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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 8:00 pm
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:24 pm
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:03 am
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:12 am
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Honestly, I don't like what they're doing. You can't just "raise" a child to be genderless. It's something they need to figure out for themselves. It's just as bad as parents treating a neutrois to be male or female. In fact, it's the same thing, but the other way around. I mean, sure, it's nice to think that the social norms of males and females can be nullified, but not at the cost of gender. For example, I may dress like a man and sometimes be on the side of men, but I'm still female. Always will be.
And then there's also the social costs. They are opening the child up to a world of hate, and the child didn't even get a say into it in the first place. I mean, if the child really is genderless, then great, but I really think these parents are close-minded as to think you can choose to raise a child a certain way. You can't choose, nor can you raise. You just are.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 2:48 am
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She Promised You Cookies Honestly, I don't like what they're doing. You can't just "raise" a child to be genderless. It's something they need to figure out for themselves. It's just as bad as parents treating a neutrois to be male or female. In fact, it's the same thing, but the other way around. I mean, sure, it's nice to think that the social norms of males and females can be nullified, but not at the cost of gender. For example, I may dress like a man and sometimes be on the side of men, but I'm still female. Always will be. And then there's also the social costs. They are opening the child up to a world of hate, and the child didn't even get a say into it in the first place. I mean, if the child really is genderless, then great, but I really think these parents are close-minded as to think you can choose to raise a child a certain way. You can't choose, nor can you raise. You just are. I agree 100%. That child is going to grow up with so much confusion about their gender and sexuality, and is going to have incredibly low self-esteem from bullies at an early age (if they ever stop home-schooling)
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:21 am
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 5:42 am
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Atrum_Anima She Promised You Cookies Honestly, I don't like what they're doing. You can't just "raise" a child to be genderless. It's something they need to figure out for themselves. It's just as bad as parents treating a neutrois to be male or female. In fact, it's the same thing, but the other way around. I mean, sure, it's nice to think that the social norms of males and females can be nullified, but not at the cost of gender. For example, I may dress like a man and sometimes be on the side of men, but I'm still female. Always will be. And then there's also the social costs. They are opening the child up to a world of hate, and the child didn't even get a say into it in the first place. I mean, if the child really is genderless, then great, but I really think these parents are close-minded as to think you can choose to raise a child a certain way. You can't choose, nor can you raise. You just are. I agree 100%. That child is going to grow up with so much confusion about their gender and sexuality, and is going to have incredibly low self-esteem from bullies at an early age (if they ever stop home-schooling)
I too must agree. It's coming across too much as exploitation for a cause that might do more harm than actually help. The child should be the one to figure it out. A parent's job is to support them no matter what.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 6:53 am
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Atrum_Anima She Promised You Cookies Honestly, I don't like what they're doing. You can't just "raise" a child to be genderless. It's something they need to figure out for themselves. It's just as bad as parents treating a neutrois to be male or female. In fact, it's the same thing, but the other way around. I mean, sure, it's nice to think that the social norms of males and females can be nullified, but not at the cost of gender. For example, I may dress like a man and sometimes be on the side of men, but I'm still female. Always will be. And then there's also the social costs. They are opening the child up to a world of hate, and the child didn't even get a say into it in the first place. I mean, if the child really is genderless, then great, but I really think these parents are close-minded as to think you can choose to raise a child a certain way. You can't choose, nor can you raise. You just are. I agree 100%. That child is going to grow up with so much confusion about their gender and sexuality, and is going to have incredibly low self-esteem from bullies at an early age (if they ever stop home-schooling)
Read this article. It discusses this very issue.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:10 am
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:36 am
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:43 am
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 1:12 pm
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 1:51 pm
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 2:26 pm
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Denkou Soshiatae It looks to me like all of you who are disagreeing are taking this entirely the wronge way! It is not that they are saying to the baby "You are not alloud to call yourself a girl or a boy, you must call yourself sexless." It's really not like that at all, the way i see. it What they are actually saying is "You may identify yourself as a girl or a boy, we aren't going to do it for you, we will let you decide when you can." I truelly think it's beautiful, what they are doing? How can you say that the parents are being controlling? How can you say the parents are choosing for the child? It is not that they aren't allowing Storm to be a gender, but raising the baby in a gender nutral environment. I agree that it's not really them saying, "YOU MUST BE SEXLESS." However, they're much too young to know whether or not they identify with one gender, the other, or neither. They're just going to take bits and pieces of genders they feel like identifying with, and later on it might make dating a nightmare. It's hard to find people that are that understanding.
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