Originally Posted by erg79

I've seen a few guys riding mixtes recently. Some hybrids have such sloping top tubes anyway, so it's not a radical change. But like all gender constructs anyway, it's not easy to just change your way of thinking overnight. I see a mixte or another traditional woman's frame, and I wouldn't get it for myself. I know it's kind of silly, but things like that get ingrained.

Things can change, though--in the 19th century pink was for boys (people considered it closer to red, which was thought of as a strong and masculine color), while blue was for girls (it was thought of as softer, plus in most artwork the Virgin Mary is wearing blue, so it was a feminine color).