# Pink: why is it such a bad color for males? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480 "2013-06-20T16:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/61 "2013-06-21T14:55:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [OtterBox](http://www.otterbox.com/). Pricey, but nice solutions to keeping phones, iPods, cameras, gear, etc dry when on the water. Sorry for the hijack, but I hate those after market third-party iPod/Android protectors. Why don’t they just make the freakin phone out of Otterbox so it doesn’t get ruined when I drop it in the toilet? ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/62 "2013-06-21T16:08:28Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Sorry for the hijack, but I hate those after market third-party iPod/Android protectors. Why don’t they just make the freakin phone out of Otterbox so it doesn’t get ruined when I drop it in the toilet? It increases the size of the phone. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/63 "2013-06-21T16:59:38Z")
Why is it such a bad colour for males? Sexism and homophobia. It’s as simple as that. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/64 "2013-06-21T17:13:47Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Well _that_ makes me feel a whole lot better!!!😃 Yep. Those deep feelings you’ve had since you were 6 years old of wanting to play with the girls, and wondering why you have this strange and ugly thing between your legs, and the despair of watching the girls develop in junior high, while you get left behind…it’s all coming to the surface via your phone. You need to grab hold of the change and manage it. As a fellow transwoman, I can recommend some good support groups and links… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/65 "2013-06-21T17:36:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Heh. I’m cracking up here. > > Never heard of an OtterBox? How do you waterproof your electronics?!:eek: Pelican. I had not heard of OtterBox before. I use Pelican cases for the big stuff, and Pelican micro cases for the small stuff such as my cells. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/66 "2013-06-22T01:49:01Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > I never understood that thing about quiche. It’s a pie. A bacon and egg pie. With cheese. Because it’s French, and to a redneck, French = gay. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/67 "2013-06-22T02:02:25Z")
Rednecks are still pissed about being fooled by the French into planting a [giant statute of a gay in drag with a face like Stallone](http://www.statueoflibertytickets.com/images/lede-nav/statue-of-liberty.jpg)on Bedloe’s Island. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/68 "2013-06-22T11:12:09Z")
I have a good (female) friend who had a [pink](http://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/9107755010/) OtterBox before changing to a case in her school’s colors. She gave me the OtterBox but I haven’t been able to put it on my phone. If it were a pale, Pepto pink, maybe, but not the bright pink color. No way! Looked good on HER phone, though. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/69 "2013-06-22T12:26:05Z")
I just recently purchased some annoying pink Hello Kity checks (or cheques), simply because I know it’s wildly inappropriate for a 27 year old male to be passing off pink Hello Kitty checks. What can I say? I’m a rebel. Now you’ve inspired me to get a pink My Little Pony phone case too. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/70 "2013-06-22T15:59:10Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Yep, agree that is dumb. It looks like their Samsung cases don’t have this problem; it might be a problem with Apple users instead of Otterbox. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/71 "2013-06-22T17:03:02Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > It looks like their Samsung cases don’t have this problem; it might be a problem with Apple users instead of Otterbox. I have an iPod OtterBox. They window the Apple logo. It is the one gripe purchasers often mention. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480/72 "2013-06-22T17:10:28Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have an iPod OtterBox. They window the Apple logo. It is the one gripe purchasers often mention. I work for a company that insures handsets and fulfills the claims. One of the big complaints for the reman iPhones when we did our marketing survey? That the reman box didn’t look just like the iPhone box (duh! They were our standard, company, reman box). It actually took us three spec changes to get something acceptable to the folks who where going to take the phone out of the box to use it anyway. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-why-is-it-such-a-bad-color-for-males/661480.md?page=3)