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I love pink, but I don't pay extra for pink things. I don't own any pink tools, pink kitchen appliances, pink guns, etc. I do own pink clothing.
Awesome! Lovely that we can do pink anything with pink craft paint from Michael's. My main issue, sadly, has been people stealing my things. I know girls who wouldn't be caught with pink anything, too, but everyone around me knows if it's purchased pink, painted pink, stenciled pink, glittered pink, stickered pink... it's mine. I don't even need to redesign the whole item... just a few pink swirls/flowers, Hello Kitty stickers or pink stripes & most I know shun it like it's a 1970s Holly Hobby puffy-sleeved blouse with a tie in the back. As far as I'm concerned, yea pink! It's saved my 'stuff' from walking off into the netherworld, never to be seen again.
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There seems to be an explosion of all manly things in pink. I see hammers with pink handles and of course carry guns in pink. So my question is if this marketing scheme really works on women.
They arent only pink, but they are also generally sized a bit more to the average female hand. A pink gun sounds stupid, unless a portion of the sales go to Breast Cancer Awareness, or something...ijs.
I think the pink tools started back during or shortly after the period of the Women's Liberation Movement. In those days, the man of the house did not want any females using his tools. Lmao! Idk if you guys are still like that but yeah - that's how the whole pink thing started in tools, and matching tool cases and belts.
Im not sure most women would prefer pink, other than no denying - that's HER hammer.
No - I absolutely hate pink and hate that it seems to be the only thing available for little girls - so they're indoctrinated to like it. WTH does something need to be pink for me to accept it?! Seriously, a pink hammer? A pink gun? Give me a break - the whole "shrink it and pink it" direction in marketing to women is totally demeaning and I won't buy into it - literally.
No. I want the same exact toys and tools that the boys get to play with.
Exactly! I refuse the "shrink it, pink it" marketing ploy and to add insult to injury they usually charge women double for a crappy product - no thank you.
There seems to be an explosion of all manly things in pink. I see hammers with pink handles and of course carry guns in pink. So my question is if this marketing scheme really works on women.
Wait. Tools are "manly"?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (breath) hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Oh, gosh. The things you read on the internet.
There seems to be an explosion of all manly things in pink. I see hammers with pink handles and of course carry guns in pink. So my question is if this marketing scheme really works on women.
Okay, yes, I like them... but I'm afraid I won't be taken seriously if I owned one... and wonder if the quality is as good... but I do like pink.
I pretty much don't buy anything pink anymore because of the breast cancer connection. Pinknausea in October for breast cancer awareness rubs me the wrong way - especially when half of the pink items are carcinogens themselves! Most of the time, the pink items are going back to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and I'd rather give to local organizations.
And I've always been more of a purple or lavender fan, which coincidentally is my cancer's awareness ribbon color.
I totally agree with you on this one. As a breast cancer survivor, I am offended, and feel used when I see a product with a pink ribbon on it. At the very least a company should have to disclose how much money is being donated from sales of a pink product.
I don't mean to make the OPs post about BC, so I will add that when I need to nail something, I don't care what color the hammer is, I only care if my hammer is in the drawer and nobody has used it and not put it back.
I totally agree with you on this one. As a breast cancer survivor, I am offended, and feel used when I see a product with a pink ribbon on it. At the very least a company should have to disclose how much money is being donated from sales of a pink product.
I don't mean to make the OPs post about BC, so I will add that when I need to nail something, I don't care what color the hammer is, I only care if my hammer is in the drawer and nobody has used it and not put it back.
Not to veer even more off-course, but most products where "a portion is given back to X foundation/charity" do not work like that. Cause marketing works because a nonprofit essentially sells the rights to use their logo to a company. The company then stamps the logo on their yogurt, mixers, or even hammers and people are more likely to choose that product thinking they are giving back. In fact, it doesn't matter how many of the charity labeled product is bought - the fee is a flat fee up front.
If you like pink and want the pink hammer, get it. If you're getting it because it claims to give back to breast cancer, instead open your wallet and make a donation directly to a local hospital, nonprofit, or well-regarded national organization (not Susan G. Komen).
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As far as I'm concerned, yea pink! It's saved my 'stuff' from walking off into the netherworld, never to be seen again.
