By age 10, girl’s shorts are already shorter than boy’s

Those who dress in the adult women’s department have certainly already noticed the difficulty of finding practical garments, especially with functional and spacious pockets. Only 10% of them could accommodate an adult hand. This is already the case in the children’s section, as evidenced some time ago by the letter that went viral from a girl to a brand, asking her about her pockets.

In the girl section, one in two tops is pink

A new study goes further by comparing the length and fit of children’s shorts. Published as a Twitter thread on August 22, 2022 by data scientist Marie-Louise Timcke, it is based on comparing 20,000 highs and lows in the junior department of famous brands like H&M or Zalando.

Among the results we learn that one in two tops would be pink on the girl’s side, while boys have more choice even if blue predominates. As for the lexical field that appears on the peaks, those of the boys invite you to escape through sport, while those of the girls speak of dreams and love.

Girls’ shorts, 6 cm shorter than boys

But the most surprising is the comparison of the lengths and fit of the shorts. On average, those of girls are 6 cm shorter than those of boys. However, at this age (less than ten years), their growth curve appears to be similar. This is what leads researcher Marie-Louise Timcke to conclude:

“The fact that girls ‘shorts are slimmer and shorter than boys’ shorts is simply a result of fashion and socializing.

In the logic of these markets, girls are above all small women; for them, clothing is made for pleasure. And boys should be anything but “girls”.

This separation leads to the fact that some products simply do not exist on the market: such as nightgowns with dinosaurs, skirts with balloons or cargo shorts with unicorns.

“It’s not just about colors and cuts. These are whole worlds that are denied to some and imposed on others, ”explains Almut Schnerring, author of The Pink-Light Blue Trap.

According to Almut Schnerring, the industry has been investing in gender segregation for decades. It is not fair to blame the person who is affected by it. “

In other words, sexism can be bought from the children’s department.

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