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2007-08-21 Science & Technology

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-08-21 10:29|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I'm not too sure of this. I once heard that up until the middle of the 19th century, red was considered the "masculine" color because it was the color of blood, and only men went off to war to blead, and so on--the cultural shift to viewing warm colors as "feminine" only occurred about 100 or so years ago.

Posted by Mike 2007-08-21 10:43|| 2007-08-21 10:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Explain it to that guy. I'm sure he'd like to have an excuse.

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-21 12:39|| 2007-08-21 12:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Difficult to tell from the article whether this is crap science or (more likely) crap reporting.

The pink fruit explanation seems unlikely since ripe fruit and berries are red and not pink. Except, of course, when they are blue, yellow or orange.

Posted by SteveS 2007-08-21 13:13|| 2007-08-21 13:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I got news for Doc Hurlbert: I'm a woman (last time I checked) and I LOATHE pink. Always have.

Posted by sofia">sofia 2007-08-21 15:57|| 2007-08-21 15:57|| Front Page Top

#5 the cultural shift to viewing warm colors as "feminine" only occurred about 100 or so years ago.

global warming.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-21 16:24|| 2007-08-21 16:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Men tend to be judged by acts, and women by appearances fair or unfairly. The corolation to this is men wear colors that blend in and women wear colors to stand out. Pink stands out, I believe it's as simple as that. There are exceptions of course, Rockstars being the best example, that reverse this trend very successfully but the trend is there none-the-less.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-08-21 17:52|| 2007-08-21 17:52|| Front Page Top

#7 I sure hope that guy in the graphic lost a bet or something.

Posted by gorb 2007-08-21 18:57|| 2007-08-21 18:57|| Front Page Top

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