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		mogrim on Dec 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No Girls Allowed My eldest was identical - gender neutral toys when she was small, a yellow-painted bedroom, no particular bias for or against pink (she had some pink clothes, but not all), then... Bam! Pink! She turned 4 or 5 (I forget) and suddenly her life was a pink tinged fantasy of Disney Princesses, Barbie etc. No idea why.

mixmastamyk on Dec 3, 2013 [–]

School... they copy from their peer group. Some of the girls have been dressed in pink from head to toe since birth.

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