Russian gender colours & forks

[Amanda Greber]

It was not even the norm in North America during that time period to
associate the color pink with feminine and blue with masculine.

See:
Paoletti, Jo B. “Clothing and Gender in America: Children's Fashions,
1890-1920.” *Signs*, v. 13, no. 1, Women and the Political Process in the
United States (Autumn, 1987), pp. 136-143
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html

http://forgottenhistoryblog.com/pink-wasnt-always-considered-a-feminine-color-and-blue-wasnt-always-masculine/


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Amanda Greber
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Toronto
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Toronto, ON M5S 1J4
phone: 647-862-5664

 On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Allan, Kenneth <kenneth.allan at uleth.ca>wrote:

>  I have two questions about Russian domestic culture circa 1880s-1920s.
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> Was it the norm then to associate the colour pink with the feminine and
> blue with masculine, as in Western Europe and North America?
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> Also, did forks in kitchen and dining use commonly have 3 prongs or 4?
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> Thanks,
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> Kenneth Allan
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> University of Lethbridge
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