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Children's clothing
This is the information already present under the "Childrens clothing and gender" section. I have it listed as a reference, I would like to expand upon it:

(More recently gender-specific children's clothing has become a contentious issue. According to some feminist thinkers, children's clothing has become increasingly segregated, with young girls especially being expected to wear pink. Peggy Orenstein writes in her book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, that pink-coloured and princess-themed clothes are almost ubiquitous for young girls in shops in the United States. She sees this as problematic because it limits girls to not only one colour, but also to one spectrum of experience, and it "firmly fuses girls' identity to appearance."[5] According to Historian Jo B. Paoletti, pink and blue only became associated with girls and boys respectively from the 1940s onwards.[6][7]

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The same connection can be drawn between boys and the potential for limitations associated with the color blue. Often times boys are marketed clothing and toys that are associated with their societal color scheme of various blues and greens, this is something that can observed in advertising as well as store fronts. With this push for a connection between blue and masculinity, there can be instances of gender backlash which refers to social penalties directed at people who violate gender norms. More specifically, the angry, moral outrage created by the violation of prescriptive stereotypes can lead to social or economic penalties for the stereotype violator (e.g., dislike or not being hired for a position). It is not uncommon for young boys to experience negative comments pertaining to their perceived femininity when wearing clothing that others perceive as less masculine. Males who display behaviors associated with femininity can experience negative repercussions that bleed into other areas of their lives as well, studies have shown that males who engage in behaviors associated with women are perceived as possessing fewer desirable masculine traits (e.g., incompetence and assertiveness) and more undesirable feminine traits (e.g., weakness and uncertainty), resulting in various social penalties. This social reality serves to reinforce a status quo in which men who display the most masculine traits retain the highest status. With this being said, it is clear that a limitation to a narrow range of colors for boys can effect ones perception of their ability to be "masculine" or "desirable" in the eyes of society.

Children's clothing varies in style and presentation across all cultures, with emphasis pertaining to gender expression typically being applied closer to adolescents. Research questioning the color preferences of children in regard to their clothing choices is minimal; however, analysis of the research available implies that there are common color preferences among boys and girls in relation to their clothing choice. The aim in this research was to identify which colors are preferred for which garment types by girls and boys, and whether or not the color preferences of children differ according to age, sex, and garment type. It was determined that the colors preferred most by most of the girls for all garment types were magenta, red-violet, red, and red-orange; similarly, he colors preferred by the boys for all garment types were black, blue, cyan, and yellow. Despite the lack of cross cultural analysis on this topic, existing research indicates that children's clothing resides on a spectrum that has expectations which fluctuate depending on age, gender, location, class, and many more intersectional markers.