from: Kate
Boy or girl?
In this picture I think it’s easy to tell which is which.
My photo is a perfect illustration of the “two cultures” of childhood. The babies in the photo are a set of newborn twins just home from the hospital. The mother and father dressed them in the gender signifying colors of pink and blue. The blanket they are both laying on is yellow, a gender neutral color. From the moment of their birth colors have been used to distinguish between Baby A and Baby B: clothes, blankets, and toys are all pink or blue. Only the gender neutral colors of light green or yellow can be shared.
I chose a photo in which both babies were equal in the image. Neither appearing closer or larger in the frame. Without the color of the outfits it would be impossible for anyone, but the parents, to tell the gender of the children.
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The baby is dressed in blue but has a head full of hair. The other baby is dressed in pink but has no hair suggesting that the colors you were doesn't define who you are. The babies are being taught that blue is for boys early and that pink is for girls, but the yellow in the back suggest confusion. The babies are going to be confused, maybe. The back ground is dark suggesting that society can be cold in the psychology of gender area. Society creates gender stereo types and segregation between gender at birth. It's not necessarily what was taught but what people are use too.
By looking at this picture you can tell the gender of the twins. Of course by the color of their onesie since they are pink and blue. Those two colors represents the gender of boy or girl which in this world these two color always represents either male or female. Which throws the picture off is the neutral color blanket that the twins are laid on. Even with this blanket, if they babies didn’t have pink or blue on nobody who even knew which baby was a boy or girl. So even with an actual color that identifies your gender, having something neutral can throw a viewer off just a little. One baby has more hair than the other baby. Most baby girls have majority of the hair on their heads than boys but, in this picture the baby boy has more hair than the baby girl which questions the gender of the twins.
This picture is very accurate on how our society treats their children. We categorize children between boy and girl and if they step outside of those boundaries then the parents are frowned upon. We try to make it clear to determine whether a baby is a boy or girl when they should just be looked at as a person and nothing less. If we were not given a color or a name, the sex of the baby would not be easy for us to make out. At a young age, we teach children that girls are supposed to do girl things and boys are supposed to do boy things, but what we are really doing is teaching our kids how we want them to be and not letting them figure it out on their own. There is not one right way to raise a kid, but I think it's fair enough to say we should raise them to be the person they want to be.
“Boy or Girl” is an intriguing comparison of the “Two Culture” ideology, by associating the color blue with boys and pink with girls. Implying the perfect facet of gender identification when it come to clothing color for boys and girls. It is obvious, that no one would be able to tell the difference between the two babies; if it weren't for the clothing identification that society tells us we must identify with, in order to distinguish between gender.
Background plays a key role in tying the photo together. The neutral yellow and light green colors of the blanket identify the blanket as being socially acceptable, in the fact that neutral colors can be used by both genders.
The selection of a downward angle of picture was a great choice as well. It signified the parents instilling “gender codes” at a very young age. The fact that the babies are of equal preportion and angle, inside the frame, signifies there equality and similar looks. In turn, portraying a message indicating the intention of society to mark male and female into the “separate sphere Ideology”, from birth.
Yes our culture has set colors for each sex as stated in the article mostly pink for girls and blue for boys also we have the yellows and light green gender neutral. I do disagree with one thing it says within the colors that's placed on the baby we wouldn't be able to tell the sex I think like men and women there are some other things we can rely on. Men usually have a stronger face as to woman having more soft feminine features not always but most of the time if you look at the picture of the babies even without the colored clothes you could probably tell. Also the background would not be considered gender neutral in our culture because it's mostly made up of green not only light green but bits of dark, it's has baby alligators and more out doors society would most likely place this in the male category.
This picture is explains hoe society tells us we should be identified as from the time we are born until now. The color representing masculinity and the color pink representing feminity. From the time our parents find out the sex of us we are put into those color categories. Our baby showers are always based around those colors and so forth. But why? Why is it that we have to go by these color conformities? It is not fair for us at all. But since this is the world we live in we go by it. In the picture we can clearly tell the sexes of the babies.
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