leopard88 2,449 Posted August 28, 2018 Bringing this back from the dead because . . . Manchester United has released a pink away kit for 2018-19. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/11484191/manchester-united-unveil-pink-away-shirt-for-201819-season Ironically (or is it coincidentally), I'm currently wearing a polo shirt that is a only slightly darker shade of pink (about like this). 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 17,703 Posted August 28, 2018 Worth pointing out that the British don’t have the silly “pink = girls = cooties!” hangup that Americans do. Apparently that particular strain of toxic masculinity can’t cross the water. 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leopard88 2,449 Posted August 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Gothamite said: Worth pointing out that the British don’t have the silly “pink = girls = cooties!” hangup that Americans do. Apparently that particular strain of toxic masculinity can’t cross the water. The first pink shirt that I recall owning was purchased in London in 1986 (when I was 18) . . . while one of the other guys on the trip with me swore that he would never be caught dead in a pink shirt.* * -- His future wife bought him a pink shirt about three years later, which he has never been allowed to live down. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 3,765 Posted August 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Gothamite said: Worth pointing out that the British don’t have the silly “pink = girls = cooties!” hangup that Americans do. Apparently that particular strain of toxic masculinity can’t cross the water. Having a girl that loves purple and pink will make you get over that stuff pretty quick. When I ordered our new soccer jerseys I wanted to get the pink jerseys fir our keeprs but they weren't available in XL. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joepro 32 Posted August 28, 2018 Juventus rolls out a pink alternate every so often. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEAD! 822 Posted August 29, 2018 12 hours ago, Gothamite said: Worth pointing out that the British don’t have the silly “pink = girls = cooties!” hangup that Americans do. Apparently that particular strain of toxic masculinity can’t cross the water. Well, tell that to Norwich City. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45247073 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 3,765 Posted August 29, 2018 18 hours ago, DEAD! said: Well, tell that to Norwich City. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45247073 I think they wanted to do it because Iowa did it first. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 17,703 Posted August 29, 2018 18 hours ago, DEAD! said: Well, tell that to Norwich City. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45247073 Big difference between "this is a calming color" and "wearing it makes you look like a sissy." 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr.negative15 809 Posted August 29, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 9:00 AM, Gothamite said: Worth pointing out that the British don’t have the silly “pink = girls = cooties!” hangup that Americans do. Apparently that particular strain of toxic masculinity can’t cross the water. A little off topic but in the arena. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/summer-series-guys-and-dolls-gender-marketing-1.4068879 2 quotes from this article (and I suggest downloading the accompanying podcast) that I find really interesting. Quote In the early 1900s, a major department store declared that pink was for boys and blue was for girls. Pink was considered the stronger colour – therefore more fitting for a boy. Blue was considered delicate, more feminine. Quote This gender colour coding stayed in place for more than twenty years, until after the Second World War, when department stores and manufacturers flip-flopped the colours – stating that pink was now a feminine colour and blue masculine. ........ back to jerseys now. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
