I think you make many very good points in this article. The whole blue vs pink thing... Here in Denmark they use red for girls. Or at least used to before the whole culture got twisted a bit by watching too much US TV. My husband likes bright colors, so my mother made a hat for him. Only it was red... so he didn't feel comfortable wearing it. It seems weird to me... he wears red shirts and stuff, but a red hat just pushed his boundaries a bit too much. So in an international world, it is important to remember that cultural norms vary, so something that doesn't quite make sense might be a foreign cultural norm.