We Made It Pink, Now Buy It - Because women will buy anything if it's "girly" enough, right?

[HG 400]

 

[Kelly Bundy]

Oh lord have mercy... I don't mind pink tools when they are made pink for breast cancer and the profits go to a good cause but these aren't for it. Why, just why? Because females want cute pink things?

 

[MysteriousStranger]

when i first was getting into guns, i remember the marketing for Smith and Wesson in the 1980's at the time had offerings for cosmetically altered pistols under the "Ladysmith" product line.

My first firearms instructor recommended we buy a pink Ladysmith and load it with 'safety bullets' because it would look better to a jury after we'd blown a hole in a burglar.

In reality, 'safety bullets' are shot shells. They're 'safe' because they don't penetrate walls and do damage in unintended places, but they can seriously fuck up anything soft they hit at close range, like flesh.

Little guns for women are a terrible idea, though. The metal of the frame absorbs a lot of the energy of the blast, so a little gun will kick and sting like hell.

 

[Hen in a tie]

The original offender

there's like only one pink pen tho, not girly enough!

 

[Y2K Baby]

I like pink.

 

[AlineBawb]

There's an awesome documentary called Pink Ribbons, Inc. about the Susan G Koman foundation and the mass marketing or pinkwashing of breast cancer "awareness" products used as a cutesy marketing tactic to sell products to women. Corporations like Avon for instance, who is a huge "awareness" marketer, who's products contain ingredients that are known to cause breast cancer. Or carcinogen filled Kentucky Fried Chicken who did the Buckets for the Cure campaign.
It's pretty eye opening and you should totally watch it.

 

[Yellow Yam Scam]

My girlfriend refused to own a gun until I showed her that she could get it in pretty colors and accessorize it with a stylish holster, so whatever it takes fam...

 

[Cripple]

The stuff aimed at kids and tweens are the worst pink offenders.

I sued my school for gender discrimination because they only had boys' microscopes. You want me to look for parasite eggs in a fecal sample with a microscope that doesn't accommodate my delicate female fingers?!

 

[Bob Loblaw]

The Dodge and the Lady Smith are gorgeous.

 

[widowspiderling]

I've seen this around but it's this browning camo that's pink, but now it's for wipes? It's on the same level as dude wipes for me. You don't need to add fancy names, logos, and patterns to things you wipe your ass with.

 

[Mrs Paul]

Remember all those pink sports jerseys? Because women couldn't possibly support their teams in their ACTUAL colors. Ugh. I never saw a grown woman wearing one, either. At least no Pittsburgh fans. A few little kids, but no adults.

And I thought that the push to make toy guns in bright colors was to prevent them from being mistaken for the real thing? Doesn't this sort of defeat the purpose?

 

[AnimuGinger]

https://www.target.com/p/apollo-tools-pink-tool-collection/-/A-15092228

 

[nad7155]

This section is gross.

 

[UnicornPiss]

I saw these at the store the other day and was like "Really? Really?" I don't even mind pink stuff but this shit has gone beyond parody at this point.
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Some pink earplugs for women are smaller to fit smaller ear canals, but unless it specifies that, yeah it's fucking stupid.

 

[Kaabi]

The original offender

I actually bought a set of these at my college bookstore just for the nice colors. I needed a new set of pens and i can't resist nice colors/designs on a pen. But i bought this version instead.

 

[cumrobbery]

I've seen this around but it's this browning camo that's pink, but now it's for wipes? It's on the same level as dude wipes for me. You don't need to add fancy names, logos, and patterns to things you wipe your ass with.

I can never get over just how ugly that camo is. I know that it's not really even supposed to be camo so it's pointless

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Alright, I'll throw up a few examples.

Reminds me of a bar in Japan that would give discounts for less weight. Imagine the social media drama if they tried to pull that or the heel or boob measuring thing in the USA.

 

[Power Armor]

This is the women's Cards Against Humanity playset. It's pink and costs five dollars more. That's it.

 

[VJ 343]

Hy huge issue with 'girly stuff's - pink or not - is that it costs more and is much less fit for purpose than male versions. Jeans and the lack of pockets for example.

 

[Steve Mayers]

This is what happens when you let focus groups and marketing teams design your products.