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December
2009
December
2009
Pink… parking space?3
A while ago I had posted about my difficulties in finding a normal colored School Bus toy for Dorrie, and my disgust at the corresponding line of pink and purple toys which exhibited signs of race, gender and ability fail.
And of course this translates into the adult world in the form of pink tools with less parts for the same money, overpriced toiletries in prettier packaging than the same items sold to men and so forth. But the latest idea from China just left me speechless.
The women-only car park in Shijiazhuang city is also painted in pink and light purple to appeal to female tastes.
>>… the car park was meant to cater to women’s “strong sense of colour and different sense of distance”.
>>The parking bays are one metre (3ft) wider than normal spaces, he said. ”
WTF? Different sense of distance?
(December 29th, 2009 at 8:34 AM)
How do you say ‘women can’t drive’ in Chinese? :P
(December 29th, 2009 at 1:55 PM)
I have to say, if you didn’t have the link to the article I would have thought you were kidding.
I never realized that my “sense of distance” was somwehow less than that of my male counterparts. And here I have been parallel parking into some of the tiniest spots on the streets of NYC for the past 30 years!
(December 29th, 2009 at 5:25 PM)