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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
To each their own, sure. But I don't understand why a person who wants color is guaranteed, or even likely, to be a woman? Or why a person who wants to customize their start up screen is likely to be a woman?
Plus, maybe it's just me, but I think the "shrink it and pink it" approach to making traditionally men's stuff like guns and tools appeal to women is just insulting. I'm not some little child with My Little Pony painted on my bedroom walls. If I need a wrench, I need a wrench. It's not any more useful to me because it's pink. Frankly, the pink wrench is likely to be less well made, in my (admittedly limited) experience. It could be made a "woman's wrench" in a much more practical way by giving it a sturdy extendable handle so I could get more leverage on a nut some muscle-bound ape overtightened--and I would probably buy such a wrench even if it were pink, as long as it was a quality tool... but not without looking for more neutral colors.
Same for an e-book reader. I must admit I like the red ones, (and the blue ones) but I bet that men like the colored ones too. They probably shy away from pink for social reasons--hey--that's what pink would be good for; if your husband tends to walk off with your e-book reader, you could take advantage of the fact that there's social pressure on men not to have pink stuff by using a pink reader!
Maybe that's what pink tools are for too... There's still the quality issue, though.
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Dear Catsittingstill:
You are not wrong ; and I am happy for your honest opinion. YES, there will be women who like special changes for them; and there will be some who will say "hey, Dude, get lost". I know. I do understand that women now are exceedingly proud (and should be) of being equals in every way. Please do not take offense. This is NOT about a belief that women are all fluffy pink with sugar and spice. It is about two companies that cater to women by printing romance and erotic ebooks. THEY are looking for something in eBook Readers that lends itself more to women as they serve only a female clientel. Romance novels are outselling all other types of eBooks and that IS strictly "for women".
Yes, I agree with you that the "shrink it and pink it" thing stinks. This is NOT an attempt to do that. Erotic Books for women is not exactly "pink". What they want is something that is modern, upbeat, perhaps a bit sexy, that may be ideal for today's "proud to be a woman" to use.
Cat... I cannot give you a wrench with more leverage... but I can ask you and others for ideas and that is what I am doing. Are there concepts that
can delineate an eBook Reader as better for the female? Perhaps smaller buttons for smaller fingers? I really do not know. SO... as this is a forum I am inviting some discussion.
Likewise, I mean no offense to men here either. Some things might be just as suitable for men as for women... but these eBooks are strictly written for women.