all is not what it seems onlineThe article that went to print has no resemblance to the one in this link so I wouldn't trust (or even bother reading)what NS has in its website. Anyone read the latest edition of American science,... they probably are (hardwired that is )
Can someone tell me how "Hurlbert thinks that women might prefer pinker shades because – in cultures where pink represents girlishness and femininity – they have learned to identify with it." adds up to Women being hardwired to like pink? The whole gatherer of ripe "red" fruit thing is pure speculation based on no evidence. The media just decided they wanted that headline. Just shows the danger of the pop media making "sexy" headlines out of speculative science.
If I remember correctly, I was once told that male babies were dressed in pink during victorian times. Does anyone know if this is correct?
Don't men like gathering ripe fruit from time to time?
Can someone please tell me what ripe fruits look like that vile Barbie pink colour that girls seem so fond of? Ones genetically modified to be full of E numbers perhaps?
And, as Lucibee says, I'm a man who likes ripe fruit, so why do I hate pink so much?
Funny, though, I don't think women in the far east have the same thing about pink as we are supposed to in the west. Although personally I hate pink - well, maybe hate is too strong a word...
To M Batchelor - not only in Victorian times. My own father, who was born in the early 1920's used to torment me by showing me a photo of himself as a baby in a little pink frock - saying "this is me, when I was a littel girl". The torment was as a result of my being unable to reconcile the fact that the big, stubbly man in front of me, was once a little girl!!
Aahh, Lucibee, (or should it be Lucifer??) you are indeed a cruel mistress.
No, he who gave me life was not from the Dominican Republic. He didn't half screw me 'ead up, tho'.
This pink for a little girl, blue for a boy nonsense arrived, as does much else, from the United States in the late forties - comprising sentimental ballads of that title, together with marketing strategies.
Today, little western girls espouse pink because it has now become traditional and is featured in all advertising.
I do not believe any human is 'hardwired' to prefer any colour at all - although some animals and birds (so we are told) actually are. Bees, for instance, from my own observation, will always favour a yellow flower over one of any other colour. Having lavished their attention on all yellow blooms they will then tackle the remainder, of whatever colour.
Originally posted by Lucibee: There's also the amethyst coral berry - Symphoricarpos doorenbosii 'Kordes'
Someone's gone to a lot of trouble in Wikipedia to show lots of shades of pink. Is Wiki considered an OK URL to post? If I get suspended again it'll be curtains. Enter pink in the Wiki search box and scroll down
Originally posted by TrueSceptic: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Lucibee: There's also the amethyst coral berry - Symphoricarpos doorenbosii 'Kordes'
Someone's gone to a lot of trouble in Wikipedia to show lots of shades of pink. Is Wiki considered an OK URL to post? If I get suspended again it'll be curtains. Enter pink in the Wiki search box and scroll down (QUOTE]
Gee, I hope they list the fascinating Chanteuse 'Pink' - wot a corkah!!! Respectfully, Old Arab Lecher.
Pink (noun) - A small sailing ship, usually with a narrow stern. Pink (verb) - To stab or pierce, especially with a sword or rapier. Pink (noun) - A yellow lake. Pink (verb) - To wink, blink, peer or peep. Pink (noun) - A minnow Pink (noun) - A tinkling sound, a chaffinch's note, a type of sea bird.
Originally posted by Lucibee: [COLORARKPINK]More about pink:[/COLOR]
Pink (noun) - A small sailing ship, usually with a narrow stern. Pink (verb) - To stab or pierce, especially with a sword or rapier. Pink (noun) - A yellow lake. Pink (verb) - To wink, blink, peer or peep. Pink (noun) - A minnow Pink (noun) - A tinkling sound, a chaffinch's note, a type of sea bird.
Pink - irregularity in engine tone, normally caused by carburretor problem.
Pink - as in Pinking Shears - irregular edges deliberately cut in material so as to avoid fraying.
This has reminded me of Desmond Morris, the anthropologist's theory that women put lipstick on to make their lips look like their "other bits". ie. a completely unprovable but mildly interesting sounding factoid to entertain people with at your next dinner party (it certainly doesn't explain why women don't like having facial hair).
Perhaps a few factoids about men are required to add balance to this thread. Anyone got anthropological theories as to why men like playing with their guns, spears, rockets and trains?
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