So this happened. ( May contain the color Pink )

[callmeshane]

I bought a pink chill towel the other day.. I love pink. When the cashier rang me up, she began to laugh and ask if I was serious. I laughed too and said I loved pink. She frowned and said "That's alright, I guess. " I asked what her problem was with myself buying it and she said " Pink is a girl's color. " it was beyond playful. Her tone said it all and she wasn't smiling anymore. I laughed again, shook my head " And what is that supposed to mean? You're telling me it's strange that I want this? That pink isn't for me because I'm not like you? " she didn't have an answer. She just looked uncomfortable, and glazed in the eyes. So opinionated even when their stare looks dead and the words don't make any sense.

I posted up a work I feel in a strange way expresses the frustration I feel and have felt for a long while.

Love Minus

We do not live in a world where colors are for one. We do not live in a world where activities are for one. We do not live in a world where we cut up thin pieces of life and all it's pleasures, happiness and spectrums, then say " This is mine. That is yours. " We are better than this. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.

[joannekwan]

Well it used to be pink was for boys as it was just a lighter version of red and blue was for girls.

But anyway, yeah, she a fool.

[mappypaint]

REAL MEN WEAR PINK

[callmeshane]

That man slaughtered an entire species along with their planet simply because he considered them a " bug problem " NOPE! DENIED!

[Menbung]

I bet that's a pretty towel, "it was love at first sight" =w=

[RiverKai]

PSHHHH SILLY WOMAN! YOU ROCK THAT PINK TOWEL MAN. bro five

Really though I hate this. Even toothbrushes are gendered.

[winglesscomic]

I used to say that when I was younger but when I got older I realized it was really stupid and didn't make any sense, as if liking a range on a spectrum of light somehow compromises your integrity. I have a character who can crush your skull with his hand and also loves pink. So forget that woman and her ignorance. Colours aren't gendered and neither are activities.

[nobody]

Pink is cool and so are you
I honestly don't understand why anyone would have to make a comment like that, it's nobody's business what colours other people like. But I especially don't understand why a cashier would feel the need to say anything...customer service? Hello?

[Zanreo]

Jeez, who even cares? You get that pink towel and you rock it!

[scythe]

That it so weird. Sounds like she got the response she deserved though. I don't know what it's like where you live, but pink is a pretty popular men's shirt colour here. Particularly business and polo shirts.

[Monstrosaur]

yeah i know th feeling, i love wearing bright and fun colors all the time, but people just think I'm gay. Why can't straight boys just wear fun colors too?

[TAMAnnoying]

Colors are for everyone.

[Vikiro_Hop]

Pink has definitely become my favorite color. Started using it in my daily life more as a joke and learned that it is a pretty bitchin color. I've never gotten shit for it, and I decided I won't take any in the future.

[SethJH]

I had a similar, but opposite perspective, thing happen like this. I am a cashier. I had a customer ask for a pack of lighters. I went over and grabbed the first one, which had a pink one and an orange one in it. He took one look at it, and using quite vulgar and unrepeatable slurs, refused them and demanded I get him ones less "girly colored".

[Waterdrain]

Wow, that wasn't cool of that lady to say that. Everyone should be allowed to wear or accessorize in whatever color they want. Besides pink is a nice color.
You go rock that pink towel!

[XanderYoung]

REAL MEN ARE PINK.