Benjamin Radford looks at the video of four-year-old Riley whose rants about pink toys for girls, blue toys for boys, is a wonderous thing.

He has some answers to her basic question: Why are most toys and clothing items for female babies and young girls pink, while many toys and items for male babies and young boys blue?

The choice of blue for infants has its roots in superstition.

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    I’m slowly regaining hope for the next generation
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    I also get a what over his ideas behind colours and genders. Traditionally it was girls in blue, as it was a soft...
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    So I thought this was going to be some cute piece about a little girl bucking gender stereotypes and throwing a fit in...
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  19. ohwhatatragiccost said: This is some of the laziest, most poorly cited, most gender binary, marketing ignorant pieces of journalism I’ve ever seen. I’m embarrassed to have read it.