Would you try to raise your kid gender neutral?

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I think these parents are silly and possibly making a political statement through their child. However, apparently I am one of the only people on here who feels that some gender neutrality is good for kids.
Pink, princesses and dolls being for girls, cars, blue and legos for boys, those are social constructs.

This little girl is Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

I think he became a pretty masculine man.

Boys and girls generally wore the same clothes and hair for much of our history, until the age of about six or so and no one thought allowing babies to look the same would confuse them or turn kids gay. Also pink only became known as a girls' color until the 1940's. Before that, it was a boy's color. These are just arbitrary, cultural trends that really are unlikely to have much affect on kids unless the trends - or their opposites, are forced on children:

For centuries[...], children wore dainty white dresses up to age 6. “What was once a matter of practicality—you dress your baby in white dresses and diapers; white cotton can be bleached—became a matter of ‘Oh my God, if I dress my baby in the wrong thing, they’ll grow up perverted,’ ” Paoletti says. The march toward gender-specific clothes was neither linear nor rapid. Pink and blue arrived, along with other pastels, as colors for babies in the mid-19th century, yet the two colors were not promoted as gender signifiers until just before World War I—and even then, it took time for popular culture to sort things out.
For example, a June 1918 article from the trade publication Earnshaw's Infants' Department said, “The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.” Other sources said blue was flattering for blonds, pink for brunettes; or blue was for blue-eyed babies, pink for brown-eyed babies, according to Paoletti.


Today’s color dictate wasn’t established until the 1940s, as a result of Americans’ preferences as interpreted by manufacturers and retailers. “It could have gone the other way,” Paoletti says.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-did-girls-start-wearing-pink-1370097/#ixzz2tdbQRgMt ​

I think that today, there is a lot of unreasonable panic about gender qualifiers and making kids have mental problems by allowing them to break artificial gender stereotypes. And I think that attitude has gotten really crazy and has negatively affected how children are allowed to play and dress.

When I was a kid, the "pink and sparkly" thing did not exist. My brothers and I played mostly with the same toys. Fisher price had incredible sets - the farm, gas station, castle, A-frame, etc. We made villages with main streets and played together for hours:
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Now, sadly, Fisher Price has segregated their toys. The girls' sets are different than the boys and the figurines and vehicles are sometimes not interchangeable. The colors definitely demarcate which set is for whom, too:

The same thing goes for Legos:

This 1981 advertisement for Lego sets has been given a renewed life in the reaction to Lego’s Friends line, a line of Lego products that remain the only ones marketed expressly at girls, with minifigures that are incompatible with other Lego products.
“In 1981,” explains Giordano, “LEGOs were ‘Universal Building Sets’ and that’s exactly what they were…for boys and girls. Toys are supposed to foster creativity. But nowadays, it seems that a lot more toys already have messages built into them before a child even opens the pink or blue package. In 1981, LEGOs were simple and gender-neutral, and the creativity of the child produced the message. In 2014, it’s the reverse: the toy delivers a message to the child, and this message is weirdly about gender.” http://www.themarysue.com/girl-in-old-lego-ad/

When I was a kid, this is how girls dressed much of the time and how they played and what they played with and lo and behold, parents in the 70's and early 80's did not raise a generation of lesbians!:

Now it is necessary that little girls vomit pink and purple and sparkles:
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http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-f...iful-little-girl-princess-dress-image25072188
http://www.costumesupercenter.com/girls+costumes-disney+princess.html

It's a bit disturbing.

I think kids should be allowed to be kids. I think babies and toddlers are pretty much gender neutral anyway and it doesn't matter. You aren't going to influence their gender development unless you use a ton of force.

Yeah, these particular people are choosing to publicize this and they seem radical to me which means they may have an agenda. But I frankly don't care what kids wear as long as it is not "revealing" or too adult or sloppy and I would not care if mine made an "opposite gender" choice of clothing. It's all artificial constructs anyhow, small children often make odd choices and who cares? If once in awhile they really, really want to wear a superman cape or sparkly red shoes, it's not going to hurt anyone. If someone freaks out about it, that's their problem. My response is: "They're just kids".

