“Why would anyone paint a wall on campus hot pink?” Harvey asked.
“That’s the classroom where they teach women’s studies,” William noted.
“Don’t you find that sexist?”
“Why would you say that?” William asked.
“You know,” Harvey answered, “Pink for girls, blue for boys. It’s so stereotypical to paint the wall outside of a women’s studies classroom pink. It’s offensive and demeaning.”
William saw a coed walking toward them and motioned to her. “Excuse me, may I ask you a question?”
The girl shrugged. “Sure.”
“This wall,” he said, pointing to the hot pink wall, “is outside of a women’s studies classroom. Does that offend you?”
“Why would that wall offend me?”
“My friend thinks that a pink wall outside of a women’s studies classroom is stereotypical and is degrading to women. Do you agree?”
The girl thought for a few seconds and then reached into her fanny pack, pulled out a piece of chalk, and drew a smiley face on the wall.
“That should answer your question.” And then she turned and walked away.
(175 words)
Written for this week’s Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers from Priceless Joy. Image by Grant-Sud.
This, That, and the Other 
There are so many different groups around these days and cross dressers are offended by trans gendered people, I wish that we could just all get along and stop grouping things. Pink is pink, why make a stink!
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We are so overly concerned about being politically correct nowadays. I remember my dad being called a dago or wop. I don’t remember him ever being concerned about it. Not if he got the first punch!
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…and the last punch as well?
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If he was lucky!
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This is one of those circumstances where, depending on who you’re dealing with, is nothing remarkable or is horribly offensive, particularly on college campuses. On the other hand, my wife found a whole bunch of “Pinkalicious” books created by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann about a little girl named (yes) “Pinkalicious” whose favorite color is pink. My 27-month-old granddaughter adores them.
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And then she went back to her shared apartment and folded a load of laundry, vacuumed and made a nice dinner for her and her partner (and before you infer that this is a sexist statement, I just described MY afternoon yesterday)
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in one particular era (I think it was pre-victorian) only men were allowed to wear pink – my, how we’ve changed!
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Hahahahaha! I love how she answered the question! LOL! Cute ending to a great story!
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Thanks.
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Definitely a hot topic, and a minefield of political correctness. I’m never sure if I’m offending people or not these days…
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The smiley face said it all! My main room is pink and blue, and no, I don’t bat for both sides! I like pink and like blue.
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I’m not a fan of pink but can not say I’ve ever found it offensive. Pastel pink maybe, but not hot pink.
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I don’t think too many people find the color pink to be offensive. But some people might, due to the tendency people have with associating pink with females, find that association to be stereotypical or sexists.
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