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The Twentieth Century Reversal of Pink-Blue Gender Coding: A Scientific Urban Legend?

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Del Giudice, M. The Twentieth Century Reversal of Pink-Blue Gender Coding: A Scientific Urban Legend?. Arch Sex Behav 41, 1321–1323 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-012-0002-z

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