Pink vs Blue

 I call the gender debate a debate between life choices and not just between pink or blue.

When we go to a shop we often find separate floors for shopping based on gender. From the colour of the wall to the colour of the merchandise we purchase, our conventionally accepted choices are so different from how our opposite gender is showcased. We find a product in five different colours but usually even this variety does not exceed the stereo-typically accepted choices for the given gender. How does one define better taste when it comes to colors, without compromising on unconventional individuality?

The society names you a girl and because you are named a girl you are expected to develop the few girl-like qualities (which are again decided by the society). If at all you do not grow up as the society termed you, one is stamped as a spoilt brat. To me it seems like- you are a girl, you must like pink, you must grow your hair, you must love  cooking and taking care of all things in the house. It is alright if it is a choice you make but limiting and if one is catering to societal assumptions alone.

This is what standardising does- provide a cube and metal boxes to fit in. It looks simple and considered normative but it is unfair when one is trying to make sense of the complexity. The society is paired – Girl vs boy , single vs committed, tall vs short, dark vs fair, working vs home maker so on and so forth. Once you fall in a particular category you have no choice but to start liking the traits that signify that category. Let this not happen only because it is the norm.

The world offers multitudes of colors and choices and let us not restrict ourselves because we are expected to satisfy the society. Let us start satisfying ourselves first.