The Colour Pink

fasttalkerchat

In Marketing, the Pink Pound is used to refer to the gay market and buying power.
To me the colour pink is a feminine colour and not all gay men are feminine (obviously).

What are peoples opinions on the association between Homosexuality and the colour pink?

Platinum2010

I think Pink is just a colour

IMO I would't associate it with Gay men
Pink on a man Is quite attractive ,taking into account his skin tone and the shade of pink

baby and crumble

Historically, in the Nazi concentration camps a pink triangle was sewn onto the uniforms of gay prisoners, much like the star of David was sewn onto the uniforms of Jewish prisoners, to differentiate them.

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The symbol was reclaimed in the 70's as a badge of honour for gay men, and subsequently women who were fighting for rights.

Aard

I guess marketing people haven't yet realised that not all gay men want to become lovely ladies.

baby and crumble

Can I also just say that gay/ pink pound does not just equal gay men. Women are gay too you know.

diddlybit

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diddlybit

Is this thread a covert way of preparing for the debate on Monday because that's just cheeky! (I would admire your resourcefulness though.)

If it's not there is a debate as part of the Pride festival on the same topic that you might find of interest.

http://www.dublinpride.ie/events/pride-events

fasttalkerchat

zoegh wrote: »

Can I also just say that gay/ pink pound does not just equal gay men. Women are gay too you know.

The term may also refer to women/LGBT I'm not sure.
My point was that I found it a bit derogatory and wouldn't use it myself. Just wanted to see if people from within the community felt the same way.

Rachiee

aswell as the nazi pink triangle association its also just an illiteration, media loves illiteration we dont use pounds anymore either but its just catchy to say pink pound. it wouldnt bother me

apache

Alliteration dear

i'm trying to think of a gay word to go with euro

Platinum2010

Lovely Dyke wrote: »

Alliteration dear

i'm trying to think of a gay word to go with euro

Sounds like a challenge

Freiheit

It's a stereotype which is easy for the populace at large to understand, nothing more.

The association of femininity with pink is itself I believe a social construct. If the baby girl in the pram had a choice of what colour clothing to wear and had no idea of what colour she was ,by virtue of her vagina, expected to wear what would she choose????.

The Pink Panther was quite a cool dude though wasn't he?..he was a boy wasn't he?...or was he gender neutered?.

Killer_banana

Freiheit wrote: »

The association of femininity with pink is itself I believe a social construct.

Blue was originally associated with femininity and pink with masculinity but after Nazis used Pink triangles to denote gay men the colours got flipped. yes I watch too much Qi.

Aard

Freiheit wrote: »

The Pink Panther was quite a cool dude though wasn't he?..he was a boy wasn't he?...or was he gender neutered?.

Pretty sure he was a eunuch who otherwise conformed to a heteronormative lifestyle.

apache

Freiheit wrote: »

The Pink Panther was quite a cool dude though wasn't he?..he was a boy wasn't he?...or was he gender neutered?.

and then there was george the pink hippo from rainbow. but he was obviously gay.

apache

Platinum2010 wrote: »

Sounds like a challenge

i thought of a few but they pack no punch and essentially do not mean anything to do with being gay. well i suppose pink dosen't either so it might be ok!

the erudite euro
" enticing "
" epicurean "
"egalitarian "
"ebullient "
" efflorescence "
the ethos euro.

wonderfulname

The camp cents? It is a recession after all...

apache

wonderfulname wrote: »

The camp cents? It is a recession after all...

thats brilliant!

wait is that offensive?

wonderfulname

Only if pink is, only if you read it as defining a subgroup. The word itself is not insulting.

apache

someone is bound to be offended :rolleyes:

wonderfulname

Of course, if someone, somewhere, didn't find the colour pink insulting this thread wouldn't exist.

What a strange world we live in, anyway last post on this, I know I'll only drag the thread miles off topic!

Annasopra

WTF? - some people get really offended at people getting offended

wonderfulname

I am offended at such a sentiment Johnny!

alexjk

I like the colour pink. It's not my favourite but it's clearly superior to magenta. Now there's a colour we can all hate. Urgh, it's vile.

Killer_banana

alexjk wrote: »

I like the colour pink. It's not my favourite but it's clearly superior to magenta. Now there's a colour we can all hate. Urgh, it's vile.

But Magenta is a shade of pink is it not? Also I quite like it, in small doses.

alexjk

I see it as bright purple but I suppose it can be pink as well. It's like turquoise, some people see it as green and others see it as blue.

Ickle Magoo

Pink has come back into fashion as a colour for high-street mens clothing, hasn't it? Even my dad has a pink shirt - various male friends have pink, hot pink and purple shirts and t-shirts...

In short, I don't think men wearing pink is really associated with homosexuality any more.

Aard

No; now it's associated with metrosexuality \o/