As to bullying, that's a poor excuse for buying into hysteria either direction.

 

[tlcya]

Thank you. We had 2 sons first and then 3 daughters. I took my # 2 son and oldest daughter to a fishing expo, ages 10 and 8, and signed them both up in a casting contest. Son took 1st place , daughter took third. She was the only girl competing. Can't say who I was most proud of. Myself, most probably since I taught them both. But it was never my intent, and my intent could not have changed one damn thing, to raise her like I did them. To teach her like I did the boys, yes. To treat her like a son......never.
I don't think any other thread has ever touched me this deeply before. This is just wrong and I don't care what the so called progressives have to say about it.

Yes. This. We have had our daughter involved in BMX as well as our son. Both our children cook with me in the kitchen. BOTH enjoyu the outdoors, climbing trees, running and collecting bugs.

We are doing our own gender neutrality. The way I FEEL is right. We are not limiting either on whatever their interests are, we are allowing them to choose their style of dress (within what is appropriate to age).

They are both in karate, they are both outdoorsy, my daughter is uniquely herself. My son is uniquely himself.

True gender neutrality is in allowing your kids to explore and discover who they are. Period. Not enforce some idea of who they shouldn't be.

This forcing neutrality is BS. That is my own opinion.

 

[iamnotagolem]

I think these parents are silly and possibly making a political statement through their child. However, apparently I am one of the only people on here who feels that some gender neutrality is good for kids.
Pink, princesses and dolls being for girls, cars, blue and legos for boys, those are social constructs.

This little girl is Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

I think he became a pretty masculine man.

Boys and girls generally wore the same clothes and hair for much of our history, until the age of about six or so and no one thought allowing babies to look the same would confuse them or turn kids gay. Also pink only became known as a girls' color until the 1940's. Before that, it was a boy's color. These are just arbitrary, cultural trends that really are unlikely to have much affect on kids unless the trends - or their opposites, are forced on children: I think that today, there is a lot of unreasonable panic about gender qualifiers and making kids have mental problems by allowing them to break artificial gender stereotypes. And I think that attitude has gotten really crazy and has negatively affected how children are allowed to play and dress.

When I was a kid, the "pink and sparkly" thing did not exist. My brothers and I played mostly with the same toys. Fisher price had incredible sets - the farm, gas station, castle, A-frame, etc. We made villages with main streets and played together for hours:
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Now, sadly, Fisher Price has segregated their toys. The girls' sets are different than the boys and the figurines and vehicles are sometimes not interchangeable. The colors definitely demarcate which set is for whom, too:

The same thing goes for Legos: When I was a kid, this is how girls dressed much of the time and how they played and what they played with and lo and behold, parents in the 70's and early 80's did not raise a generation of lesbians!:

Now it is necessary that little girls vomit pink and purple and sparkles:
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http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-f...iful-little-girl-princess-dress-image25072188
http://www.costumesupercenter.com/girls+costumes-disney+princess.html

It's a bit disturbing.

I think kids should be allowed to be kids. I think babies and toddlers are pretty much gender neutral anyway and it doesn't matter. You aren't going to influence their gender development unless you use a ton of force.

Yeah, these particular people are choosing to publicize this and they seem radical to me which means they may have an agenda. But I frankly don't care what kids wear as long as it is not "revealing" or too adult or sloppy and I would not care if mine made an "opposite gender" choice of clothing. It's all artificial constructs anyhow, small children often make odd choices and who cares? If once in awhile they really, really want to wear a superman cape or sparkly red shoes, it's not going to hurt anyone. If someone freaks out about it, that's their problem. My response is: "They're just kids".

As to bullying, that's a poor excuse for buying into hysteria either direction.

I agree with most of your post, but I think there are plenty of gender neutral toys that I don't have a problem with all the princessy girly stuff. My little girl LOVES pink, everything must be pink, pink, pink, she loves all things princess, loves wearing dresses, loves wearing tiaras and playing dress up.

