I write following Green councillor Sven Rufus and his objection to pink bikes for girls (The Argus, November 23).

Why is it so wrong for girls to like pink?

I know my two girls liked pink – my oldest had a pink bike, and she’s just picked up her master’s degree in Shakespearian studies.

As girls, they would not wear clothes if they did not have pink in them and it has not done them any psychological damage.

It’s the same as not giving a boy a toy gun. When I was a kid you would pick up a stick and use it as a gun.

It’s the parents role to steer their children through life and pink has always been there.

They don’t make green bikes for kids as they’re too boring.

A Gumbrill, Chapel Mews, Hove

So Coun Rufus and his Green party are intent on sucking the joy from life. He really should realise that life is too short to waste time getting concerned about the colour of a child’s bike.

Boys and girls are different and always have been; girls don’t need encouragement to like the colour pink and girly things – it’s just the way things are.

If children have the opportunity to play with toys, they’ll choose their own preferred colour, be it pink or black.

Ian Purser, Braeside Avenue, Brighton