Is pink gayish?

@ronaldinu (12422)
Malta
October 3, 2008 8:25am CST
I was drinking a cup of tea in a new pink teacup. I was teased by my friends that I am gay. Is pink gayish? Why is pink associated with gays?
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• Australia
3 Oct 08
pink is definately gayish..its just not the prefrebal choice of colour for most boys as it is said to be fore girls and blue is for boys. And its just a tea cup...i doubt you even noticed it as pink "or gay" to sart of with. And by the way, there is now n official colour for homosexuality and that is the colour purpl...i am not making this up, i am pretty sure. And dont think into it too much, as long as you know your straight your friends cant tell you otherwise. Happy MyLotting!
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@sid556 (30953)
• United States
4 Oct 08
And has no one ever listened to aerosmith's song, "pink"?? Now, no one could possibly think Steve Tyler is gay and yet here he is singing that pink is his favorite color! It is an ignorant assumption to associate a person's taste in color to their sexuality. There is absolutely no connection and any person that seriously thinks there is, well, they are seriously narrow-minded.
• United States
3 Oct 08
A teacup?! I don't see how the color of a cup makes any difference unless it printed with "I'm Gay" across it! Personally I think it's ridiculous and I'm glad at least that particular way of thinking is changing in the US. Lots of men are wearing pink dress shirts and t-shirts with shades of pink in them. I think guys look good in pink! It's a very flattering color.
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
5 Oct 08
thanks for your feedback
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
3 Oct 08
I guess from the year dot it's always been associated that pink is for girls and blue is for boys, and whilst it's accepted for girls to wear blue, pink is still classed as a feminine, girl colour and so men that wear pink have always been teased about it and men are normally macho, the alpha male and to wear pink would be for them to show their feminine side which other men find uncomfortable with. I have to admit as a guy I would never ever wear or have anything pink on me, I don't like the colour and I guess I am not in touch or comfortable showing my feminine side. But you have to admire men who do wear pink.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
3 Oct 08
i think it associated w/gays but i don't know why. don't know much on the subject except what i see on tv & read in mags.
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@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
10 Oct 08
thats only the way of thinking.colors does not matter at all.
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@reoko10 (578)
• United States
3 Oct 08
Well most people think pink is just for girls so when they see a guy with something pink or doing something with pink they just think he got to be gay. But I believe that some guy's who like pink are not gay they just like pink. Some people just can't think out of the box. I wait until I know for a fact that the person is gay and then I wait for them to tell me when they are ready. I think it's wrong to just assume that some one is gay because they wear pink or they have something pink.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
5 Oct 08
I don't feel that pink is associated with just gays. My husband has a few shirts that has pink in them and he is as manly as he can be. Look over your friends. Pink used to be just for girls but that is the thing of the past.. that is like making fun of girls for wearing blues and greens since they were considered boys colors as well. It is just a color. I have seen alot of men wearing pink shirts mostly light pink but it was pink with maroon ties and gray slacks and they weren't gay. It takes a real man to wear pink and not feel threatened by it.
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• United States
5 Oct 08
I guess because pink is being used for baby girls,that is why some people think you are gay.Pink is only considered gay by ignorant people. The truth is real men , gay or straight, can wear or use the color pink.
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@sid556 (30953)
• United States
4 Oct 08
Probably because of the traditional pink is for girls and blue is for boys thing. It's all silly and pretty one-sided since when girls where blue, no one has ever referred them to being gay. The fact is that many men that are not gay do love pink and wear pink and look great in it. It is just one of those stupid, meaningless things....kind of like, "white lighters are evil" or if you have hair on your knuckles you are stupid. In my day, if you wore yellow socks, it meant you were gay. I'd have to ask these people that pick on you what their hangup with gay people was. who really has the issue here?
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@Anne18 (11029)
3 Oct 08
I don't know why pink is meant to be gayish. Lots of men do wear pink these days, I think mostly mixed in with other colours but fashion is pink for men more and more these days. You should have teased your friends back and asked them what they would do if they wanted a drink and there was only a pink cup? Would they go thirsty? I think not!! LOL
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@anneshirley (1516)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
I don't think so. I do love to see men in pink or pastel colors because they are more clean looking than if they are wearing those dark colors. Also, someone told me that pink for men represent confidence but I do think pink doesn't suit all men. There are some who can wear them and still look masculine. I suggest that whenever you wear pink, just show more confidence and relax. Pink is a color for happiness right?
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@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
3 Oct 08
Pink is supposed to be a girl's color, that's why. You know what I would have said? "And what if I was? Would that make me less your friend or a bad person? Why is gay bad? I would rather be gay than be rude!" GRRRR!!!
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@pinks17 (2192)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
My friends told me that "only a real man wears pink".
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@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
8 Oct 08
I do not think so because if that would be the reason they have then the women who wear those blue colors are also boyish if that would be the case and I do not think and agree with that although pink color symbolizes the women day.....
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• Canada
24 Nov 09
I don't think that pink is gay at all. I think the fact that pink is worn by baby girls makes adult men and young boys think that it is not a manly colour. Why is it that a girl can wear a blue outfit and not get teased, but guys get teased when they wear pink? I think it's a stupid double standard.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
3 Oct 08
not sure why I don't think men look good in pink. I won't automatically assume they are gays, because even if they are, it's not my business anyway. I like seeing men wearing dark colors, white, light blue - somehow they look more masculine then wearing orange or any red dish colors including pink.
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@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
No, definitely you're not gayish. I am sure that you are pretty confident with your sexuality, and pink is just one measure that you are sure that you're a male.
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• Philippines
4 Oct 08
Good day... Maybe in the past decades the color pink is associated with the feminine but that was decades ago now, the pink color specially the pastel ones are considered cool and actually look good for job interviews.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
Ha!ha!ha! I really laughed at this topic! I'm sort of having pictured in my mind the way you were drinking your tea in a pink tea cup. Ha!ha!ha! And your friends teasing you! Ha!ha!ha! It's a familiar scene! It happens not just to you but to any man doing so! Pink is associated with girls not with gays actually. If you are using pink things when you are a guy then you turns girly so they call you gay! Isn't it that when a mother is pregnant and her ultrasound shows she is having a baby girl... the mother would buy pink clothings and stuff? So next time get a blue tea cup or any color but not pink (ha!ha!ha!) But for clothes, it is ok now to wear pink if you are a man especially if your skin is fair. Look at Freddie Webb, he looks still so manly in pink! My hubby is fair skinned as well and I love buying pink shirts for him. He still looks macho in pink. But I don't let him use pink bag neither drink in pink tea cup! Ha!ha!ha!
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
I like men who wear pink. I think it is sexy. Those who think that pink is only for girls and is gayish are actually not so in tuned with their sexuality or perhaps not just so open to this new blue. For me, pink is the new sky blue (lol).