Does this seem to girly?

[karinothing]

okay okay I know that there are no girl things or boy things. But I also know that kids and are kids and sometimes judge things as boys or girls things. I am creating spirtwear for school. I want the shirt to say "Paz, Amor, Mascot" (it obviously won't say the word mascot but will be our actual mascot. 

I was initially thinking of also having pictures of a peace sign, heart and then our mascot over the words (or under). The image was going to be on a tie dye shirt. Do you think that boys will want to wear this shirt or does a heart automatically rule it out for boys? This would be for PreK-5th. 

Something similar to this: i.pinimg.com/originals/39/66/1d/39661d84719b9b8002503e34f20cbd65.png

ETA: But the icons and logo and all wording will just be in black (or white) 

Eta: I am not worried about the tie dye. I know the kids love that. It is our peace seller. I am concerned about the peace sign and heart and whether those icons seem girly.

[sproctopus]

No. That is gender-neutral clothing.

[momin2013]

Looks very gender neutral to me

[goldengirlz]

It depends. How many transphobic politicians represent your district?

[dcn]

I don’t think so!

[karinothing]

Jul 30, 2023 19:51:24 GMT -5 goldengirlz said:

It depends. How many transphobic politicians represent your district?

Ha zero! We are a very liberal county/district. As in it is rare if republicans even run for office. 

[goldengirlz]

Jul 30, 2023 19:55:55 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Jul 30, 2023 19:51:24 GMT -5 goldengirlz said:

It depends. How many transphobic politicians represent your district?

Ha zero! We are a very liberal county/district. As in it is rare if republicans even run for office. 

Then I think you’re okay!

Serious answer:

It’s not unusual here to see boys wear tie-dye, pinks and purple, those flippy sequins shirts, etc. There are enough gender non-conforming kids that it’s not considered cool to mock someone for stepping outside gender norms — which then allows kids to embrace all kinds of clothing.

[cleo29]

I think it is nice!

[brooklyn]

My boys would love that!

[VillainV]

My son loves tie-dye. He and his friends definitely feel like there are no boy colors or girl colors — he made personalized keychains for his male friends in pink, purple, and aqua, and they were a huge hit.

[Roc A Bee]

Seems neutral to me? Is it the tie dye or the symbols that you were wondering about.

[heyyounotyouyou]

I don’t see a single girly thing about this.

[karinothing]

Jul 30, 2023 20:30:13 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

Seems neutral to me? Is it the tie dye or the symbols that you were wondering about.

More the symbols. I don't know if a heart symbol seems kind of girly? I don't know. The company has the design listed on their girl shirt page so I think it is stuck in my head that is is girly? But their image had a pretty swoopy heart and peace sign (if that makes sense lol). I asked them to change it to be a little more simplistic which I think makes it more gender neutral? I don't know ha. I have been designing shirts for 3 days and this is totally NOT my job and I think my brain is turning to mush lol. 

[melmel4854]

Definitely neutral! I think you are fine with this design!

[lilac05]

I think it’s definitely gender neutral.

That said, neither of my boys wear tie-dye. Not because it’s “girly”, just because it’s not their style.

No matter what you choose, you won’t make everyone happy. You’ve put a lot of work into it. You know your community and it sounds like you’ve put a lot of thought into this. Make the decision, move full speed ahead, and if anyone complains, thank them for offering to organize this part next year! It’s a much bigger job than anyone appreciates!

[sonrisa]

What kind of tie dye? I’m guessing you’ll get more interest if it’s school colors than full rainbow of colors. Some people get weird about colors.

[isabel]

DS1 loves pink and purple and both my boys wear tie-dye. They would absolutely wear that shirt. DS1 is going into third, DS2 into first.

[karinothing]

Jul 30, 2023 21:40:16 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

What kind of tie dye? I’m guessing you’ll get more interest if it’s school colors than full rainbow of colors. Some people get weird about colors.

Oh it will be rainbow. I am not worried about the colors just the symbols. We had a rainbow shirt two years ago and it was a best seller

[bex1973]

Agree with what others have said and especially since the heart is essentially part of the slogan/wording I wouldn't think anyone would bat an eye!

[brooke77]

Totally gender neutral. My son (6) loves tie dye.

[scm1011]

Definitely gender neutral.

[mcsangel2]

Boys I know in the middle school age range would not wear tie dye.

[eb777888]

David would love that shirt!
His current favorite shirt is his Vans purple tie die that I'm telling him to throw in the donation box because it's too small but he refuses to part with it, lol. David never shies away from "girly" or pastel colors and none of his friends have ever said anything to him about it? I think a lot of his friends even wear that stuff. He's going into 9th.

[macmars45]

My DS' school shirt is tie dye blue, pink and orange. He wears it with pink shorts. He's a rising second grader.

[thebreakfastclub]

My son as a rising 5th grader would likely not wear that shirt or tie dye at large. He's also not interested in spirit wear as a whole so maybe not the demographic anyway.

[sonrisa]

If rainbow tie dye has been a success at that school in the past, then this will likely be a big success.