My little girl who proudly announced at age 4 that "I've decided when I'm 5 I'm old enough to have a gun". Who recently told us "when I grow up I'm going to be a librarian and a hunter". She loves to fish and shoot and wants to go hunting with her daddy. She plays with legos, matchbox cars, and dinosaurs.

My sons favorite toys are dinosaurs & cars, but still plays with dolls, my little pony and dollhouses.

I prefer to let my kids chose the toys they want to play with, let them chose what clothes they prefer to wear. I honestly do not understand why anyone would want their child to be gender neutral. No matter what you do your child will still have a gender.

 

[lisser]

I find that most children have their personality based on who they are, not because of what gender they are. I think as long as we give them a choice of what they would like to wear, or play with, then their true gender doesn't matter.

I think they should still be called by their birth gender, unless or until they decide for themselves that they identify with the other gender. A gender confused child is going to be gender confused whether they are told they are a boy or a girl or not.

Let girls play with pink princesses if they want, or with cars and trucks in the mud. Let boys play with tractors and cars if they want, or with sparkly pink ponies if they prefer.

I actually think forcing gender neutrality would be more stifling than just letting them choose what to wear or play with, all the while knowing they are a boy or a girl.

 

[lisser]

Someone up above mentioned Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter dressing gender neutral. I don't think they force that on her in the least. I think they have it right with her. She knows she is a girl, and dresses in the boy clothing because she prefers it, and they are fine with her no matter what. Their other two daughters seems to be pretty girly girls.

Acceptance is the key, not forcing of gender neutrality.

 

[TrackerSam]

I want a list of how they think this will create positive outcomes for their child. I want to know how they justify it.

IMO children need an identity. We need to know we belong - to a family, to a society, to a school, to a sports team etc. etc. and yes, to a gender. Transgender people have such a strong sense of identity relative to a specific gender that they are willing to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

There's a rather famous case, I wish I could remember the names. Something bad happened when he was being circumcised. A specialist in gender reassignment was brought in and I think he saw it as a way to make a name for himself. It was decided to do gender reassignment, hormones and whatever else and raise him as a girl, and this doctor proclaimed success after a few years........until this poor little boy hit puberty and he knew he wasn't a girl. All the hormones and all the reconstruction in the world didn't change a damn thing. Just tragic. Not the same as what's going on here but you can't change a person's core, and I don't see the point to it.

 

[Soulmagent]

I always wondered what made one transgender?

I wear pants. Does a dress make someone transgender?

I understand a person being attracted to the same sex , as people tend to fall in love or lust or whatever ,with people they can relate "they're type" .

What is it to feel like a man?
How does a man know he wants to be a woman?

Feelings is all any of it is based on and just because you you feel a certain way doesnt make it true?
It sounds like to me, a complex case of Body dysmorphic disorder .
Most people with it just feel fat or ugly. Even if they like dresses and nail polish. Why cant boys like those things and still be boys?
How can you paste a transgender label on an 8 yr old?

 

[Steely Dan]

I always wondered what made one transgender?

I wear pants. Does a dress make someone transgender?

I understand a person being attracted to the same sex , as people tend to fall in love or lust or whatever ,with people they can relate "they're type" .

What is it to feel like a man?
How does a man know he wants to be a woman?

Feelings is all any of it is based on and just because you you feel a certain way doesnt make it true?
It sounds like to me, a complex case of Body dysmorphic disorder .
Most people with it just feel fat or ugly. Even if they like dresses and nail polish. Why cant boys like those things and still be boys?
How can you paste a transgender label on an 8 yr old?

BBM

He feels like a woman and is attracted to men.

 

[michmi]

I think when you are born into a body with the chromosomes, genitals and hormones that correspond to that body, and that body is healthy, to believe you are anything else is a delusion.

 

[Steely Dan]

I think when you are born into a body with the chromosomes, genitals and hormones that correspond to that body, and that body is healthy, to believe you are anything else is a delusion.

BBM

I believe hormonal imbalances are part of it.

