Benjamin or Sophie? |
[posted by bkmarcus] |
Boy or Girl?
For the past 4 months, I've been calling her Sophie and maman has been calling him Benjamin. After next week, if the ultrasound technician can tell us the sex of the baby, we'll have to start using the same name and the same gender pronouns.
Then what? Do we start buying in pink or blue? Well, yes and no. Maman likes blue either way, and hates pink either way, but we'll definitely make different paint and bedding and clothing decisions based on gender.
Q: Aren't you concerned about limiting your baby by gender-stereotyping so early?
A: No.
Q: Do you have a picture in your head of your little boy or little girl?
A: Yes.
Q: Now don't play coy. Give us details!
OK, I confess that my imagination is heavily swayed by comic strips. At this point, with so little else to go on, I picture Benjamin as Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes, and I picture Sophie as Danae from Non Sequitur:
For the past 4 months, I've been calling her Sophie and maman has been calling him Benjamin. After next week, if the ultrasound technician can tell us the sex of the baby, we'll have to start using the same name and the same gender pronouns.
Then what? Do we start buying in pink or blue? Well, yes and no. Maman likes blue either way, and hates pink either way, but we'll definitely make different paint and bedding and clothing decisions based on gender.
Q: Aren't you concerned about limiting your baby by gender-stereotyping so early?A: No.
Q: Do you have a picture in your head of your little boy or little girl?
A: Yes.
Q: Now don't play coy. Give us details!
OK, I confess that my imagination is heavily swayed by comic strips. At this point, with so little else to go on, I picture Benjamin as Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes, and I picture Sophie as Danae from Non Sequitur:
- papa
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