Basic Color Terms + Gender Stereotypes

This is the perfect cartoon for anyone who is teaching both Deborah Cameron and Berlin and Kay in the same class:

3 thoughts on “Basic Color Terms + Gender Stereotypes”

Alex King March 12, 2010 at 6:25 am

Hilarious. I just lectured on B&K, although Cameron is in a different course.
Leila Monaghan March 12, 2010 at 9:55 am

I love this chart, and to prove that I really am a girl, my first instinct was to criticize the color choices…the plum isn’t dark enough, the lavender isn’t purple enough and salmon, although tinged with orange, should lighter and pinker!
David VanderMolen July 27, 2011 at 7:22 am

I would encourage you to read this blog post
http://howardproductions.typepad.com/in_my_sqaure/2011/07/friday-night-i-took-my-kids-to-see-judy-moody-the-not-bummer-summer-yes-the-title-has-a-girls-name-in-it-and-yes-i-took-m.html

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