 

[Public_Hysteria]

I don't agree with this. I think the aim of a parent is to guide their child into becoming the person they were born to be, and accept them no matter who they grow up to be. A child should be able to wear what they want and play with whatever toys they want, without having gender issues coming into play. A child of this age isn't even aware of these sort of issues, they just are who they are and like what they like - it's not any more complicated than that. At the end of the day, a person is born the way they were born. Nothing will change who they are at their core.

Let the kid dress how he wants to, don't force him to wear overly male or female clothes as a cruel and strange experiment. That's the kind of thing that causes problems in adulthood.

 

[Soulmagent]

BBM

He feels like a woman and is attracted to men.

How do we know he really is not just homosexual and not transgender?

Does he feel like a woman soley because he is attracted to men or some other gender imposed rules that peers place on the sexes?

 

[Lucky 1]

I was in Tractor Supply a couple of weeks ago and heard a loud clattering. I was confused, since it sounded like high heels...not something you usually hear in TSC. So I waited, and lo and behold two approximately 7-8 y.o. girls came tottering around the corner on 3" glitter-all-over high heels, skin tight blue jeans and all the accompanying accoutrement. If not for their pint-size, they could easily have passed for 21.

I have far more problem with the hypersexualization of young girls which is now so popular, whether it is their choice or not.

 

[Donjeta]

It's not as simple as that. The gender you identify with is separate from being sexually attracted in a heterosexual pattern.
There actually are some people who identify both as transgender and lesbian/gay.

http://lezgetreal.com/2008/10/the-longest-road-being-both-lesbian-and-transsexual/

Regarding the clothing choices, the fashions that we associate with males and females are arbitrary, cultural and subject to change. It is just a matter of historical accident that we dress like we do today, and it just as easily could be that we could tell the males and females apart because the men wear toilet paper around their head and the women don't.

It's not the pink colour or the unisex seventies colours or the wearing dresses or the wearing pants that is significant, in and of itself, rather it's the acts of choosing and the messages that go along with those choices. Do you stand out in your choices or is everybody else the same? Are you the only boy in a pink tutu you know or are you just one of the crowd? Are your choices really your choices or are they thrust upon you? Are you wearing the pink tutu or the brown pants because that's what you really want to do or because your parents thought that's they should make you wear? If they were thrust upon you, how much do you mind? Is someone sending you a message that dressing like you want is not okay? Are you being made a public spectacle of?

 

[Laughing]

I was in Tractor Supply a couple of weeks ago and heard a loud clattering. I was confused, since it sounded like high heels...not something you usually hear in TSC. So I waited, and lo and behold two approximately 7-8 y.o. girls came tottering around the corner on 3" glitter-all-over high heels, skin tight blue jeans and all the accompanying accoutrement. If not for their pint-size, they could easily have passed for 21.

I have far more problem with the hypersexualization of young girls which is now so popular, whether it is their choice or not.

Amen, and AMEN!

 

[oh_gal]

When did parenting children become a social experiment?

 

[Laughing]

When did parenting children become a social experiment?

Well, if you think about it, all parenting is an experiment, and the job is never finished. KWIM? Both child and parents are newbies.

( Theological joke here: I earned a graduate degree at a Lutheran university. My Dad said that I went to Reformed school! He drove nearly 2000 miles to my commencement. )

 

[tlcya]

ha ha that was a good one your dad made there, Laughing!

 

[Littlegreenlady]

My nephew is looked after by his nan, who also looks after his cousin, a girl aged one. He picked up one of her dolls the other day and started to play with it. His nan bought him one of his own, partly because he genuinely enjoyed playing with it, and also because his mum is expecting a second baby in a few months, so it was to prepare him. My sister is fine with this, but is scared to tell her husband as he doesn't agree with boys playing with dolls.

I was really quite surprised by this - I don't agree with forcing toys on any kid just to be PC, but I dislike the gender separation of toys anyway. When I was a kid I played with dolls, because that's what me and my sisters were given... I was happy enough with them, but was always wildly jealous of boys toys, and played with transformers and racing cars whenever I had the chance. I buy my nephew toys he will play with rather than anything associated as a "boys" or "girls" toy