To Pink or To Blue. That's the Question.

Clothes, according to me were supposed to protect the body and keep it warm. Also, to show how you feel: like a hoodie means sleepy, and maybe the most expensive dress means a party. But, when did we start telling biology with cotton?

Many scholars agree that gender is an important social construct, now that's debatable. Whether it is a construct for a definition or segregation is controversial. But the real issue is: Where does this line need to blur so people can be themselves?

The world is familiar with the clothing lines being very patriarchal, starting from corsets or pockets, you see either too tight or too small is not the comfort anyone is looking for.

"I should get few ribs taken out cause I will be in that damn Corset."-Helena Bonham Carter.

While most may oppose this nine-inch torture, it was not quite the reason it was once started.

These merry things started as an elegant yet hidden way the society showed its power over women, but it has evolved into an elegant yet powerful way of expressing one's nature. Just like corsets are excepted by some; rejected by others, similar nature is shown by people towards others who wear what they wanted.

Clothes, because the sky is the limit...no?

"I didn't know there were options like Gender Neutral or Gender Fluid. I later realized you can be a girl and dress like a boy." -Ruby Rose.

Emotional traits are masculine and feminine, for instance traditional 'men's' clothes need to be bold, macho, or tough where as women's are required to show elegance, a soft side, and purity. This wasn't much of a case in ancient times, where if you are rich you can wear whatever you want.

Makeup? Sure!

High Heels? Sure!

The skin of a bear? Sure!

When we say that we have a barrier in the clothing industry we don't just mean people having trouble fitting in, we mean the literal definition of your entire existence can be justified by which aisle you buy from.

Many people out there have been bullied because of the clothes they prefer, whether it is makeup worn by men or revealing clothes by Gaga, the tradition to pull down never leaves anyone.

What the reality has for us, is this issue is purely man-made, why do we care what someone has in their wardrobe, why does a tweet go viral when a man completely conscious of his sexuality wears a spectacular dress? Why, by just wearing eyeliner, a teenage boy can become a victim of a hate crime?

Roses are red, Violets are blue.

They are colors not gender google maps for you.

"Writers in the old times used to say that white is for female fairies, peach is for male faires and Hazel is for the ones who are not quite sure who they are."

The majority of people in Germany had a norm of: blue is for girls and pink is for boys then the Nazi King Hitler came and made it the other way around, hence what we see today.

It is not just about pink and blue, it is about the traits associated with them when a father tells his young son that 'Pink is for girls because it is soft and you are a boy, boys wear bold colors.' he is associating only girls can be kind modest and nice, and his daughter who heard them now believes that only boys can be bold and strong.

And yes a lot of people out there are breaking the norms which doesn't mean that it is just that easy, being termed gay when men wear anything culturally 'feminine' is a big issue at hand.

94% of Gen Z doesn't care until the person is comfortable and they even say it looks great on them. It is kind of ironic that people who teach youngsters colors now need to be thought that they are just colors.

When things come down to make-up and dresses, the reaction is the same, 96% of Millennials and Gen Z has no problem and often encourage to make it more neutral for anyone to wear them. When male celebrities wear dresses they are tormented as gay or girly, and often discouraged by the media, which is weird to me because looking feminine, is termed as an insult.

At the end of the day, what they or anyone chooses to wear is their personal choice, and judgemental remarks like these are childish.

Sexual Orientation and Appearance are two separate things,

being straight is no excuse for your bad fashion sense.

"It's Funny when guys don't like talking about makeup. I am like 'You know we are wearing makeup right?' we all are." - Jon Hamm

When movies in Bollywood want to show an LGBTQ+ character you already hear the bubbly music ahead of time and the unicorn palette is served to blind your vision, there is no problem with showing the fanboyish glare on them but mostly it is the only way we view them.

There needs to be more stories that are shown to represent the community, but that's not the topic, the topic is if someone else wears it, they are automatically judged on it, and we need to normalize people wearing whatever they want. Men wearing makeup, high heels, and having long hair or nails, painting their nails;

Women wearing suits and having short hair, wearing hats, hijabs, and burquas;

Non-binary, Gender-fluid pals wearing a dress, long nails, suits, or a dinosaur onesie.

It really doesn't matter.

It really shouldn't matter, and people like Harry Styles, BTS, Manskin, and many more are showing that every day. And there is nothing less masculine about anyone one of them, they are more prized than the rest because they are making young minds realize that everyone deserves to feel sensitive and strong.

For it is okay for a girl to be a pirate and it is okay for a boy to be a princess. It is okay to be cute and adorable, or bold and strong.

And honestly? Wear that armor, the element in your wardrobe that makes you feel alive, be it a nail polish color, a tie, or a bracelet. Let that be, the smallest or the biggest of changes, because taking pride is not a crime, and pride honors equality.

Dressing up was never about blue or pink, it has always been about the separation of genders when it should have been about the representation of humanity.

That's all.

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