http://brettberk.com/2009/07/08/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-genderless-child/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://brettberk.com/2009/07/08/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-genderless-child/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 the Countess Tobin Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:19:32 +0000 http://brettberk.com/2009/07/08/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-genderless-child/#comment-1095 There was a short story along the same line in Ms. magazine about 40 years ago. I loved it. When I had my baby shower someone asked me if I was going to have a girl or a boy and when I said I did not know--"How am I supposed to know what to buy?" was the reaction. Baby clothes are so over-genderized. You have to work hard to avoid it. How stupid is that? I work hard finding non-gendered baby gifts. And how odd that it's the first question people ask when they hear of a baby being born. Why not--How's the baby? How's the mom? There was a short story along the same line in Ms. magazine about 40 years ago.
I loved it.
When I had my baby shower someone asked me if I was going to have a girl or a boy and when I said I did not know–”How am I supposed to know what to buy?” was the reaction.
Baby clothes are so over-genderized. You have to work hard to avoid it. How stupid is that?
I work hard finding non-gendered baby gifts. And how odd that it’s the first question people ask when they hear of a baby being born. Why not–How’s the baby? How’s the mom?

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