{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60de27e6-b679-4a3b-a9aa-53fa8e6d0313/648d3ec4-c643-4d02-8325-104c8283eeec?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"117 - Why Do Girls Wear Pink and Boys Wear Blue?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/610b01c34d914bfe9b341828/610b024b96acbb0012904540.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>This week's episode is in the form of a question - 'Why Do Girls Wear Pink and Boys Wear Blue?' Well, Matt has a bloody crack at answering this... he goes back to the 1800s to a time before the pink and blue dichotomy, all the way up to modern day, today! US President FDR gets a mention and&nbsp;historian and author Jo Paoletti's research is referenced a lot. It's an interesting time!</p><p>Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod</a></p><p><br></p><p>Submit a topic idea directly to the hat:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://t.co/AZItwLgGls\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat&nbsp;</a></p><p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/dogoonpod\" target=\"_blank\">@DoGoOnPod</a></p><p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dogoonpod/\" target=\"_blank\">@DoGoOnPod</a></p><p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/</a></p><p>Email us:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:dogoonpod@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">dogoonpod@gmail.com</a></p><p>References and further reading:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.thelist.com/32342/real-reasons-behind-blue-boys-pink-girls/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.thelist.com/32342/real-reasons-behind-blue-boys-pink-girls/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/08/pink-wasnt-always-girly/278535/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/08/pink-wasnt-always-girly/278535/</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141117-the-pink-vs-blue-gender-myth\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141117-the-pink-vs-blue-gender-myth</a></p><p><a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1654371,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1654371,00.html</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-did-girls-start-wearing-pink-1370097/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-did-girls-start-wearing-pink-1370097/</a></p><p><a href=\"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2017/07/02/boys-wear-pink-revisited/#.WlTNtVRdJE4\" target=\"_blank\">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2017/07/02/boys-wear-pink-revisited/#.WlTNtVRdJE4</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229437155_The_Twentieth_Century_Reversal_of_Pink-Blue_Gender_Coding_A_Scientific_Urban_Legend\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229437155_The_Twentieth_Century_Reversal_of_Pink-Blue_Gender_Coding_A_Scientific_Urban_Legend</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/aug/25/genderissues\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/aug/25/genderissues</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.badscience.net/2007/08/pink-pink-pink-pink-pink-moan/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.badscience.net/2007/08/pink-pink-pink-pink-pink-moan/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.livescience.com/22037-pink-girls-blue-boys.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.livescience.com/22037-pink-girls-blue-boys.html</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/10/pink-used-common-color-boys-blue-girls/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/10/pink-used-common-color-boys-blue-girls/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://people.howstuffworks.com/gender-color.htm\" target=\"_blank\">https://people.howstuffworks.com/gender-color.htm</a></p> ","author_name":"Do Go On Media"}