Is the Boheme a girl's pen?

[meiers]

I bought a pink Parker jotter today at Staples for less than a dollar.

They were clearing them out.

 

Matt

[meiers]

Bleck! I wouldn't have pink if you gave it to me. It makes me think of anti-nausea medicine. Yuck! Yet I know at least 2 guys positively dripping in testosterone who look great in it. Go figure.

 

For the last time - pens and colors don't have gender. It's down to the person wielding them. If I'm using them, they're a woman's pen in a women's color, whatever they are. If a man is using them, they're a man's pen in a man's color, whatever they are. If your choices can be dictated by some dweeb in marketing, then you weren't very secure in yourself to begin with.

Well written: "pens and colors don't have gender", only the persons using them and as far as I know, gender is non-transferrable to pens and colors (unless you are "some dweeb in marketing")

 

I quite like this post.

 

Matt

[Pelikanyo]

Not at all...especially the rollers

[pamsc]

"That is the way it is" has to do with the way society has categorized certain things such as color in life. Not that it is right, not that I am condoning it, not that I don't know better, not thats its not narrow minded, not that one should not do what they are passionate about. None of that. Pink, will always be a color associated with femininity...sorry..Thats just the way it is!

 

Actually, some people argue that before World War II, pink was more associated with boys and blue with girls (association with the Virgin Mary). See http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2831/was-pink-originally-the-color-for-boys-and-blue-for-girls

So these things do change.

The Infant's Department, a trade journal, tried to settle the question in 1918: There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for a boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.

http://trueslant.com/michaelsalmonowicz/2009/10/31/pink-is-for-boys-blue-is-for-girls/

Edited October 20, 2010 by pamsc

[TommySix]

I just got my Resin with Sapphire Boheme today, must say it sure looks tiny in retracted form. Anyone got a fixed nib Boheme they'd like to sell?

[alkman]

When my daughter was around one, she was dressed in blue which I was told "it's the new pink." But I find colored plastic, resin, celluloid, etc., to be a refreshing departure from the often stodgy appearance of black pens. I find many of MBs excursions into colour, not jewel encrusted extravagance, to be well founded and intriguing.

[meiers]

There is no such thing as a boy's pen or a girl's pen... in my world

Edited October 22, 2010 by meiers

[stacybean]

My only MB is a large Boheme with retractable nib. Posted it is the same length as my M805 and slightly larger diameter.Not "feminine" It is my opinion that the "body felt sense" of gender is largely biologically determined and the other aspects of gender are cultural constructs.

[jgrasty]

I'd have no problem owning a Boheme (it's on my list). I wouldn't put pink ink in it, though. :roflmho:

[pb2au]

Its definitely a pen for women. Quickly let me take yours off your hands.

 

At the end of the day, write with what you like!

 

Sanj

[bartl]

I don't think she's a women's pen!

 

I had one in platinum line but when I saw the marron one I immeditaley bought it and sold the platinum!

 

The rose gold in this pen is absolutely stunning!

 

 

Got the Marron too, agree with you, I am now aiming at the Doue ligne, stunning piece

[eric47]

Back in the day manufacturers made pens suitable for men's vest and pocket, as well as for women's purses. Think of the Pelikan 100 for instance. Some manufacturers have maintained the tradition of making smaller sized pens.

 

Is it more manly to have smaller sized pen suited properly for your shirt or jacket pocket, or to have some big heavy pen that needs to put in diagonally because of its length and weighs down your shirt so much the pocket reaches your belt? I find the latter kind of dorky myself, but that's just me.

Edited October 22, 2010 by eric47

[girlieg33k]

Is it more manly to have smaller sized pen suited properly for your shirt or jacket pocket, or to have some big heavy pen that needs to put in diagonally because of its length and weighs down your shirt so much the pocket reaches your belt?

I understand one's preference in this regard may have more to do with the tentativeness of one's penmanship than, say, practicality - or, cough, personal style.

 

Back on topic, the Boheme is a pen. No gender-specific possessive adjective is required.

[nicholasyeo]

I swear, every person who enquired about the Boheme I put up for sale was male!

[Garageboy]

The Boheme may not be a chicks pen, but there are plenty

Sheaffer TD Tuckaways, Parker Lady Duofolds, Parker Vacumatic Debutante (always loved that name)

[Lolx]

I think the Boheme is fine for both sexes.

I don't own one because I think they are solely cartridge fillers.

 

I know this guy who is 6' 3" or so and he goes to court as a lawyer with a Mozart. Looks a little out of proportion, but hey at least he has a Montblanc :roflmho:

Edited October 25, 2010 by Lolx