I don’t know this person but I am 100% positive this is what’s happening.”
A separate individual chimed in: “I got all pink stuff from my sister. When I go out they sometimes think my son is a girl.
“I am just glad I didn’t have to buy all this stuff. She should be grateful.”
People have been mocking the pregnant lady’s ridiculous heteronormative bias
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The color pink being associated with thefemale genderis a modern concept. In fact, pink was historically considered a masculine color.
“If you go back to the 18th century, little boys and little girls of the upper classes both wore pink and blue and other colors uniformly,” Valerie Steele, director of the Museum at FIT, the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, toldCNNin 2018.
In old catalogs and books, pink was the color for little boys, Leatrice Eiseman, a color expert and executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, informed the American broadcaster.
Leatrice continued: “It was related to the mother color of red, which was ardent and passionate and more active, more aggressive.
“Even though you reduce the shade level, it was a color that was associated with boys.”
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An article titledPink or Blue, published in the trade journalThe Infants’ Departmentin 1918, reportedly said that the generally accepted rule was that pink was for boys and blue was for girls.
“The reason is that pink being a decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy,” the dated article read.
Moreover,gender neutralitywas also favored in previous generations. Jo Paoletti, professor emerita at the University of Maryland, explained in her bookPink and Blue: Telling the Boysfrom the Girlsin Americathat in the 19th century, parents preferred to dress their children in white so as not to emphasize their gender,Forbesreported in 2023.
The color pink being associated with the female gender is a modern concept
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Jo wrote: “Fewparentsin 1880 would be comfortable dressing their year-old son to express his masculinity or choosing clothing to accentuate their infant daughter’s femininity.
“Gendered dress was considered inappropriate for young children whose asexual innocence was often cited as one of their greatest charms.”
Not for any special reason, though; she supposedly just liked the way it set off her skin tone and pretty blue eyes, the defunct outlet stated.
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The First Lady’s full-skirted, rhinestone-covered pale pink ballgown and opera gloves she wore to her husband’s 1953 inauguration reportedly became the antithesis of the overalls women had been wearing to work in factories during the war.
During the Eisenhower administration in theUS, the White House featured so many pink furnishings that it came to be known as “the Pink Palace.”
Pink was historically considered a masculine color
According to child development experts, children only become conscious of their gender between ages three and four, and they do not realize it is permanent until age six or seven,Smithsonian Magazinereported.
At the same time, however, they are the subjects of sophisticated and pervasive advertising that tends to reinforce social conventions. “So they think, for example, that what makes someone female is having long hair and a dress,’’ Jo explained. “They are so interested—and they are so adamant in their likes and dislikes.”
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The author highlighted parents of children who do not conform to gender roles, saying: “One thing I can say now is that I’m not real keen on the gender binary—the idea that you have very masculine and very feminine things.
“The loss of neutral clothing is something that people should think more about.
“And there is a growing demand for neutral clothing for babies and toddlers now, too.”
The retired professor further explained: “There is a whole community out there of parents andkids who are strugglingwith ‘My son really doesn’t want to wear boy clothes, prefers to wear girl clothes.’”
The post on Reddit continued to ignite gender bias debates
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