2.Pink and blue were originally considered colors for boys and girls, respectively.
4.Skirts used to be worn in battle by men for more room to move around.
6.Old Spice was launched by Shulton Inc. in 1937.
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The product was received well, and therefore followed with Old Spice for men in 1938.
A football thing, initially.
9.Makeup, primarily worn by wealthy men back in the day.
They were made because most women didnt have pockets for pocket watches.
Now I pretty much just see men wear them, though theyve started to fall out of style.
11.Names like Ashley, Kim, Beverly, Addison, Shelby, etc.
Used to be boys names, now are mostly girls.
Boys are going to run out of names otherwise!
Prior to that, women mainly used home made washable rags.
13.Fedoras and trilby hats.
Both hats are named for the (fictional) women who wore them.
In the early renaissance, young, fashionable men just… stopped wearing their skirts/robes.
The old, religious men were absolutely scandalized.
Sounds familiar, no?
Back in the day all the men carried their coinage in a purse.
Although its making a comeback for modern dudes.
16.Corsets were predominantly male when first brought about then gradually became both then just mainly female.
17.Pilates was actually created by a German man named Joseph Pilates who created it for rehabilitation.
His first patients were actually war veterans and then dancers.
But definitely not in the US, France or England.
The magazine was founded in 1973 and was marketed to women.
However, gay men became the most dominant consumer of the magazine.
22.Computer programming was a job originally intended for women.
And now we all blow our noses in them.
It was originally manufactured for relieving tension and relaxing sore muscles.
Often used by athletes.
But now is famous for its use as a sex toy/industrial strength vibrator.
Makes sense why a lot of old mustangs are red.
27.Holding doors for people.
At some point it flipped and turned to just being a polite thing to do.
29.Those leg stirrups they use at the gynecologist were invented for removing bladder stones in men.
They used to cut from below the testicles and cut right through the prostate.
It had a very low survival rate.
