Pink and Blue Project

Nowadays if you walk down the aisles of children's clothes shop, you will see rows and rows of clothes in...

• pink for girls

• blue for boys

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Are little girls are genetically attracted to pink, and little boys to blue?

• It seems: Yes, they are.

• It seems: No they aren't.

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Before the II World War the colour pink was for boys, and teh colour blue was for girls.

• True.

• False

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Before the II. World War pink was the colour of boys because

• this color was considered stronger

• this was what mothers wanted

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Before the II. World War blue was the colour of girls because

• this was what fathers wanted

• this colour was considered more delicate

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After the II. World War the colour pink became the colour of girls, the colour blue became the colour of boys.

• True

• False

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The change happened because

• the idea of women being equal to men emereged

• it turned out that pink is also a delicate colour

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Nowadays girls' toys are based on..

• cars and building

• dolls and dressing

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Nowadays boys's toys are based on.

• building and cars

• dolls and dressing

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The toys we play with influence our interests, and even the jobs that we end up getting.

• False

• True

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