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Gender, On a Need To Know Basis

Jul 02, 2009 21:01

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gender roles

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farting_nora July 3 2009, 01:08:41 UTC

Bad idea, especially if it continues once the kid starts school.

aelf July 3 2009, 02:00:10 UTC

Why? Do you think if your parents had refused to use "he" or "she" in reference to you, or referred to you as their child instead of their son or daughter, that would have been a problem ( ... )

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thexphial July 3 2009, 02:21:46 UTC

That's assuming Pop doesn't self-identify as one gender or the other by school age. I would be surprised if that was the case, personally.

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mellybrelly July 3 2009, 01:10:31 UTC

I think it's just dumb.

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nothingmuch July 3 2009, 01:57:00 UTC

this

srs_breakfast July 3 2009, 01:12:44 UTC

Using obscure cartoon characters as parenting models is a terrible idea.

jesskathand July 3 2009, 03:03:59 UTC

i loved mission hill so much. thank you for the link. i will rent the dvd now. =D

lisasimpsonfan July 3 2009, 01:13:30 UTC

I think they are teaching the child to ignore a vital part of themselves. Children shouldn't be science experiments or used to make a social point.

audiobiblio July 3 2009, 01:58:58 UTC

Yep, pretty much this.

darth_snarky July 3 2009, 02:54:04 UTC

Is it really, though? There's not that much difference between little boys and little girls, just our expectations of them, and I know my gender has never been all that vital to my identity, and being female didn't seem that important to my life until I hit puberty. I'm not even that much of a tomboy (went though serious pink and princessy phases, nowadays I don't leave the house without at least a little makeup and I walk better in heels than flats)--I just grew up putting "I'm a girl" in the same category as "I have brown eyes" and "My hair is curly"--it was one physical aspect, but not "vital." I did ignore it, growing up.

As long as the kid knows which bathroom to go into (which they won't be doing by themselves for awhile), who cares?

lisasimpsonfan July 3 2009, 03:02:42 UTC

Since many transgendered people say that they knew something was wrong with their gender before puberty then I would say it does matter somehow. It might not have been part of your day to day life but one of the first things we learn is if we are a boy or a girl. It is part of our identity even if it is just in the back of our mind.

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