There is a hilareous tale on the internet about a feminist professor who is insisting that a locker room be repainted because it is pink:
As part of an $88 million remodeling job at the stadium, designers retained that color motif, splashing pink across the walls, carpet, showers, sinks, metal lockers and even the urinals.
Last week, an Iowa law school professor received death threats after criticizing the university for using pink paint. The professor, now joined by others across campus, says using pink demeans women and perpetuates negative stereotypes of women and homosexuality.
But actually the reason the walls were pink was this:
Soft pink hues were added to the visiting locker room at Iowa's Kinnick Stadium by former football coach Hayden Fry in the late 1970s. Fry believed the color had a calming effect on people.
And, indeed, many still make that claim...pink calms people, especially "drunk tank pink"
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Hmm...I wonder if Feng Shui is sexist also...LINK
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