Posted on 07/11/2017 1:54:41 PM PDT by Trump20162020
For starters, gender-reveal parties don't actually reveal gender—they reveal anatomy. Gender is a wholly different thing, inextricably tied to the social constructs around it. (Fun fact: Blue used to be the color most associated with little girls, due to its association with the Virgin Mary. But Hitler—yes, Hitler—feminized the color pink by forcing gays to wear triangles in that shade during World War II.) A gender reveal conflates the two.
Projecting gender perceptions onto a fetus becomes especially thorny when you take into consideration that, globally, one in every 1000 to 1500 children is born with a visible form of Difference of Sex Development (DSD), which means being neither entirely male nor female, since the chromosomal/genital makeup falls somewhere in between—an enlarged clitoris capable of erections, for instance. (Broader definitions of DSD put this number closer to 1 in 100 children.) Then there are the millions of kids assigned a sex at birth with which they don't align: 150,000 American teenagers identify as transgender. In a ritual that celebrates only a binary way of thinking about identity, we're leaving a cross-section of the population out, adding to a culture of trans and intersex shame. And for what? Confetti poppers?
(Excerpt) Read more at cosmopolitan.com ...
Yeah, I look to Cosmo for advice on parenting...not.
A basic science lithmus test should be “how many human sexes are there.”
Anyone who thinks there are anything but two fails the scientific knowledge test, and their thoughts on “climate change” are wholly irrelevant.
Hoo-watt?
Destroying gender roles is a step on the path to destroying the “patriarchy” or, as you call it, the United States.
“Male and female He made them.”
I know blue used to be considered a baby girl’s color, but never heard that Hitler line before.
Dear Cosmopolitan,
F- y-.
Sincerely,
Happy expecting parents everywhere
I suspect this author is getting her “fun fact” from someplace dark and smelly.
As though the weirdos at Cosmo will ever have anything to reveal except their deviant attitudes toward marriage and family.
Never go out with a woman who subscribes to that mag.
I did not realize that Hitler and Nazis were such trend setters.
I always celebrate after finding out the sex of my baby! After the ultrasound, we go to the store and pick out a cute little boy outfit or girl outfit. It’s exciting.
Why don’t you just be happy and excited for your expecting friends instead of being a stuck up bitch about it?
How about instead of injecting your obnoxious feminist politics in to everything, you try acting like a human being for once?
Ask Smithsonian: When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?
In any case, I don't think Hitler was influencing fashion choices prior to WWI.
Advice from Cosmo? Like getting advice on keeping sheep safe from a wolf. Hogwash.
This gender neutral nonsense is the latest fad. And technically, “gender” is the wrong word, it refers to language.
In reality there are two sexes, and surgery cannot change one’s DNA or chromosomes.
We are either male or female, regardless of how we dress, or the pronouns we use.
The retired head of Psychiatry for Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical School says “transgender” is a mental illness. Who would know better?
Parents dressed their girls in pink because of the color's association with gays and Hitler?
Craziest comment of the week (including DL's nonsense).
Pink for girls and blue for boys is indeed a recent (post-WWII) phenomenon, but it's more likely to have come to the US from France, where it was traditional.
Gender pertains to use of a noun.
Sex pertains to the thingy between one’s legs.
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