Mrs. Penis fucking LOVED playing with Dinosaurs when she was a nipper.
She hated dolls. Hated pink frilly girl things. She was much more interested in traditionally masculine toys.
She didn't need to be raised in a 'gender neutral environment' in order to make those choices. She just needed to be given access to the toys that she wanted to play with.
Likewise, her parents didn't feel it necessary to impose that kind of neutrality onto her, nor make a big fucking song and dance about it:
"Do you want to play with dolly?"
"No!"
"Do you want to play with Skeletor?"
"YES!"
"Righto, then."
Her Mum wasn't particularly keen on her daughter playing with 'boy' toys - it wasn't actively encouraged, but nonetheless she let her get on with it.
That was the mid/late eighties, and that's about as 'gender neutral' as any parenting needs to be.
Mrs. Scrunt is now in her Mid-30's. She's definitely not what you'd call stereotypically 'girly' but she absolutely still has feminine traits and enjoys things that you'd associate with most women (dresses, makeup, jewellery, etc). She just didn't need any special coaching in order to develop her own identity.
The problem I have with these two fuds is that they're creating an issue where there isn't one and then needlessly overcomplicating it.
If your child has a penis, then address that child with male pronouns. If it has a vagina, then address it with female pronouns. If that child feels that his/her assigned gender does not align with their physical sex once they've developed an identity, they can by all means address the issue then.
Allowing little girls to play with cars and action figures and allowing little boys to play with dolls and makeup isn't exactly fucking groundbreaking - what else really needs to be done?
You don't need to be raised in some kind of fucking hippy houseboat zero gender environment by two clowns to realise that gender stereotyping is a bit 20th century. It's all very 'LOOK AT US!'.
(, Mon 16 Sep 2019, 14:03, Reply)
I will agree with everything in your post.....
but only if 'fuds' is now the official collective name for people who have to scream gender neutral ideology at every possible moment.
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NooShmoo It's a fantazmagorical pile of ultra bollocks, Mon 16 Sep 2019, 16:41,
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Deal.
It's a Scottish colloqiual term for vagina, so they'd hate that.
(, Mon 16 Sep 2019, 16:56, Reply)
sure
But, have you considered just raising your kids like that, and letting other people decide how to raise their own children?
Why do you feel the need to dictate the 'only acceptable' lifestyle of these people? it's such a small personal decision and doesn't actually effect you in any way, that I can't help wondering why you even give a fuck?
(, Mon 16 Sep 2019, 18:24, Reply)