I was walking with my father today and we see a very prim and proper woman crossing the street. She was wearing a light purple pastel dress and looked as if she was straight out of a 50s movie. My dad mentioned that her dress was "NU purple" to which I replied "No, NU purple is darker." He then answered with "Her dress is the female version of NU purple." So apparently the dark purple that all of NU wears is a 'masculine' color and has a female version? It was just very interesting how the color of one's clothing is so gendered that just because of the light and pastel quality of it, it was seen as automatically the epitome of femininity.
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