Comments on: Baby Storm: Neither A Boy Or A Girl Until IT Has the Capacity To Choose Which Gender IT Wants To Be http://myrockingcradle.com/2011/05/baby-storm-neither-a-boy-or-a-girl-until-he-has-the-capacity-to-choose-which-gender-heshe-wants-to-be/ writing down my thoughts as the cradle rocks Wed, 23 May 2012 00:56:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Josephine http://myrockingcradle.com/2011/05/baby-storm-neither-a-boy-or-a-girl-until-he-has-the-capacity-to-choose-which-gender-heshe-wants-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-14726 Josephine Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:11:24 +0000 http://myrockingcradle.com/?p=5823#comment-14726 I beg your pardon, but you have missed the point. I hope when my little X is born, you will not be nearby to judge X's little checkered overalls and page-boy haircut. I beg your pardon, but you have missed the point. I hope when my little X is born, you will not be nearby to judge X’s little checkered overalls and page-boy haircut.

]]> By: wendy http://myrockingcradle.com/2011/05/baby-storm-neither-a-boy-or-a-girl-until-he-has-the-capacity-to-choose-which-gender-heshe-wants-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-10723 wendy Sat, 28 May 2011 01:31:10 +0000 http://myrockingcradle.com/?p=5823#comment-10723 thanks for the link and the input clytamnestra... makes me angry with these parents concerned to prove their theories more than they are concerned about the well-being of their kids... the problem is, they are very much convinced of the righteousness of their theories. poor kids. they don't deservbe such parents. thanks for the link and the input clytamnestra… makes me angry with these parents concerned to prove their theories more than they are concerned about the well-being of their kids… the problem is, they are very much convinced of the righteousness of their theories. poor kids. they don’t deservbe such parents.

]]> By: clytamnestra http://myrockingcradle.com/2011/05/baby-storm-neither-a-boy-or-a-girl-until-he-has-the-capacity-to-choose-which-gender-heshe-wants-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-10721 clytamnestra Fri, 27 May 2011 23:54:47 +0000 http://myrockingcradle.com/?p=5823#comment-10721 seems those parents are angry that their eldest son is slowly falling from their grip, even if they keep him away from school and strangers and use a large amount of 'soft pressure' to force him to dress like a girl. that they are failing at turning him into a girl, a feat that would prove to the world that gender is just 'a product of society' and can be un-learned by devoted parents. and since their world-view is now threatened they are freaking out and doing what every extremist does when he wants to prove a point: he tries and tries and tries time after time, pushing harder each time, convinced that *this* time he will 'get it right', and everything will finally fall into place when it is proved he was right all along. you can bet that if they fail to keep this baby gender-neutral they'll push even harder next time, with a new baby: either cutting of it's genitals altogether or keeping the child locked up (away from 'negative' influences). these people seem to care more about proving a point that no respectable psychologist believes in anymore (that gender is the sole product of 'social expectations', a view popular in the '60 and '70) than about the wellbeing of their children. this time it's the parents who are crazy, instead of the psychologist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer seems those parents are angry that their eldest son is slowly falling from their grip, even if they keep him away from school and strangers and use a large amount of ‘soft pressure’ to force him to dress like a girl. that they are failing at turning him into a girl, a feat that would prove to the world that gender is just ‘a product of society’ and can be un-learned by devoted parents.
and since their world-view is now threatened they are freaking out and doing what every extremist does when he wants to prove a point: he tries and tries and tries time after time, pushing harder each time, convinced that *this* time he will ‘get it right’, and everything will finally fall into place when it is proved he was right all along.
you can bet that if they fail to keep this baby gender-neutral they’ll push even harder next time, with a new baby: either cutting of it’s genitals altogether or keeping the child locked up (away from ‘negative’ influences).

these people seem to care more about proving a point that no respectable psychologist believes in anymore (that gender is the sole product of ‘social expectations’, a view popular in the ’60 and ’70) than about the wellbeing of their children.
this time it’s the parents who are crazy, instead of the psychologist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer

]]> By: cher http://myrockingcradle.com/2011/05/baby-storm-neither-a-boy-or-a-girl-until-he-has-the-capacity-to-choose-which-gender-heshe-wants-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-10694 cher Thu, 26 May 2011 07:15:29 +0000 http://myrockingcradle.com/?p=5823#comment-10694 i read this article and i find it absurd! i read this article and i find it absurd!

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