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Girls really do prefer pink and boys prefer blue,recent research shows.
The reasons could have its origins in the hunt for food on the African savannah (稀树草原) thousands of years ago.Evolution may have developed women’s preference for pink,perhaps because it helped them to find ripe fruit and healthy men with reddish faces,while both men and women have a natural desire for blue,according to scientists at Newcastle University.
“Everyone in today’s Western culture,from parents to toy manufacturers,seems to assume that little girls like pink.” Said Prof.Anya Hurlbert,who wanted to find out whether the reason was cultural or to do with biology.
A love of salmon,fuschia and coral does seem to be rooted into females,rather than picked up from their mothers.
The participants in the study were Chinese and British.The Chinese students showed a marked preference for red.“Culture may contribute to this natural female preference,” said Pro.Hurlbert.
In her experiments,208 young adult men and women were asked to select,as rapidly aspossible,their preferred color.Hurlbert and her colleague Dr.Yazhu Ling marked the results and found that while men preferred blue,women tended to choose pink.
Hulbert said she could only infer about the preference for blue:“Here again,I would favor evolutionary arguments.Going back to our ‘savannah’ days,we would have a natural preference for a clear blue sky,because it signaled good weather.Clear blue also signals a good water source.”