What type of pink things were in Seowoo's bedroom?
Plastic toys, animals, dolls, books, clothes, jewellery, make up, things for school
Does Jeongmee think her daughter is different or the same as other girls in South Korea and the United States?
The same.
What does the historian Jo Paoletti say about pink and blue?
Jo Paoletti of the University of Maryland says ‘pink for girls and blue for boys’ wasn’t true in the past.
Where did her mother photograph her Seowoo?
In her bedroom!
What blue toys did Jeongmee notice the boys have?
Robots, dinosaurs and superheroes.
How old was Jeongmee Yoon's daughter when she loved pink?
She was 5 years old.
What is Jeongmee Yoon's job?
She's a photographer.
Why does Jeongmee think that young children love pink and blue?
Children see them on television and on advertisements and so parents buy products for their children.
In the 19th century, which colors did men and women wear?
In the 19th century, people wore clothes of different colours, so men also wore pink and women wore blue.
In 1914, what did one American newspaper tell mothers to do?
in 1914, one American newspaper even told new mothers to ‘use pink for the boy and blue for the girl.’