Sexual stereotypes begins immediately when the doctor says, "It's a boy" or "It's a girl". With the modern technology, sexual stereotypes begin even before the child is born. Now,what should the like of
Karucee do to prevent their infants from being sexually stereotyped?
One couple came up with an extreme solution. The decided to raise their child as "gender neutral" for five years so that the infant's "real personality" could shine through. They
decided not to reveal baby Sasha's gender to the world so he would not be influenced by society's prejudices and preconceptions.
They referred to their child as "The Infant" and only allowed him to play with "gender-neutral toys" in their television-free home. For the first five years of his life Sasha alternated between girls' and boys' outfits, leaving friends, playmates and relatives guessing. But the couple finally revealed his sex after it became harder to conceal when Sasha started primary school.
His mother thought gender stereotyping was "fundamentally stupid. I wanted to avoid all that stereotyping," she said. "Stereotypes seem fundamentally stupid. Why would you want to slot people into boxes? It's like horoscopes: what could be stupider than thinking there are 12 types of personality that depend on when you were born? It's so idiotic. Gender affects what children wear and what they can play with, and that shapes the kind of person they become."
However, they admitted that their stance had led them to suffering some ostracisation and and being branded a "loony" by other parents. But the mother felt it was worth it. "I discovered later that I'd been described as 'that loony woman who doesn't know whether her baby is a boy or a girl. And I could never persuade anyone in the group to come around for coffee. They just thought I was mental."
She added, "I don't think I'd do it if I thought it was going to make him unhappy, but at the moment he's not really bothered either way. We haven't had any difficult scenarios yet." She said early gender stereotyping was "harmful". "My mother's very sporty and my dad was very emotional," she said. "We'd watch The Wizard of Oz and always start crying, whereas my mum would think we were really soppy. So, it's always seemed obvious to me that stereotypes didn't fit the people I knew."
Source:
Couple raise child as 'gender neutral' to avoid stereotyping - Telegraph
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