oh thank god, girls can finally buy tools!

Finesse · September 8th, 2014, 03:57 PM

alex.s · September 8th, 2014, 04:02 PM

hey come on now. i would rock those.

dcj13 · September 8th, 2014, 04:07 PM

Low-res picture, but I'm assuming you're referring to all the pink.

Isn't it just as insulting that pink MC gear is also advertised prominently for women?

Finesse · September 8th, 2014, 04:08 PM

^I took it with my phone trying not to be too obvious... And yes, yes it is!

alex.s · September 8th, 2014, 04:13 PM

doesn't fogle have a pink and green bike? pink is very manly.

snot · September 8th, 2014, 04:19 PM

Personally I will use pink tools but prefer black because it matches the grease. I don't buy pink tools, guns or gear. With one exception, my helmet because it does stand out more, my gloves only came in pink so I don't count them

Guns and tools should not look like toys

just my opinion.

alex.s · September 8th, 2014, 04:22 PM

just use pink grease! lol

alex.s · September 8th, 2014, 04:22 PM

hold on... that would kinda be badass... now i want colored grease.

snot · September 8th, 2014, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

hold on... that would kinda be badass... now i want colored grease.

They make grease in red and white. I bet they could make them.

Brother Michigan · September 8th, 2014, 04:37 PM

I'd buy them just to stop people from "borrowing" them permanently.

LittleRedNinjette · September 8th, 2014, 04:37 PM

I have no problem with pink gear or even a pink tool bag but the pink tools are STUPID.

Sirref · September 8th, 2014, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

doesn't fogle have a pink and green bike? pink is very manly.

guy martin rocks pink & blue too

NevadaWolf · September 8th, 2014, 05:01 PM

The pink crap tools at Wal-Mart is specifically marketed to women (and the blue tools right next to it for the guys).

However, that is making me suspicious its all for Susan G Komen. The amount of pointless pink junk they come out with this time of year is sickening. I mean who seriously buys pink vacuums or microwaves?!?

Finesse · September 8th, 2014, 05:02 PM

^the kind of people like Marie from Breaking Bad... everything she had was purple

Alex · September 8th, 2014, 05:15 PM

"They're !^%@*(@& minerals, Marie!!!"

Finesse · September 8th, 2014, 05:16 PM

They're ROCKS

choneofakind · September 8th, 2014, 05:16 PM

Hmmm, maybe no one will buy them and I'll be able to get them on same. Cheap tools y'all!

Brother Michigan · September 8th, 2014, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

Hmmm, maybe no one will buy them and I'll be able to get them on same. Cheap tools y'all!

Now THAT'S the right train of thought.

MrAtom · September 8th, 2014, 05:29 PM

It's not that they're saying only women can buy pink tools or women can only buy tools if they're pink. They're trying to attract a feminine audience. They're ENCOURAGING women to start using tools and fix stuff themselves; you can still be a girly-girl and love doing home improvement projects.

leed · September 8th, 2014, 05:29 PM

Honestly, I'd buy the pink tools so I know when someone borrowed my tools from 50 yards out.

Maybe then they'd be less likely to grow legs and walk away!

Hero Danny · September 8th, 2014, 05:29 PM

Girls are only allowed to touch one tool

Sirref · September 8th, 2014, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

Hmmm, maybe no one will buy them and I'll be able to get them on same. Cheap tools y'all!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brother Michigan

Now THAT'S the right train of thought.

agreed, I could use a full metric wrench set and don't care what color it is

Finesse · September 8th, 2014, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hero Danny

Girls are only allowed to touch one tool

What's this about borrowing tools... when you're a girl, no one asks you to borrow tools. You're not supposed to have any!

I just had a 'oh, come on..' reaction when I saw all that pink stuff. Maybe I'm just a manly girl

snot · September 8th, 2014, 05:40 PM

Just because a girl has pink tools don't mean she knows how to use them. Same goes for boys, if the tools are blue he might not know how to use them.

CC Cowboy · September 8th, 2014, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finesse

Quote:

Originally Posted by snot

Just because a girl has pink tools don't mean she knows how to use them. Same goes for boys, if the tools are blue he might not know how to use them.

Don't they come with instructions?

NevadaWolf · September 8th, 2014, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finesse

I just had a 'oh, come on..' reaction when I saw all that pink stuff. Maybe I'm just a manly girl

Oh you and me both. I've had that reaction my whole life since I always had to walk by the Pink Aisle to get to the cool toys.

M42 · September 8th, 2014, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrAtom

It's not that they're saying only women can buy pink tools or women can only buy tools if they're pink. They're trying to attract a feminine audience. They're ENCOURAGING women to start using tools and fix stuff themselves; you can still be a girly-girl and love doing home improvement projects.

You can encourage women a lot better by not having such a stigma against them doing manly things in the first place - we get brought up with that crap from birth and get shouted down and laughed at every time we try to break the mold. Plus a lot of the machinery-type environments aren't very woman friendly, what with Bubba over there licking his lips while openly staring at your boobs and the like. Pink tools won't make those things poof out of existence.

Making everything pink is completely misunderstanding what drives women away in the first place.

Also fun fact - about a hundred years ago, pink was the "manly" color and blue was the "girly" color. Shows how much everything is a product of the completely random social stigmas/allowances that are around during your generation.

