教科書：Element
教科書：Element：Communication II：Lesson 3

How Did Pink Become a “Girl's Color” in America?
—A study by Dr. Paoletti—
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①When I first〔〜に出くわした：came｜across〕〔以下の語句（に）：thewordsbelow〕〔30年近く前に：nearlyyears

30

Scene 2③〔1770年代まで：Up to the 1770s〕,〔色づけられたドレス：colored dresses〕were common
for〔乳幼児：infants〕,〔暗い赤、黄色、そして青ago〕, I stopped and read them again several

が全て使用されていて（付帯状況）：withtimes because 〔その当時は：back then〕 ,many people thought pink was a color for girls:

red, yellow, and blue all being used〕. 〔そdark

れから：Then〕〔漂白の慣行：the practice ofbleaching〕 and 〔低価格綿：low-pricecotton〕in the 19th century〔ある変化を引き起Pink or Blue? Which is better for boys andwhich for girls? This question comes from oneof our readers this month. There has been〔とても多様な意見：agreat

diversityopinion〕〔この話題に関して：onof

thischange〕in baby

clothing. 〔今世紀のほとんどにおいて：For mostof this century〕, the〔支配的な色：
dominant color〕for baby clothing was white.
〔これは…だからであろう：This

maybebecause〕 white cotton baby clothes are

規則（は）：thestrong and〔人は（一般的な人を表す主語）：one〕
could wash them many times with hot water,〔そgenerallyblue for the girl. 〔その理由は…です：Thereason is that〕pink,〔よりはっきりとしれはより実用的であった（非制限用法の関係詞）：て強い色なので（分詞構文）：beingIn addition〕, many people thought white

amore

decided and stronger color〕, is〔男の子により良い：nicer on the boy〕, 〔…である一歩で：while〕 blue, 〔より繊細できめ細かいので（非制限用法の関係詞）：which

is

more

delicate and fine〕, is prettier for thegirl. (“Pink or Blue?” 〔乳幼児部：Infants'Department〕, 1918)｜

asubject〕, but〔一般的に受け入れられているaccepted rule〕is pink for the boy and｜

こした：caused②I was a professor at the University of Maryland.
I was then working on a question, “When werepink and blue〔紹介された：introduced〕
as〔性区別された色：gendered colors〕?”

which was more practical〕. 〔加えて：

was a clean and safe color.

教科書：Element：II 5④ 〔…という証明は存在しない：There is noproof that〕pink and blue〔全く性別となんらの関係がある：had anything to do withgender at all〕〔19世紀中頃まで：until
the middle of the 19th century〕, and〔当時ですら：even then〕, the rule always

changed (sometimes pink was a boy's color,sometimes a girl's). Advice and〔文学：literature〕also have different opinions on
the issue as in these examples:

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⑤When did the modern gendered meanings ofpink and blue become〔より真に画一的で厳密に：
more truly uniform and rigid〕? 〔1950年代までには：By the 1950s〕, many began tothink that pink was a girl's color. However, thatidea was〔普遍的でも厳密でもなかった：neither
universal nor rigid〕; boys could stillwear pink dress shirts and girls wore〔ピンク以外のたくさんの色：manycolors

otherthanpink〕.

White is used for all babies. Blue is for girls
and pink is for boys, when a color is wished.
(Ladies' Home Journal, 1890)⑥〔同時に：At the same time〕, clothingcompanies〔最善を尽くした：did their best〕
to〔〜に備えて予期する：anticipate〕〔世論（に）：public opinion〕〔〜するために：in order to〕〔服のニーズをより予測可能にそ“Amy put a blue ribbon on the boy and a pinkon the girl, French fashion, so you can always

して儲かるようにする（ために）：makemoreclothing

predictable〔彼ら（の男女の区別）がわかる：tellneeds

andthem〕...” (Little Women, 1880)が設計されることができるようになればなるほど（比例profitable〕. 〔個々の子のためにより多くの服比較）：The

more

baby

clothing

could

be

designed for an individual child〕,〔一人の子から次の子へ親が服を残す（≒お下がりにする）のがより困難になり（比例比較＋形式主語）：theharder it would be for parents to handdown clothing from one child to the next〕

and 〔より多くの服を彼らが買わなければならなくなる（比例比較）：the more clothing they wouldhavetobuy〕〔家族が大きくなったのにつれて：astheir families grew〕. 〔これを生じさせる最も簡単な方法（は）：The easiest way to makethishappen〕 was to 〔〜を思いつく：comeup with〕clothes for boys and girls〔（男女で）お互いと異なる（服を）（関係詞外置）：that
quite

different

fromwereeachother〕. Using pink for girls and blue for boys

was a good〔解決策：solution〕,〔明白に理解できる：clearly

understandable〕

and 〔実施するのが容易な：easy to carryout〕 (〔ただ（〜するだけだ）：just〕make up
the same clothes 〔２つの異なる色で：in twodifferent colors〕).

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⑦Pink became〔ますます優勢な色：a more andmore dominant color〕for〔６歳未満の女児：
girls under six〕〔その人気は2000年の後に達して（付帯状況）：withits

popularity

peaking after 2000〕. However, there are〔変化の兆候：signsofchange〕〔近年：theseyears〕. 〔陽気な、冗談半分の再解釈：Playfulreinterpretations〕of the “traditional”

girl's look such as baby girl〔パンクロックの服装：
punk outfits〕〔ピンク、黒、そして他の色の（服装）：in pink and black and other colors〕—

purple, turquoise青緑色, green-are sharing〔（商品陳列）棚空間：rack space〕with more〔保守的な、古風な：conservative〕styles.
⑧ 〔さらにはっきり露呈するようなことには：Evenmore telling〕, older boys and men〔〜を取り戻している：are reclaiming 〕 pink. Pink
dress shirts and ties〔復興を享受してきている：haveenjoyed a revival〕, which began〔2004年頃に：around 2004〕. The colors of my son's
college Ultimateフリスビー team are pink and black;
until they actually ordered team uniforms in2008, they wore women's pink T-shirts!