Finesse · September 8th, 2014, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M42

You can encourage women a lot better by not having such a stigma against them doing manly things in the first place - we get brought up with that crap from birth and get shouted down and laughed at every time we try to break the mold. Plus a lot of the machinery-type environments aren't very woman friendly, what with Bubba over there licking his lips while openly staring at your boobs and the like. Pink tools won't make those things poof out of existence.

Making everything pink is completely misunderstanding what drives women away in the first place.

PREACH

tfkrocks · September 8th, 2014, 07:34 PM

To me, gimmicky tools like that scream overpriced junk.

MrAtom · September 8th, 2014, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M42

You can encourage women a lot better by not having such a stigma against them doing manly things in the first place - we get brought up with that crap from birth and get shouted down and laughed at every time we try to break the mold. Plus a lot of the machinery-type environments aren't very woman friendly, what with Bubba over there licking his lips while openly staring at your boobs and the like. Pink tools won't make those things poof out of existence.

Making everything pink is completely misunderstanding what drives women away in the first place.

I understand all the social issues with inequality between men and women, and they piss me off a lot. But, using your logic, GoldieBlox isn't going to help any girls either, right?

Link to original page on YouTube.

Seriously, there isn't a whole lot tool manufacturers can do to encourage more women to enter STEM fields, but they're doing something.

M42 · September 8th, 2014, 08:50 PM

Yeah, I know what you mean. It just gets so blindingly frustrating sometimes. Plus it's easy to see how it could seem like it's just reinforcing harmful stereotypes.

Worldtraveller · September 8th, 2014, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finesse

I'm going to have to start buying pink tools just to **** with 'em.

What store is that?

MrAtom · September 8th, 2014, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M42

Yeah, I know what you mean. It just gets so blindingly frustrating sometimes. Plus it's easy to see how it could seem like it's just reinforcing harmful stereotypes.

I understand the reinforcing harmful stereotypes thing. It's hard for me to see those sometimes because I grew up in a family where gender norms were not enforced at all. If my sister wanted Hot Wheels and Lego's for her birthday, she got 'em. If I wanted a Barbie (or maybe a pink toolset :P) for Christmas, I got it.

NevadaWolf · September 8th, 2014, 10:36 PM

Within families, it's one thing. I grew up with a dad who didn't care if I wanted Lazer Tag along with Care Bears.

But in society it's tough, especially when things are so black or white. It's never "Barbie or Lego?" it's "Boy or girl?" I grew up when Lego's were Lego's, now they have a line directly aimed at girls because all of the "boy" kits.

When it comes to products, aside from a very very limited number of items, why do they have to be targeted to one gender or another? Nothing wrong with pink tools, if other colors were available also. Why not red, blue, green, or yellow? Why are most tools just tools, but pink gets the froo froo packaging?

Think back 30 years, stuff was just stuff. Get rid of the targeted products, make it neutral again, and let things be bought to be used vs just another gimick.

*sigh* Sore subject for me since I never fit into being a "girl" but knew I could never be accepted as a "boy", so having to live with expectations that didn't fit who I am sucked.

snot · September 9th, 2014, 02:20 AM

I have worked in boy jobs since I was a kid. One of my first jobs was at an auto parts store. It shocked customers when I was in the parking lot changing a transmission line. Proving I knew what I was doing was rough but I had support from other team members. I was also an outside sales rep for Kenworth (parts), stereo types suck.

LittleRedNinjette · September 9th, 2014, 02:31 AM

I was always bothered by the stigma of the "pink" aisles at the toy stores, Walmart and such.

Also thats at Sears. And when I looked at the tools they seem to me to be crap. The hammers are to stubby to be good for much more than hanging a picture or something.

If the really wanted to encourage women to fix things themselves they should offer good quality tools over pink crap.

LittleRedNinjette · September 9th, 2014, 02:38 AM

This thread reminded me of this.

Link to original page on YouTube.

alex.s · September 9th, 2014, 07:17 AM

last night i repaired my grinder with...

PINK DUCTTAPE!

CC Cowboy · September 9th, 2014, 08:45 AM

I used to use all my ex-girlfriends pink underwear as a rag to clean up messes but my dog ate the crotch out of them, no wait, they came that way.

csmith12 · September 9th, 2014, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

last night i repaired my grinder with...

PINK DUCTTAPE!

I have pink tape over my wheel weights on my r6. Seems it holds just as well as other colors.

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dcj13 Participant Name: Dave Location: South of Seattle Join Date: Oct 2012 Motorcycle(s): '94 K75 std Posts: Too much. MOTM - Aug '15	Low-res picture, but I'm assuming you're referring to all the pink. Isn't it just as insulting that pink MC gear is also advertised prominently for women?

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snot sammich maker Name: snot Location: West Ohio - in the kitchen Join Date: Feb 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 white 300, 09 KLX 250 SF, 09 thunder blue 250(traded) Posts: A lot. MOTM - Apr '15	Personally I will use pink tools but prefer black because it matches the grease. I don't buy pink tools, guns or gear. With one exception, my helmet because it does stand out more, my gloves only came in pink so I don't count them Guns and tools should not look like toys just my opinion.

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MrAtom . Name: . Location: . Join Date: Aug 2014 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot. MOTM - July '15	It's not that they're saying only women can buy pink tools or women can only buy tools if they're pink. They're trying to attract a feminine audience. They're ENCOURAGING women to start using tools and fix stuff themselves; you can still be a girly-girl and love doing home improvement projects.

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